All posts tagged "Biopic"
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BACK TO BLACK – Review
Talented singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse’s tragic life was already the subject of an Oscar-winning documentary, AMY in 2015, made...
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BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE – Review
Full confession: I love Bob Marley, so a biographical drama about the reggae icon is pure catnip for...
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RUSTIN – Review
Dr. Martin Luther King gave his famous “I have a dream” speech at the landmark 1963 March on...
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ELVIS – Review
In a rhinestone-studded, cinematic extravaganza, director Baz Luhrmann gives Elvis Presley his signature dazzle treatment in an energetic...
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BENEDICTION – Review
A haunting biopic about a haunted man, BENEDICTION is a masterful, visually dynamic film about a complex man...
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THE GLORIAS – Review
Three big names of the ’60s -’70s Second Wave feminism were Betty Friedan, author of “The Feminine Mystique,”...
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RESISTANCE – Review
Who knew legendary mime Marcel Marceau was a member of the French Resistance as a very young man?...
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JUDY – Review
Renee Zellweger gives a knockout performance as the legendary Judy Garland, in a biopic set in her later...
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TOLKIEN – Review
One thing you learn early on in TOLKIEN is that it is pronounced “Tol-keen,” contrary to the way...
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AT ETERNITY’S GATE – Review
Willem Dafoe gives an amazing performance as Vincent Van Gogh is Julian Schnabel impressionistic biopic AT ETERNITY’S GATE....
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VICE – Review
Adam McKay, who brought us THE BIG SHORT, takes on Dick Chaney in the hilariously satiric biopic VICE....
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AT ETERNITY’S GATE – Review
Willem Dafoe gives an amazing performance as Vincent Van Gogh is Julian Schnabel’s impressionistic biopic AT ETERNITY’S GATE....
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THE HAPPY PRINCE – Review
THE HAPPY PRINCE is not a happy story, neither the children’s tale by Oscar Wilde nor this biopic...
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COLETTE – Review
Keira Knightley stars as French novelist Colette in director Wash Westmoreland’s gorgeous and gripping period biopic COLETTE. What...
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LOVING VINCENT – Review
The strikingly beautiful animated film LOVING VINCENT is described as “the world’s first fully oil painted feature film.”...
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JANE – Review
In 1957, famed anthropologist Louis Leakey chose three young women to study the great apes in the wild,...
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CEZANNE ET MOI – Review
The French film CEZANNE ET MOI (“Cezanne and I”) focuses on the real life-long, if sometimes stormy, friendship...
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Depp in talks for SEVEN FRIENDS OF PANCHO VILLA AND THE WOMAN WITH SIX FINGERS
Johnny Depp is in talks to start in the Pancho Villa biopic which is being helmed by Emir...
