Category Archives: Biography
Machine Gun Preacher
Release 2011
Genre Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
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Director: Marc Forster
Writers: Jason Keller
Stars: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Kathy Baker, Michael Shannon, Ryann Campos
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1586752/
The Runaways
Release 2010
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Director: Floria Sigismondi
Writers: Floria Sigismondi, Cherie Currie
Stars: Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Michael Shannon, Stella Maeve, Scout Taylor-Compton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1017451/
A coming-of-age biopic about '70s teenage band The Runaways.
The Fighter
Release 2010
Genre Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
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Director: David O. Russell
Writers: Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Keith Dorrington
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo, Mickey O'Keefe
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0964517/
A look at the early years of boxer "Irish" Micky Ward and his brother who helped train him before going pro in the mid 1980s.
Soul Surfer
Release 2011
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Director: Sean McNamara
Writers: Sean McNamara, Deborah Schwartz, Douglas Schwartz, Michael Berk, Matt Allen, Caleb Wilson, Brad Gann, Bethany Hamilton, Sheryl Berk, Rick Bundschuh
Stars: AnnaSophia Robb, Helen Hunt, Dennis Quaid, Lorraine Nicholson, Kevin Sorbo
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596346/
Teenage surfer Bethany Hamilton overcomes the odds and her own fears of returning to the water after losing her left arm in a shark attack.
The Grandmaster
Release 2013
Genre Action, Biography, Drama
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Director: Kar Wai Wong
Writers: Kar Wai Wong, Jingzhi Zou, Haofeng Xu
Stars: Tony Chiu Wai Leung, Cung Le, Qingxiang Wang, Elvis Tsui, Hye-kyo Song
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1462900/
The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.
The Bling Ring
Release 2013
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Director: Sofia Coppola
Writers: Sofia Coppola, Nancy Jo Sales
Stars: Katie Chang, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson, Claire Julien, Taissa Farmiga
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2132285/
Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes.
42
Release 2013
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Director: Brian Helgeland
Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie, Christopher Meloni, Ryan Merriman
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0453562/
The story of Jackie Robinson from his signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers organization in 1945 to his historic 1947 rookie season when he broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball.
jOBS
Release 2013
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Director: Joshua Michael Stern
Writers: Matt Whiteley
Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Gad, Lukas Haas, Matthew Modine
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2357129/
The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
Lincoln
Release 2012
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Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Tony Kushner, Doris Kearns Goodwin
Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443272/
As the Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.