Category Archives: Biography
Sweetwater
Release 2023
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Director: Martin Guigui
Writer: Martin Guigui
Stars: Everett Osborne, Cary Elwes, Jeremy Piven, Kevin Pollak, Richard Dreyfuss
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2365971/
Hall of Famer, Nat 'Sweetwater' Clifton, makes history as the first African American to sign an NBA contract, forever changing how the game of basketball is played.
Tetris
Release 2023
Genre Biography, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Jon S. Baird
Writers: Noah Pink
Stars: Taron Egerton, Mara Huf, Miles Barrow, Rick Yune, Nikita Efremov
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12758060/
The story of how one of the world's most popular video games found its way to players around the globe. Businessman Henk Rogers and Tetris inventor Alexey Pajitnov join forces in the USSR, risking it all to bring Tetris to the masses.
Dog Gone
Release 2023
Genre Biography, Drama, Family
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Director: Stephen Herek
Writers: Nick Santora, Pauls Toutonghi
Stars: Rob Lowe, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Johnny Berchtold, Susan Gallagher, Soji Arai
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15334430/
Based on the true story of a father and son who repair their fractured relationship during a forced hike of the Appalachian trail to find their beloved lost dog.
The Swimmers
Release 2022
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Director: Sally El Hosaini
Writers: Sally El Hosaini, Jack Thorne
Stars: Matthias Schweighöfer, Ali Suliman, James Krishna Floyd, Manal Issa, Ahmed Malek
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8745676/
A story of the miraculous journey made by swimming sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini who fled as refugees from war-torn Syria all the way to the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Till
Release 2022
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Director: Chinonye Chukwu
Writers: Michael Reilly, Keith Beauchamp, Chinonye Chukwu
Stars: Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Frankie Faison, Haley Bennett
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4960748/
In 1955, after Emmett Till is murdered in a brutal lynching, his mother vows to expose the racism behind the attack while working to have those involved brought to justice.
Lamborghini
Release 2022
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Director: Bobby Moresco
Writers: Bobby Moresco
Stars: Frank Grillo, Mira Sorvino, Eliana Jones, Gabriel Byrne, Hannah van der Westhuysen
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5533370/
The life story of Ferruccio Lamborghini, the founder of Lamborghini.
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Release 2022
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Director: Eric Appel
Writers: Eric Appel, 'Weird Al' Yankovic
Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Evan Rachel Wood, Jack Black, Julianne Nicholson, Patton Oswalt
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17076046/
Explores every facet of Yankovic's life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like 'Eat It' and 'Like a Surgeon' to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle.
The Good Nurse
Release 2022
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Director: Tobias Lindholm
Writers: Charles Graeber, Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Denise Pillott, Dartel McRae, Joseph Fugelo, Jessica Chastain
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4273800/
An infamous caregiver is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of hospital patients.
Blonde
Release 2022
Genre Biography, Drama, Romance
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Director: Andrew Dominik
Writers: Andrew Dominik, Joyce Carol Oates
Stars: Ana de Armas, Lily Fisher, Julianne Nicholson, Colleen Foy, Tygh Runyan
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655389/
A fictionalized chronicle of the inner life of Marilyn Monroe.