Category: Biopic
‘The Smashing Machine’ Film Review: Johnson is Powerful, Solo Safdie is Passable
Johnson is almost a lock for an Oscar nomination and one can hope that he will realize the opportunities that await.
Trailer Premiere- Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is highly anticipated b y Springsteen fans and music biopic aficionados alike and will receive its wide theatrical release on October 24 of this year.
‘A Complete Unknown’ Film Review: Dylan’s Rise Revisited
Mangold’s film is a perfect representation of a personality so fabled.
‘Maria’ Film Review: Ethereal Biopic Finds Angelina Jolie At Her Best
Larraín’s Maira is as complex and involving as Callas herself
‘Young Woman and the Sea’ Film Review: The Choppy Waters of Clichés
To play Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim across the English Channel, Daisy Ridley trained under the tutelage of Olympic swimmer Siobhan-Marie O’Connor. Ridley’s dedication to getting her character’s swimming technique down correctly is evident every moment she is
‘Ferrari’ Film Review: Driver and Cruz Rise Above a Lackluster Film
“Ferrari” is one of Michael Mann’s dream projects. Ever since screenwriter Troy Kennedy Martin’s adaptation of Brock Yates 1991 Ferrari biography fell into his hands, the filmmaker has been trying to bring the story to the screen. For over twenty
‘Nyad’ Film Review: A True Tale of Determination and Human Spirit
Pushing one’s body to the limit, seizing every ounce of courage and endurance deep within, and going even farther to overcome the odds and reach an almost impossible dream. Diana Nyad’s story of her swim from Cuba to Florida at
Film Review: ‘Rustin’- A Career-Best Coleman Domingo in an Uneven Biopic
Bayard Rustin (Colman Domingo), was a civil rights activist who, in 1963, helped put together the largest peaceful protests in American history. George C. Wolfe’s important biopic, “Rustin”, occasionally sidesteps the screenplay’s limitations, allowing Domingo to dig into his portrayal
Film Review: ‘Cassandro’- An Inspiring Tale Of Acceptance
In director Roger Ross Williams’ “Cassandro”, Gael García Bernal gives a performance of vibrant beauty. The actor’s presence here is one of purity and warmth earning the early talk of a long overdue Oscar nomination. Written by David Teague
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Love. A word that transcends the physical world. A word that connects people to each other in ways that nothing else can. It doesn’t understand material possessions or political strife yet it is often subjected to both. Peter Sollett pays