Category: Biography
Posted on April 24, 2015 |
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Antarctica: A Year on Ice (2013)
Adventure | Biography | Documentary | Drama
This feature-length film reveals what it is like to live and work at the bottom of the planet, in Antarctica, for a full year. The story is not from the point of view of scientists, but of the people who spend the most time there; the everyday workers who keep the stations running in the harshest place on the planet.
Starring: Genevieve Bachman
Director: Anthony Powell
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Posted on April 21, 2015 |
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Selma (2014)
Biography | Drama | History
Selma chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. Director Ava DuVernay’s Selma tells the real story of the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his brothers and sisters in the movement that prompted change that forever altered history.
Starring: David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo, Alessandro Nivola, Giovanni Ribisi, Cuba Gooding Jr.
Director: Ava DuVernay
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Tags: Alessandro Nivola, Ava DuVernay, Carmen Ejogo, Cuba Gooding Jr., David Oyelowo, Giovanni Ribisi, Tom Wilkinson
Posted on April 20, 2015 |
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Bogowie / Gods (2014)
Biography | Drama
The early career of cardiac surgeon Zbigniew Religa. Despite harsh reality of the 1980s Poland, he successfully leads a team of doctors to the country's first human heart transplantation.
Starring: Tomasz Kot, Piotr Glowacki, Szymon Piotr Warszawski, Magdalena Czerwinska, Rafal Zawierucha
Director: Lukasz Palkowski
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Tags: Lukasz Palkowski, Magdalena Czerwinska, Piotr Glowacki, Rafal Zawierucha, Szymon Piotr Warszawski, Tomasz Kot
Posted on April 15, 2015 |
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The Admiral: Roaring Currents / Myeong-ryang (2014)
Adventure | Biography | War
At the strait known as 'Roaring Currents', master strategist Admiral Yi and his 12 battleships oppose an enemy fleet of 330, and win an incredible victory.
Starring: Min-sik Choi, Seung-ryong Ryu, Jin-woong Jo, Myung-gon Kim, Ku Jin
Director: Han-min Kim
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Tags: Han-min Kim, Jin-woong Jo, Ku Jin, Min-sik Choi, Myung-gon Kim, Seung-ryong Ryu
Posted on April 13, 2015 |
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Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Action | Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Superstar Clint Eastwood and director Don Siegel re-team for their fifth film in this fascinating account of the only three men ever to escape from the maximum security prison at Alcatraz. In 29 years, the seemingly impenetrable federal penitentiary, which housed Al Capone and "Birdman" Robert Stroud, was only broken once – by three men never heard of again. Eastwood portrays Frank Morris, the cunning bank robber who masterminded the elaborately detailed and, as far as anyone knows, ultimately successful escape. Patrick McGoohan is a superb counterpoint as the suspicious warden. Filmed on location in Alcatraz, this gritty and realistic reenactment of the true story has all the power one expects of an Eastwood/Siegel movie.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Fred Ward, Jack Thibeau, Larry Hankin
Director: Don Siegel
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Posted on April 10, 2015 |
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Island of Lemurs: Madagascar (2014)
Adventure | Biography | Documentary | Family | Short
A documentary that follows Dr. Patricia C. Wright's mission to help lemurs, the highly evolved creatures who arrived on Madagascar millions of years ago as castaways but are now highly endangered.
Starring: Patricia Wright, Morgan Freeman, Hantanirina Rasamimanana
Director: David Douglas
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Posted on April 8, 2015 |
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Diamonds to Dust / Diamonds to Dust: The Rise and Fall of Jayne Mansfield (2014)
Biography | Drama
In 1957, Golden Globe winner Jayne Mansfield would become one of the most iconic blond bombshells of the 20Th Century. She possessed an IQ of 163, played violin and piano at a concert level, had a degree in Science, spoke 5 languages fluently, and yet became a celebrity by portraying a 'dumb blond.' By the age of 23 she became the most publicized Hollywood star in the world, but her success was short lived. Five children, three ex-husbands, countless love affairs, and addictions to diet pills and booze took its toll on Mansfield, and in 1967 a grisly car accident ended her life. This film features many of Jayne Mansfield's personal items, and focuses on the turbulent final years of the troubled star's career.
Starring: Hailey Heisick, Adrian Gorbaliuk, Rocco Palmieri, Mike Funk, Susan Capicotto
Director: Rob Villano
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Posted on April 2, 2015 |
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Big Eyes (2014)
Biography | Drama
A drama centered on the awakening of the painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
Starring: Amy Adams, Krysten Ritter, Christoph Waltz, Jason Schwartzman, Danny Huston, Terence Stamp
Director: Tim Burton
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Posted on March 31, 2015 |
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Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut / Alexander (2004)
Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | History | Romance | War
Oliver Stone's "Alexander" is based on the true story of one of history's most luminous and influential leaders – a man who had conquered 90% of the known world by the age of 25. The film chronicles Alexander's path to becoming a living legend, from a youth fuelled by dreams of myth, glory, and adventure, to his intense bonds with his closest companions, to his lonely death as a ruler of a vast empire.
Starring: Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Jared Leto, Anthony Hopkins, Rosario Dawson
Director: Oliver Stone
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Posted on March 29, 2015 |
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Wild (2014)
Biography | Drama
A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent catastrophe.
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Gaby Hoffmann, Laura Dern, Kevin Rankin, Charles Baker, Michiel Huisman
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
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Tags: Charles Baker, Gaby Hoffmann, Jean-Marc Vallée, Kevin Rankin, Laura Dern, Michiel Huisman, Reese Witherspoon
Posted on March 27, 2015 |
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Libertador / The Liberator (2013)
Biography | Drama | History
Simon Bolivar fought over 100 battles against the Spanish Empire in South America. He rode over 70,000 miles on horseback. His military campaigns covered twice the territory of Alexander the Great. His army never conquered — it liberated.
Starring: Édgar Ramírez, Erich Wildpret, María Valverde
Director: Alberto Arvelo
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Posted on March 23, 2015 |
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Get on Up (2014)
Biography | Drama | Music
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Dan Aykroyd, Lennie James
Director: Tate Taylor
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Posted on March 19, 2015 |
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Unbroken (2014)
Biography | Drama | Sport | War
A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.
Starring: Jack O'Connell, Garrett Hedlund, Jai Courtney, Domhnall Gleeson, Alex Russell, Finn Wittrock
Director: Angelina Jolie
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Tags: Alex Russell, Angelina Jolie, Domhnall Gleeson, Finn Wittrock, Garrett Hedlund, Jack O'Connell, Jai Courtney
Posted on March 16, 2015 |
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Mr. Turner (2014)
Biography | Drama | History
A look at the life of British artist J.M.W Turner. Profoundly affected by the death of his father, loved by a housekeeper he takes for granted and occasionally exploits sexually, he forms a close relationship with a seaside landlady with whom he eventually lives incognito in Chelsea, where he dies. Throughout this, he travels, paints, stays with the country aristocracy, visits brothels, is a popular if anarchic member of the Royal Academy of Arts, has himself strapped to the mast of a ship so that he can paint a snowstorm, and is both celebrated and reviled by the public and by royalty.
Starring: Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson, James Norton, Marion Bailey, Karl Johnson
Director: Mike Leigh
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Posted on March 16, 2015 |
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Rich Hill (2014)
Biography | Documentary | Drama | Family
Rich Hill intimately chronicles the turbulent lives of three boys living in an impoverished Midwestern town and the fragile family bonds that sustain them.
Starring: Alyssa Jewell, Andrew Jewell, Elizabeth Jewell, Willie Jewell
Director: Andrew Droz Palermo, Tracy Droz Tragos
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Posted on March 10, 2015 |
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Unbroken (2014)
Biography | Drama | Sport | War
A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.
Starring: Jack O'Connell, Garrett Hedlund, Jai Courtney, Domhnall Gleeson, Alex Russell, Finn Wittrock
Director: Angelina Jolie
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Tags: Alex Russell, Angelina Jolie, Domhnall Gleeson, Finn Wittrock, Garrett Hedlund, Jack O'Connell, Jai Courtney
Posted on March 9, 2015 |
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The Imitation Game (2014)
Biography | Drama | Thriller | War
English mathematician and logician, Alan Turing, helps crack the Enigma code during World War II.
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Allen Leech, Matthew Beard
Director: Morten Tyldum
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Posted on March 5, 2015 |
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Conviction / Betty Anne Waters (2010)
Biography | Drama
Betty Ann Waters is a working-class single mother whose small-time troublemaker brother is falsely convicted of a violent murder in their home town near Boston and is sent to prison, where in his frustration and anger he attempts suicide. With no one to turn to and no money, Betty Ann decides to put herself through college and law school and qualify as a lawyer in an attempt to set her brother free.
Starring: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Minnie Driver, Melissa Leo, Peter Gallagher, Ari Graynor
Director: Tony Goldwyn
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Tags: Ari Graynor, Hilary Swank, Melissa Leo, Minnie Driver, Peter Gallagher, Sam Rockwell, Tony Goldwyn
Posted on March 4, 2015 |
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Tim Maia (2014)
Biography | Drama | Music
Biopic of Brazilian singer Tim Maia, from his childhood in Rio de Janeiro until his death at age 55, including his passage by the US, where he discovers a new style of music and is arrested for theft and drug possession.
Starring: Robson Nunes, Babu Santana, Alinne Moraes, Cauã Reymond, Valdineia Soriano
Director: Mauro Lima
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Tags: Alinne Moraes, Babu Santana, Cauã Reymond, Mauro Lima, Robson Nunes, Valdineia Soriano
Posted on March 4, 2015 |
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To Write Love on Her Arms / Day One (2012)
Biography | Drama | Music
"To Write Love on Her Arms" is based on the true story of Florida teenager Renee Yohe (played by Kat Dennings), whose struggle with addiction and abuse inspired the creation and 2006 launch of the non-profit organization To Write Love on Her Arms. In a creative blend of artistic fantasy, music and confrontation with harsh reality, Renee discovers the value of genuine friendships and embarks on a daunting, yet courageous journey towards recovery.
Starring: Kat Dennings, Chad Michael Murray, Rupert Friend, Mark Saul, Juliana Harkavy, Corbin Bleu
Director: Nathan Frankowski
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