Category Archives: Biography
Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia
Release 2024
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Director: Stefano Mordini
Writers: Filippo Bologna, Stefano Mordini, Riccardo Scamarcio
Stars: Daniel Brühl, Riccardo Scamarcio, Katie Clarkson-Hill, Volker Bruch, Esther Garrel
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20112600/
Inspired by true events that occurred during the fierce rivalry between Germany (Audi) and Italy (Lancia) at the 1983 Rally World Championships.
Priscilla
Release 2023
Genre Biography, Drama, Musical
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Director: Sofia Coppola
Writers: Sofia Coppola, Sandra Harmon, Priscilla Presley
Stars: Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Ari Cohen, Dagmara Dominczyk, Tim Post
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22041854/
When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.
Miranda's Victim
Release 2023
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Director: Michelle Danner
Writers: George Kolber, Richard Lasser, J. Craig Stiles
Stars: Abigail Breslin, Taryn Manning, Donald Sutherland, Andy Garcia, Kyle MacLachlan
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14866108/
In 1963, eighteen-year-old Patricia Weir is kidnapped and brutally raped. Committed to putting her attacker, Ernesto Miranda, in prison, Trish's life is destroyed by America's legal system as she triggers a law that transforms the nation.
Oppenheimer
Release 2023
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Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Christopher Nolan, Kai Bird, Martin Sherwin
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt,Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Alden Ehrenreich, Scott Grimes
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15398776/
The story of American scientist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Nyad
Release 2023
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Director: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Writers: Diana Nyad, Julia Cox
Stars: Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Anne Marie Kempf, Carolyn McCormick, Marcos Diaz
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5302918/
It tells the remarkable true story of athlete Diana Nyad who, at the age of 60 and with the help of her best friend and coach, commits to achieving her life-long dream: a 110-mile open ocean swim from Cuba to Florida.
Golda
Release 2023
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Director: Guy Nattiv
Writers: Nicholas Martin
Stars: Helen Mirren, Zed Josef, Claudette Williams, Henry Goodman, Olivia Brody
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14454876/
Focuses on the intensely dramatic and high-stakes responsibilities and decisions that Golda Meir, also known as the 'Iron Lady of Israel,' faced during the Yom Kippur War.
Flamin' Hot
Release 2023
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Director: Eva Longoria
Writers: Lewis Colick, Linda Yvette Chávez
Stars: Jesse Garcia, Annie Gonzalez, Emilio Rivera, Vanessa Martinez, Dennis Haysbert
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8105234/
This is the inspiring true story of Richard Montañez who as a Frito Lay janitor disrupted the food industry by channeling his Mexican heritage to turn Flamin' Hot Cheetos from a snack into an iconic global pop culture phenomenon.
BlackBerry
Release 2023
Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama
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Director: Matt Johnson
Writers: Matt Johnson, Matthew Miller, Jacquie McNish
Stars: Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton, Matt Johnson, Cary Elwes, Saul Rubinek
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21867434/
The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.
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.