Category: Biography
Posted on February 8, 2014 |
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Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Biography | Drama | Music
Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer who rose from poverty to fame.
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D'Angelo, Levon Helm, William Sanderson, Pat Patterson
Director: Michael Apted
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Tags: Beverly D'Angelo, Levon Helm, Michael Apted, Pat Patterson, Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, William Sanderson
Posted on February 2, 2014 |
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Diana (2013)
Biography | Drama | Romance
The last two years of Princess Diana's life: her campaign against land mines and her relationship with surgeon Dr Hasnat Khan.
Starring: Naomi Watts, Naveen Andrews, Douglas Hodge, Geraldine James, Charles Edwards, Daniel Pirrie, Cas Anvar
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
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Tags: Cas Anvar, Charles Edwards, Daniel Pirrie, Douglas Hodge, Geraldine James, Naomi Watts, Naveen Andrews, Oliver Hirschbiegel
Posted on January 31, 2014 |
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12 O'Clock Boys (2013)
Biography | Documentary
Pug, a wisecracking 13 year old living on a dangerous Westside block, has one goal in mind: to join The Twelve O'Clock Boys; the notorious urban dirt-bike gang of Baltimore. Converging from all parts of the inner city, they invade the streets and clash with police, who are forbidden to chase the bikes for fear of endangering the public. When Pug's older brother dies suddenly, he looks to the pack for mentorship, spurred by their dangerous lifestyle. Pug's story is coupled with unprecedented, action-packed coverage of the riders in their element. The film presents the pivotal years of change in a boy's life growing up in one of the most dangerous and economically depressed cities in the US.
Starring: Coco, Pug, Steven
Director: Lotfy Nathan
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Posted on January 31, 2014 |
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The Long Day Closes (1992)
Biography | Drama | Family
Terence Davies' lyrical hymn to childhood revisits the same territory as Distant Voices, Still Lives, this time focusing on his own memories of growing up in a working-class Catholic family in Liverpool.
Starring: Marjorie Yates
Director: Terence Davies
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Posted on January 29, 2014 |
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Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Biography | Drama | History
The story of Texas electrician Ron Woodroof and his battle with the medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies after being diagnosed as HIV-positive in 1986, and his search for alternative treatments that helped established a way in which fellow HIV-positive people could join for access to his supplies.
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Steve Zahn
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
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Posted on January 22, 2014 |
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Old Goats (2010)
Biography | Comedy
Old Goats is a comedy that features three elderly men playing themselves, but within a fictional framework. The story blends fiction and reality. Britt lives alone on a boat and searches for excitement and romance in his life. Bob writes a book of memoirs about his life as a soldier, para-trooper, and bush pilot, but is uneasy about revealing his sins as a younger man. David is struggling to adapt into retired life while living with his bossy wife. The story is about each man's attempt to change his ways.
Starring: Bob Burkholder, Britton Crosley, Gail Shackel, Benita Staadecker, Stephen Stolee, David Vander Wal
Director: Taylor Guterson
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Tags: Benita Staadecker, Bob Burkholder, Britton Crosley, David Vander Wal, Gail Shackel, Stephen Stolee, Taylor Guterson
Posted on January 17, 2014 |
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The Fifth Estate (2013)
Biography | Drama | Thriller
Through the eyes of Daniel Domscheit-Berg, an early supporter and eventual colleague of Julian Assange, the film follows the heady, early days of Wikileaks to its abrupt end after a series of controversial and history changing info leaks. The website's overnight success brought instant fame to its principal architects, but as their power expanded across the globe, Daniel grew increasingly disillusioned with Julian's questionable tactics and ethics. The rift between the two friends became irreparable and their ideological differences tore them apart, but not before they revolutionized, for better and worse, the flow of information to news media and the world at large.
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Alicia Vikander, Carice van Houten, Daniel Brühl, Laura Linney, Stanley Tucci
Director: Bill Condon
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Tags: Alicia Vikander, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bill Condon, Carice van Houten, Daniel Brühl, Laura Linney, Stanley Tucci
Posted on January 16, 2014 |
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Assembly / Ji jie hao (2007)
Action | Biography | Drama | History | War
Follows a soldier trying to gain recognition for comrades who died in 1948, at a turning point in the civil war between the communists and the nationalist forces of the Kuomintang (KMT).
Starring: Hanyu Zhang, Chao Deng, Wenkang Yuan, Yan Tang, Fan Liao, Baoqiang Wang, Jun Hu
Director: Xiaogang Feng
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Tags: Baoqiang Wang, Chao Deng, Fan Liao, Hanyu Zhang, Jun Hu, Wenkang Yuan, Xiaogang Feng, Yan Tang
Posted on January 16, 2014 |
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Rommel (2012)
Action | Biography | Drama | History | War
Rommel is a German TV movie from 2012. He tells the last phase of life known German Generals of World War II, Erwin Rommel. The first broadcast took place on 1 November 2012 on Das Erste.
Starring: Ulrich Tukur, Tim Bergmann, Rolf Kanies, Arthur Klemt, Thomas Limpinsel
Director: Niki Stein
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Posted on January 16, 2014 |
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Mar adentro / The Sea Within (2004)
Biography | Drama
Life story of Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. Film explores Ramón's relationships with two women: Julia, a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa, a local woman who wants to convince him that life is worth living. Through the gift of his love, these two women are inspired to accomplish things they never previously thought possible. Despite his wish to die, Ramón taught everyone he encountered the meaning, value and preciousness of life. Though he could not move himself, he had an uncanny ability to move others.
Starring: Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Mabel Rivera
Director: Alejandro Amenábar
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Tags: Alejandro Amenábar, Belén Rueda, Javier Bardem, Lola Dueñas, Mabel Rivera
Posted on January 14, 2014 |
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Bonnie and Clyde: Dead and Alive / Bonnie and Clyde (2013)
Biography | Crime | Drama
Based on the true story of Clyde Barrow, a charismatic convicted armed robber who sweeps Bonnie Parker, an impressionable, petite, small-town waitress, off her feet, and the two embark on one one of most infamous bank-robbing sprees in history.
Starring: Emile Hirsch, Holliday Grainger, Sarah Hyland, Elizabeth Reaser, Lane Garrison, Dale Dickey, Austin Hébert, Jack Thompson, Holly Hunter, William Hurt
Director: Bruce Beresford
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Tags: Austin Hébert, Bruce Beresford, Dale Dickey, Elizabeth Reaser, Emile Hirsch, Holliday Grainger, Holly Hunter, Jack Thompson, Lane Garrison, Sarah Hyland, William Hurt
Posted on January 10, 2014 |
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Captain Phillips (2013)
Adventure | Biography | Drama | Thriller
The Maersk Alabama became the first US cargo ship to be hijacked in 200 years when heavily armed Somalis boarded the vessel on the 8th of April 2009. As commander of the ship, Captain Richard Phillips inevitably found himself at the heart of events. Held hostage by the pirates under the command of Muse, Phillips attempts to protect both his crew and ship to the best of his ability. However, as the drama plays out and Phillips spends more time in the company of his Somali captors, he gradually comes to realise that they have a story, too. Far from the greedy, heartless thugs of pirate lore, the Somalis may well represent the forces of globalisation. Based on the real life hijacking of a US cargo ship by Somali pirates.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, Max Martini, David Warshofsky, John Magaro, Chris Mulkey
Director: Paul Greengrass
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Tags: Catherine Keener, Chris Mulkey, David Warshofsky, John Magaro, Max Martini, Paul Greengrass, Tom Hanks
Posted on January 5, 2014 |
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Good Ol' Freda (2013)
Biography | Documentary | History | Music
Freda Kelly was a shy Liverpudlian teenager when she was asked to work for a local band hoping to make it big. Freda had faith in The Beatles from the beginning, and The Beatles had faith in her. For the first time in 50 years, Freda tells her stories of serving as secretary to the Beatles even after their breakup. One of few films with the support of the living Beatles and featuring original Beatles music.
Starring: Freda Kelly, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
Director: Ryan White
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Tags: Freda Kelly, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Ryan White
Posted on January 2, 2014 |
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Rush (2013)
Action | Biography | Drama | Sport
This dramatic portrayal of the intense 1970s rivalry between race drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt captures the contrasts between the two champions. While Hunt was a charming and handsome ladies' man, Lauda was a loner with a single goal: victory.
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Dormer, Olivia Wilde, Daniel Brühl, Alexandra Maria Lara, Patrick Baladi
Director: Ron Howard
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Tags: Alexandra Maria Lara, Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Brühl, Natalie Dormer, Olivia Wilde, Patrick Baladi, Ron Howard
Posted on December 27, 2013 |
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Louis Cyr / Louis Cyr: l'homme le plus fort du monde (2013)
Biography | Drama | History
Biopic of Louis Cyr, strongest man in the world at the end of the 19th Century.
Starring: Antoine Bertrand, Gilbert Sicotte, Rose-Maïté Erkoreka, Guillaume Cyr, Gil Bellows, Eliane Gagnon
Director: Daniel Roby
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Tags: Antoine Bertrand, Daniel Roby, Eliane Gagnon, Gil Bellows, Gilbert Sicotte, Guillaume Cyr, Rose-Maïté Erkoreka
Posted on December 26, 2013 |
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Hořící keř / Burning Bush (TV Mini-Series 2013)
Biography | Drama
Burning Bush is a three-part mini-series created for HBO by world-renowned Polish director Agnieszka Holland. Based on real characters and events, this haunting drama focuses on the personal sacrifice of a Prague history student, Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1969. Dagmar Buresová, a young female lawyer, became part of his legacy by defending Jan's family in a trial against the communist government, a regime which tried to dishonour Palach's sacrifice, a heroic action for the freedom of Czechoslovakia.
Starring: Tatiana Pauhofová, Jaroslava Pokorná, Petr Stach, Vojtech Kotek, Igor Bares, Adrian Jastraban, Ivan Trojan
Creator: Stepan Hulik
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Tags: Adrian Jastraban, Igor Bares, Ivan Trojan, Jaroslava Pokorná, Petr Stach, Stepan Hulik, Tatiana Pauhofová, Vojtech Kotek
Posted on December 26, 2013 |
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The Butler (2013)
Biography | Drama
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Starring: John Cusack, Forest Whitaker, Alan Rickman, Liev Schreiber, Robin Williams, Minka Kelly
Director: Lee Daniels
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Tags: Alan Rickman, Forest Whitaker, John Cusack, Lee Daniels, Liev Schreiber, Minka Kelly, Robin Williams
Posted on December 22, 2013 |
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The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
Biography | Drama | Sport
In the late 1960's, after a lifetime of perfecting his classic Indian motorcycle, Burt sets off from the bottom of the world, Invercargill, New Zealand, to clock his bike at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. With all odds against him, Burt puts his irrepressible kiwi spirit to the test, braving the new world on a shoestring budget. He makes fast friends of many he encounters along the way who find themselves swept up in his energy and singular determination. Burt's quest culminates in an unlikely conclusion and remains legendary within the motorcycle community to this day.
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd, Paul Rodriguez, Aaron Murphy, Annie Whittle
Director: Roger Donaldson
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Posted on December 21, 2013 |
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Fruitvale Station (2013)
Biography | Drama
he true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.
Starring: Kevin Durand, Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer, Melonie Diaz, Chad Michael Murray, Ahna O'Reilly
Director: Ryan Coogler
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Tags: Ahna O'Reilly, Chad Michael Murray, Kevin Durand, Melonie Diaz, Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer, Ryan Coogler
Posted on December 21, 2013 |
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MacArthur (1977)
Biography | Drama | History | War
The story of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander during World War II and United Nations Commander for the Korean War. "MacArthur" begins in 1942, following the fall of Philippines, and covers the remarkable career of this military legend up through and including the Korean War and into MacArthur's days of forced retirement after being dismissed from his post by President Truman.
Starring: Gregory Peck, Dan O'Herlihy, Ed Flanders, G.D. Spradlin
Director: Joseph Sargent
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Tags: Dan O'Herlihy, Ed Flanders, G.D. Spradlin, Gregory Peck, Joseph Sargent