Category: Biography
Posted on November 3, 2012 |
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Under African Skies / Paul Simon's Graceland Journey: Under African Skies (2012)
Biography | Documentary | History | Music
Paul Simon returns to South Africa to explore the journey of his Graceland album, including the political backlash he received for allegedly breaking the UN cultural boycott of South Africa designed to end the Apartheid regime.
Starring: Paul Simon
Director: Joe Berlinger
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Posted on November 2, 2012 |
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Eichmann (2007)
Biography | Drama | History | War
Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel as he accounts to Captain Avner Less, a young Israeli Police Officer, of his past as the architect of Hitler's plan for the final solution. Captured by intelligence operatives in Argentina, 15 years after World War II, Eichmann, the World's most wanted man, must be broken down and the truth unveiled. As the world waits, two men must confront each other in a battle of wills- the result of which will change a nation forever.
Starring: Thomas Kretschmann, Troy Garity, Franka Potente, Stephen Fry
Director: Robert Young
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Posted on October 31, 2012 |
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Fair Game (2010)
Biography | Drama | Thriller
Plame's status as a CIA agent was revealed by White House officials allegedly out to discredit her husband after he wrote a 2003 New York Times op-ed piece saying that the Bush administration had manipulated intelligence about weapons of mass destruction to justify the invasion of Iraq.
Starring: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Bruce McGill, Michael Kelly, Ty Burrell, Noah Emmerich
Director: Doug Liman
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Posted on October 23, 2012 |
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Cleopatra (1934)
Biography | Drama
In 48 BC, Cleopatra, facing palace revolt in her kingdom of Egypt, welcomes the arrival of Julius Caesar as a way of solidifying her power under Rome. When Caesar, whom she has led astray, is killed, she transfers her affections to Marc Antony and dazzles him on a barge full of DeMillean splendor. But the trick may not work a third time…
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Henry Wilcoxon, Joseph Schildkraut, Ian Keith, C. Aubrey Smith
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
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Tags: C. Aubrey Smith, Cecil B. DeMille, Claudette Colbert, Henry Wilcoxon, Ian Keith, Joseph Schildkraut, Warren William
Posted on October 21, 2012 |
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The Sound of Music / Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music (1965)
Biography | Drama | Family | Musical | Romance
Julie Andrews lights up the screen as Maria, the spirited young woman who leaves the convent to become governess to the seven children of Captain Von Trapp, an autocratic widower whose strict household rules leave no room for music or entertainment.
Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Richard Haydn, Eleanor Parker, Charmian Carr, Nicholas Hammond
Director: Robert Wise
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Tags: Charmian Carr, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Julie Andrews, Nicholas Hammond, Richard Haydn, Robert Wise
Posted on October 12, 2012 |
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Magic Mike (2012)
Biography | Comedy | Drama
Set in the world of male strippers, Mike takes a young dancer called The Kid under his wing and schools him in the fine arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money.
Starring: Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey, Matt Bomer, Olivia Munn, Alex Pettyfer, James Martin Kelly, Joe Manganiello
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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Tags: Alex Pettyfer, Channing Tatum, James Martin Kelly, Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer, Matthew McConaughey, Olivia Munn, Steven Soderbergh
Posted on October 6, 2012 |
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Amadeus (1984)
Biography | Drama | Music
Amadeus. The man. The music. The magic. The madness. This is the incredible, mostly true story about the relationship between two composers in 18th century Vienna — Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham), the successful court composer for Emperor Joseph of Austria, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce), a child prodigy who, while vulgar and irritating, writes the greatest music the world has ever heard. The film unfolds in a series of flashbacks, as Salieri is consumed with jealously by Mozart's natural talent, and is unable to accept the knowledge that he will never possess the genius of a man he cannot stand.
Starring: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice, Christine Ebersole
Director: Milos Forman
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Tags: Christine Ebersole, Elizabeth Berridge, F. Murray Abraham, Milos Forman, Roy Dotrice, Simon Callow, Tom Hulce
Posted on October 4, 2012 |
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This Boy's Life (1993)
Biography | Drama
In 1957, a son and mother flee the East and an abusive boyfriend to find a new life, and end up in Seattle, where the mother meets a polite garage mechanic. The boy continually gets into trouble by hanging out with the wrong crowd. The mom marries the mechanic, but they soon find out that he's an abusive and unreasoning alcoholic, and they struggle to maintain hope in an impossible situation as the boy grows up with plans to escape the small town by any means possible. Based on a true story by Tobias Wolff.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Chris Cooper, Tobey Maguire
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
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Tags: Chris Cooper, Ellen Barkin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Caton-Jones, Robert De Niro, Tobey Maguire
Posted on October 1, 2012 |
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Hoffa (1992)
Biography | Crime | Drama
Based on the story of legendary union figure Jimmy Hoffa.
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante, Frank Whaley, J.T. Walsh, Robert Prosky
Director: Danny DeVito
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Tags: Armand Assante, Danny DeVito, Frank Whaley, J.T. Walsh, Jack Nicholson, Robert Prosky
Posted on September 29, 2012 |
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Ali (2001)
Biography | Drama | Sport
The life story of heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, following the champ's early days as Cassius Clay and his rise in sports and politics, including his controversial refusal to fight in the Vietnam War and his infamous comeback battles against Joe Frazier and George Foreman.
Starring: Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Jeffrey Wright, Mario Van Peebles, Ron Silver
Director: Michael Mann
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Posted on September 26, 2012 |
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The Blind Side (2009)
Biography | Drama | Sport
An teenager in Memphis, whose father was murdered and whose mother was a crack addict, is shuffled through the public school system, despite his low grade point average and absenteeism. But his tremendous size and quickness attracts the interest of a wealthy couple who take him in and groom him both athletically and academically to become one of the top high-school football prospects in the country.
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Kathy Bates
Director: John Lee Hancock
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Posted on September 23, 2012 |
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Bugsy (1991)
Biography | Crime | Drama | History
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womaniser with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all strong-willed Virginia Hill detain him while his family wait back home. Then a trip to a run-down gambling joint at a spot in the desert known as Las Vegas gives him his big idea.
Starring: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould
Director: Barry Levinson
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Posted on September 19, 2012 |
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The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
Biography | Drama | History | Romance
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history, The Other Boleyn Girl tells the story of two beautiful sisters, Anne (Natalie Portman) and Mary (Scarlett Johansson) Boleyn who, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII (Eric Bana). While both women eventually share the king's bed, only one will ascend to the throne for a brief and turbulent reign that ends tragically with a swing of the executioner's sword.
Starring: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess, Mark Rylance
Director: Justin Chadwick
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Posted on September 19, 2012 |
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Ed Wood (1994)
Biography | Comedy | Drama
From Hollywood's acclaimed director Tim Burton (Planet of the Apes, Batman Sleepy Hollow & Edward Scissorhands) comes and offbeat, true-life story of Hollywood's worst director, ED WOOD.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Bill Murray, Lisa Marie
Director: Tim Burton
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Tags: Bill Murray, Johnny Depp, Lisa Marie, Martin Landau, Patricia Arquette, Sarah Jessica Parker, Tim Burton
Posted on September 12, 2012 |
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Spartacus: Vengeance (TV Series 2010-2013)
Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | History
Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus, a Thracian warrior captured by Romans, is enslaved into a gladiator training school owned by Batiatus and his wife Lucretia. He is forced to fight daily for his life against deadly foes, under the brutal whip of trainer Doctore. Against all odds, Spartacus' rebellious instincts, his intense love for his wife Sura and his powerful fighting skills drive him to win a series of near-impossible battles – setting in motion a revolution against the tyranny of Rome. To survive, he must become more than a man, more than a gladiator. He must become a legend.
Starring: Andy Whitfield, Liam McIntyre, Lucy Lawless, Manu Bennett, John Hannah, Peter Mensah, Nick Tarabay, Viva Bianca
Creator: Steven S. DeKnight
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Tags: Andy Whitfield, John Hannah, Liam McIntyre, Lucy Lawless, Manu Bennett, Nick Tarabay, Peter Mensah, Steven S. DeKnight, Viva Bianca
Posted on September 12, 2012 |
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Adventure | Biography | Drama | History | War
The dramatic portrait of the famed British officer's journey to the Middle East, Lawrence of Arabia is one of the most critically acclaimed and beloved films of all time. Assigned to Arabia during World War I, Lawrence courageously unites the warring Arab factions into a strong guerrilla front and leads them to brilliant victories in treacherous desert battlefields, where they eventually defeat the ruling Turkish Empire.
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif, José Ferrer
Director: David Lean
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Posted on September 9, 2012 |
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Hunger (2008)
Biography | Drama | History
In Northern Ireland's Maze prison in 1981, twenty-seven-year-old Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands went on a hunger strike to protest the British government's refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners, rather than as ordinary criminals. McQueen dramatizes prison existence and Sands's final days in a way that is purely experiential, even abstract, a succession of images full of both beauty and horror.
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham, Liam Cunningham, Rory Mullen, Brian Milligan
Director: Steve McQueen
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Posted on September 7, 2012 |
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The Pianist (2002)
Biography | Drama | War
An adaptation based on the autobiography of the acclaimed Polish composer, Wladyslaw Szpilman, who detailed his survival during World War II, and narrowly escaped a roundup that sent his family to a death camp. A composer and pianist, Szpilman played the last live music heard over Polish radio airwaves before Nazi artillery hit. There, in Poland, Szpilman struggled to stay alive–even when cast away from those he loved. He spent the duration of the war hiding in the ruins of Warsaw and scavenging for food and shelter. Szpilman eventually reclaimed his artistic gifts, and confronted his fears–with aid from the unlikeliest of sources.
Starring: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard
Director: Roman Polanski
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Tags: Adrien Brody, Ed Stoppard, Emilia Fox, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Roman Polanski, Thomas Kretschmann
Posted on September 7, 2012 |
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Cloclo / My Way (2012)
Biography | Drama | Music
A biopic of French pop star Claude Francois, most famous for co-writing the song 'My Way'. Tracing his life from his childhood in Egypt through his success in France to his untimely death in Paris in 1978.
Starring: Jérémie Renier, Benoit Magimel, Monica Scattini, Sabrina Seyvecou, Ana Girardot, Joséphine Japy, Robert Knepper
Director: Florent-Emilio Siri
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Tags: Ana Girardot, Benoit Magimel, Florent Emilio Siri, Jérémie Renier, Joséphine Japy, Monica Scattini, Robert Knepper, Sabrina Seyvecou
Posted on September 7, 2012 |
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Prayers for Bobby (2009)
Biography | Drama
Mary Griffith is a devout Christian who raises her children with the conservative teachings of the Presbyterian Church. However, when her son Bobby confides to his older brother he may be gay, life changes for the entire family after Mary learns about his secret. While Bobby's father and siblings slowly come to terms with his homosexuality, Mary believes God can cure him of what she considers his 'sin' and persuades Bobby to pray harder and seek solace in church activities in hopes of changing him. Desperate for his mother's approval, Bobby does what is asked of him, but through it all, the church's apparent disapproval of homosexuality causes him to grow increasingly withdrawn and depressed. Guilty over the pain he is causing Mary, Bobby moves away, yet hopes that some day his mother will accept him. His subsequent depression and…
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Henry Czerny, Ryan Kelley, Austin Nichols, Carly Schroeder
Director: Russell Mulcahy
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Tags: Austin Nichols, Carly Schroeder, Henry Czerny, Russell Mulcahy, Ryan Kelley, Sigourney Weaver
