Category Archives: Biography
Tick, Tick... Boom
Release 2021
Genre Biography, Drama, Musical
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Director: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Writers: Steven Levenson, Jonathan Larson
Stars: Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Robin de Jesus, Vanessa Hudgens, Joshua Henry
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8721424/
On the cusp of his 30th birthday, a promising young theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City.
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Release 2021
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Director: Michael Showalter
Writers: Abe Sylvia, Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Stars: Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, Cherry Jones, Vincent D'Onofrio, Mark Wystrach
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9115530/
An intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Release 2021
Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
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Director: Jonathan Butterell
Writers: Tom MacRae, Dan Gillespie Sells
Stars: Max Harwood, Lauren Patel, Sarah Lancashire, Shobna Gulati, Richard E. Grant
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8635092/
Feature film adaptation of the musical about a teenager from Sheffield, England who wants to be a drag queen.
No Man of God
Release 2021
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Director: Amber Sealey
Writers: Kit Lesser
Stars: Elijah Wood, Luke Kirby, Robert Patrick, Aleksa Palladino, Christian Clemenson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13507778/
The complicated relationship that formed between the FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier and serial killer Bundy during Bundy's final years on death row.
Respect
Release 2021
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Director: Liesl Tommy
Writers: Tracey Scott Wilson, Callie Khouri
Stars: Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Audra McDonald, Saycon Sengbloh, Hailey Kilgore
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2452150/
Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, RESPECT is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.
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.