Category Archives: Biography
Joe Bell
Release 2020
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Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green
Writers: Diana Ossana, Larry McMurtry
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Reid Miller, Connie Britton, Maxwell Jenkins, Gary Sinise
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4651466/
The true story of a small town, working class father who embarks on a solo walk across the U.S. to crusade against bullying after his son is tormented in high school for being gay.
Worth(HC)
Release 2020
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Director: Sara Colangelo
Writers: Max Borenstein
Stars: Stanley Tucci, Michael Keaton, Amy Ryan, Laura Benanti, Tate Donovan
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8009744/
An attorney in Washington D.C. battles against cynicism, bureaucracy and politics to help the victims of 9/11.
The Duke
Release 2020
Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama
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Director: Roger Michell
Writers: Richard Bean, Clive Coleman
Stars: Matthew Goode, Helen Mirren, Anna Maxwell Martin, Charlotte Spencer, Sian Clifford
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11204094/
In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, steals Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.
Lansky
Release 2021
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Director: Eytan Rockaway
Writers: Eytan Rockaway, Robert Rockaway
Stars: Minka Kelly, AnnaSophia Robb, David James Elliott, Sam Worthington, Jackie Cruz
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5078852/
When the aging Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the Feds who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars over half a century, the retired gangster spins a dizzying tale, revealing the untold truth about his life as the notorious boss of Murder Inc. and the National Crime Syndicate.
Dream Horse
Release 2020
Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama
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Director: Euros Lyn
Writers: Neil McKay
Stars: Toni Collette, Owen Teale, Alan David, Lynda Baron, Damian Lewis
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9883996/
Dream Alliance is an unlikely race horse bred by small-town Welsh bartender Jan Vokes. With no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream in the hopes he can compete with the racing elites.
Blue Miracle
Release 2021
Genre Adventure, Biography, Drama
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Director: Julio Quintana
Writers: Chris Dowling, Julio Quintana
Stars: Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Dennis Quaid, Bruce McGill, Raymond Cruz, Fernanda Urrejola
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7084386/
To save their cash-strapped orphanage, a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a lucrative fishing competition.
Percy Vs Goliath
Release 2020
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Director: Clark Johnson
Writers: Garfield Lindsay Miller, Hilary Pryor
Stars: Christopher Walken, Roberta Maxwell, Pathy Aiyar, Monique Alvarez, Adam Beach
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8976696/
A Canadian farmer takes on a giant corporation after their GMOs interfere with his crops.
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Release 2021
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Director: Lee Daniels
Writers: Suzan-Lori Parks, Johann Hari
Stars: Andra Day, Leslie Jordan, Miss Lawrence, Natasha Lyonne, Trevante Rhodes
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8521718/
Follows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she had a tumultuous affair.
Ak 47 Kalashnikov
Release 2020
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Director: Konstantin Buslov
Writers: Sergei Bodrov, Aleksey Borodachyov, Sergei Gorbunov
Stars: Yuriy Borisov, Olga Lerman, Artur Smolyaninov, Sergey Gazarov, Vitaliy Khaev
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11547520/
Wounded as tank driver in 1941 during WWII, Kalashnikov sees the latest Soviet machine gun fail. As he's also an inventor, he starts looking for improvements and in 1947 ends up with AK-47 assault rifle.
Judas and the Black Messiah
Release 2021
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Director: Shaka King
Writers: Will Berson, Shaka King, Will Berson
Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9784798/
The story of Fred Hampton, Chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, and his fateful betrayal by FBI informant William O'Neal.