All posts tagged "True Story"
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SIX MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT – Review
A Nazi-run boarding school for girls on the British coast? Sound preposterous but in fact there really was...
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THE COURIER – Review
Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the true-story THE COURIER, an entertaining Cold War-era spy tale told in a pleasingly...
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TAPE – Review
TAPE opens with images of the mutilated character Lavinia from Shakespeare’s “Titus Andronicus,” followed by horrific footage of...
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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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BURDEN – Review
In this strange but true story, Garrett Hedlund plays a young white man is persecuted after leaving the...
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THE BANKER – Review
In the true-story based THE BANKER, two black businessmen have an audacious plan in pre-Civil Rights 1954: use...
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RICHARD JEWELL – Review
Sneaking in before the end of the year, nearly buried in the glut of award-contenders based on or...
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THE AERONAUTS – Review
“Up, up, and awaaay in my beautiful balloon” sang the Fifth Dimension in the swingin’ 1960s, making this...
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OFFICIAL SECRETS – Review
Keira Knightley takes a break from period costumes to star in the true-story based political thriller OFFICIAL SECRETS,...
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STOCKHOLM – Review
Ever wonder why they call the phenomenon where hostages bond with their captor “Stockholm syndrome?” The semi-comic crime...
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HOTEL MUMBAI- Review
Another weekend, another impressive “indie” flick starring the talented Dev Patel. This time out he’s not the main...
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THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND – Review
Every few weeks, a “feel good” story will get scooped up by news outlets, usually in an effort...
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THE INVISIBLES (2017) – Review
From the rich historical archives of WWII comes another true tale of struggle and survival, when Hitler and...
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GREEN BOOK – Review
As we hurriedly prepare for the big year-end holiday, or even trying to catch up with all...
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CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? – Review
In CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?, Melissa McCarthy gives a stunning dramatic performance in the strange but true...
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BEAUTIFUL BOY – Review
Addiction is an issue that seems to touch everyone in some way, directly or in directly, through family...
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WHITE BOY RICK – Review
WHITE BOY RICK tells the true story of Richard Wershe Jr., a teen in 1980s Detroit also known...
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AMERICAN ANIMALS – Review
AMERICAN ANIMALS opens with a screen showing the familiar words “this is based on a true story” but...
