Category: Biography
Posted on May 19, 2013 |
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Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet / The Admiral / Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku (2011)
Biography | Drama | War
Admiral Yamamoto was the mastermind behind the attack on Pearl Harbor 1941. The strategy was crystal clear – to strike as hard and as unexpectedly as possible. With the element of surprise as their primary weapon, they succeeded in doing the impossible, taking the U.S. by surprise and knocking out one of the world's most powerful navies.
Starring: Koji Yakusho, Hiroshi Abe, Shûichi Azumaya, Mitsugorô Bandô, Akira Emoto
Director: Izuru Narushima
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Tags: Akira Emoto, Hiroshi Abe, Izuru Narushima, Koji Yakusho, Mitsugorô Bandô, Shûichi Azumaya
Posted on May 16, 2013 |
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Les saveurs du Palais / Haute Cuisine (2012)
Biography | Comedy
The story of Danièle Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for François Mitterrand.
Starring: Catherine Frot, Arthur Dupont, Jean d'Ormesson, Hippolyte Girardot
Director: Christian Vincent
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Posted on May 15, 2013 |
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Leonie (2010)
Biography | Drama
A film about the life and relationships of the early 20th American educator, editor, and journalist Leonie Gilmour, the mother of the acclaimed artist and architect Isamu Noguchi.
Starring: Emily Mortimer, Shidô Nakamura, Christina Hendricks, Mieko Harada, Jan Milligan
Director: Hisako Matsui
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Tags: Christina Hendricks, Emily Mortimer, Hisako Matsui, Jan Milligan, Mieko Harada, Shidô Nakamura
Posted on May 14, 2013 |
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Spartacus: War of the Damned (TV Series 2010-2013)
Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | History
Betrayed by the Romans. Forced into slavery. Reborn as a Gladiator. The classic tale of the Republic’s most infamous rebel comes alive in the graphic and visceral new series, Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world of the arena where blood and death are primetime entertainment. But not all battles are fought upon the sands. Treachery, corruption, and the allure of sensual pleasures will constantly test Spartacus. To survive, he must become more than a man. More than a gladiator. He must become a legend.
Starring: Manu Bennett, Daniel Feuerriegel, Peter Mensah, Lucy Lawless, Nick Tarabay, Viva Bianca, Liam McIntyre, Pana Hema Taylor, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Dustin Clare, Heath Jones, Katrina Law, Ellen Hollman, Barry Duffield
Creator: Steven S. DeKnight
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Tags: Barry Duffield, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Daniel Feuerriegel, Dustin Clare, Ellen Hollman, Heath Jones, Katrina Law, Liam McIntyre, Lucy Lawless, Manu Bennett, Nick Tarabay, Pana Hema Taylor, Peter Mensah, Steven S. DeKnight, Viva Bianca
Posted on May 13, 2013 |
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Chaplin (1992)
Biography | Drama
A dramatized biography of the highs and lows in the life of one of the foremost comic geniuses the silver screen has ever known. With the use of flashback, an elderly Chaplin (Downey Jr.) discusses his autobiography with his editor (Hopkins) who urges him to be more vulnerable and emotionally honest with his memoirs. Together, they journey through Chaplin's poverty-stricken childhood, closest friendships, many marriages, and his ingenious invention of "The Little Tramp," as well as J. Edgar Hoover's merciless pursuit, Chaplin's shocking exile to Switzerland and his triumphant return to Hollywood.
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Dan Aykroyd, Geraldine Chaplin, Kevin Dunn, Anthony Hopkins, Milla Jovovich
Director: Richard Attenborough
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Tags: Anthony Hopkins, Dan Aykroyd, Geraldine Chaplin, Kevin Dunn, Milla Jovovich, Richard Attenborough, Robert Downey Jr.
Posted on May 4, 2013 |
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Sergeant York (1941)
Biography | Drama | History | War
A hillbilly sharpshooter becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI when he single-handedly attacks and captures a German position using the same strategy as in turkey shoot.
Starring: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias, Stanley Ridges
Director: Howard Hawks
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Posted on April 25, 2013 |
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Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Adventure | Biography | Drama | History | War
Brad Pitt stars as the arrogant Heinrich, a famed Austrian mountain climber who leaves behind his wife and infant son to head a Himalayan expedition in 1939, only to fall into the hands of the Allied forces as a prisoner of war. He and a fellow escapee, Peter Aufschnaiter (David Thewlis), make their way to the Forbidden City of Tibet, where Peter finds a wife and Heinrich befriends the Western culture-obsessed teenage Dalai Lama (Jaamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk), the spiritual leader of his Buddhist nation. As Heinrich waits out the war, his friendship with the Dalai Lama begins to transform him from naughty to humble.
Starring: Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, B.D. Wong, Mako, Danny Denzongpa, Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
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Tags: B.D. Wong, Brad Pitt, Danny Denzongpa, David Thewlis, Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Mako
Posted on April 24, 2013 |
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The Grandmasters / Yi dai zong shi (2013)
Action | Biography | Drama
The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.
Starring: Ziyi Zhang, Tony Leung, Cung Le, Hye-kyo Song, Chen Chang, Woo-ping Yuen, Benshan Zhao, Shun Lau, Qingxiang Wang, Hoi-Pang Lo, Wang Jue, Shih-chieh Chin, Tielong Shang, Shenyang Xiao
Director: Kar Wai Wong
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Tags: Benshan Zhao, Chen Chang, Cung Le, Hoi-Pang Lo, Hye-kyo Song, Kar Wai Wong, Qingxiang Wang, Shenyang Xiao, Shih-chieh Chin, Shun Lau, Tielong Shang, Tony Leung, Wang Jue, Woo-ping Yuen, Ziyi Zhang
Posted on April 24, 2013 |
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In the Name of the Father (1993)
Biography | Drama | Thriller
A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. Bullied by the British police, he and four of his friends are coerced into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends 15 years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence with the help of a British attorney, Gareth Peirce.
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Jim Sheridan
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Posted on April 22, 2013 |
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What's Love Got to Do With It (1993)
Biography | Drama | Music
The filmed biography of R&B/pop singer Tina Turner (Angela Bassett), documenting her efforts to break away from her abusive husband Ike (Laurence Fishburne).
Starring: Angela Bassett, Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly, Virginia Capers, Laurence Fishburne, Khandi Alexander
Director: Brian Gibson
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Tags: Angela Bassett, Brian Gibson, Khandi Alexander, Laurence Fishburne, Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly, Virginia Capers
Posted on April 16, 2013 |
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Désirée (1954)
Biography | Drama | Romance
The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte as seen through the eyes of a woman who spurned him when he was impoverished and then fell in love with him as he rose to power but was unrequited in her passion as he married Josephine.
Starring: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon, Cameron Mitchell, Michael Rennie
Director: Henry Koster
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Tags: Cameron Mitchell, Henry Koster, Jean Simmons, Marlon Brando, Merle Oberon, Michael Rennie
Posted on April 4, 2013 |
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Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
Biography | Drama
The story of Preston Tucker, the maverick car designer and his ill fated challenge to the auto industry with his revolutionary car concept.
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Frederic Forrest, Mako, Elias Koteas, Christian Slater, Nina Siemaszko
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Tags: Christian Slater, Elias Koteas, Francis Ford Coppola, Frederic Forrest, Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Mako, Martin Landau, Nina Siemaszko
Posted on April 1, 2013 |
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Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
Biography | Comedy | Drama | History
The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.
Starring: Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Williams, Samuel West, Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Marvel
Director: Roger Michell
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Tags: Bill Murray, Elizabeth Marvel, Laura Linney, Olivia Colman, Olivia Williams, Roger Michell, Samuel West
Posted on March 31, 2013 |
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Dirch / A Funny Man (2011)
Biography | Drama
A biography of the Danish actor and comedian, Dirch Passer.
Starring: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Lars Ranthe, Lars Brygmann
Director: Martin Zandvliet
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Posted on March 31, 2013 |
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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler / A Courageous Heart (2009)
Biography | Drama | War
The story of Irena Sendler, a social worker who was part of the Polish underground during World War II and was arrested by the Nazis for saving the lives of nearly 2,500 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw ghetto.
Starring: Anna Paquin, Marcia Gay Harden, Goran Visnjic, Nathaniel Parker, Steve Speirs, Paul Freeman, Michelle Dockery
Director: John Kent Harrison
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Tags: Anna Paquin, Goran Visnjic, John Kent Harrison, Marcia Gay Harden, Michelle Dockery, Nathaniel Parker, Paul Freeman, Steve Speirs
Posted on March 30, 2013 |
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Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Biography | Drama | History | War
Ten years ago, as the country of Rwanda descended into madness, one man made a promise to protect the family he loved–and ended up finding the courage to save over 1200 people. Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager in Rwanda, secretly used his position and intelligence to shelter over a thousand refugees during the genocide crisis.
Starring: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix, Nick Nolte
Director: Terry George
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Posted on March 30, 2013 |
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Rudy (1993)
Biography | Drama | Sport
All his life, people have told Rudy he's not good enough, not smart enough, not big enough. But nothing can stop his impossible dream of playing football for Notre Dame. From the time he was a young boy, Rudy is determined to join the Fighting Irish. But his blue-collar family only laughs at his ambitions – they know Rudy will follow his father and brother to the local steel mill. And, for four long years after high school, he does just that. But some dreams won't die, as Rudy proves when he goes to heroic, occasionally hilarious, lengths to win admission to Notre Dame. Once there, he becomes a walk-on player, serving as little more than a human tackling dummy against the startling players. Bloodied but unbeaten, Rudy wins the respect of legendary coach Ara Parseghian and the other Irish players, who give him one shot at gridiron glory. Based on a true story.
Starring: Sean Astin, Ned Beatty, Charles S. Dutton, Lili Taylor, Jason Miller, Robert Prosky
Director: David Anspaugh
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Tags: Charles S. Dutton, David Anspaugh, Jason Miller, Lili Taylor, Ned Beatty, Robert Prosky, Sean Astin
Posted on March 28, 2013 |
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Gods and Monsters (1998)
Biography | Drama
One of the most critically acclaimed films of 1998 and winner of several awards including the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, Gods and Monsters is a compassionate speculation about the final days of James Whale (1889-1957), the director of Frankenstein and 20 other films of the 1930s and '40s, who was openly gay at a time when homosexuality in Hollywood was discreetly concealed.
Starring: Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lolita Davidovich, David Dukes, Kevin J. O'Connor, Mark Kiely
Director: Bill Condon
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Tags: Bill Condon, Brendan Fraser, David Dukes, Ian McKellen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Lolita Davidovich, Lynn Redgrave, Mark Kiely
Posted on March 26, 2013 |
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Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
Biography | Drama | Romance
A drama centered on the romance between Ernest Hemingway and WWII correspondent Martha Gellhorn, Hemingway's inspiration for For Whom the Bell Tolls and the only woman who ever asked for a divorce from the writer.
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Clive Owen, Lars Ulrich, David Strathairn, Santiago Cabrera, Joan Chen
Director: Philip Kaufman
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Tags: Clive Owen, David Strathairn, Joan Chen, Lars Ulrich, Nicole Kidman, Philip Kaufman, Santiago Cabrera
Posted on March 26, 2013 |
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Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
Biography | Comedy | Drama | History
The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.
Starring: Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Williams, Samuel West, Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Marvel
Director: Roger Michell
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Tags: Bill Murray, Elizabeth Marvel, Laura Linney, Olivia Colman, Olivia Williams, Roger Michell, Samuel West