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• Review – Invictus (2009)

  
  Commentary Track — Authority: 421
  by HELEN GEIBInvictus is a dramatization of recent South African history and part biopic of Nelson Mandela. It is set during the early days of Mandela’s presidency and revolves around his efforts to promote national reconciliation through the vehicle of the 1995 Rugby World Cup, to which South Africa played host. ...
  4 days ago

• The Runaways Trailer

  
  The Sly Oyster | culture, entertainment, liberal arts, shenanigans — Authority: 148
  Click here to view the embedded video. Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning in a music biopic about Joan Jett’s early band .  I’m interested in two things with this movie: one is acting related — whether Dakota Fanning can graduate to the big leagues as an adult and whether or not Kristen Stewart is going to ...
  6 days ago

• MATT DAMON – MANDELA IS “THE GREATEST WORLD LEADER OF OUR LIFETIME”

  
  Hollywood Outbreak — Authority: 542
  It  was important for Matt Damon to do justice to his role as South African rugby team captain, Francois Pienaar in the Nelson Mandela biopic Invictus .   The story follows the efforts by the newly-elected President Mandela to unite the nation. How? By rallying the South African rugby team ...
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• Where have all the biopics gone?

  
  The Movie Critics — Authority: 546
  A few years ago, the Hollywood biopic finally seemed to be coming of age. It was the fall of 2004 — a season that gave us not one but two of the most thrilling biographical dramas ever made, the jumpin’ and impassioned Ray and the bold and brilliant Kinsey. (No, that’s not Kinsey at left
  2 weeks ago

• Breaking the biopic rules.

  
  Blogs - — Authority: 147
  Biopics are pesky things, full of impersonations masquerading as virtuoso performances. A recent exception was Steve McQueens "Hunger," which was ostensibly the story of Bobby Sands 1981 hunger strike, but which radically rewrote the biopic rules. Most of the dialogue was elided, and the contours of a simple story ...
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• This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: December 8, 2009

  
  FilmCrunch — Authority: 432
  Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this Tuesday: The Alphabet Killer : Blu-ray The Cove : DVD Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Ultimate Edition) : DVD, Blu-ray Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince : DVD, Blu-ray Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Ultimate ...
  2 weeks ago

• JULIEN TEMPLE WORKING ON KINKS FILM

  
  No Expiration - a blog about timeless music — Authority: 138
  Over the summer, I wrote that Ray Davies mentioned a Kinks biopic that Julien Temple is directing. Screen Daily has an interview with Temple where he discusses the film. He hasnt cast it yet, he is working with Ray on the screenplay, and hes requiring that the actors be able to play their characters ...
  2 weeks ago

• Toxic Birthday Suits

  
  Film Experience Blog — Authority: 556
  Your cinematic birthdays for 12/02 . If its your big day, let us know. Steven, Lucy and Warren 1894 Warren William , charming snake, pre-code movie star who was often paired with formidable actresses like Claudette Colbert ( Imitation of Life, Cleopatra ), Joan Blondell ( Gold Diggers of 1933, Stage Struck ...
  3 weeks ago

• Box Office Breakdown: A Bloody Good Debut for New Moon

  
  FilmCrunch — Authority: 432
  After months of endless promotion, New Moon finally opened this weekend to monster-sized numbers. But how exactly did the film compare to the other theatrical giants? Despite earning over $142 million since midnight Thursday, the adaptation’s debut still falls behind The Dark Knight ($158.4) and Spider-Man 3 ...
  4 weeks ago

• Review – The Blind Side (2009)

  
  Commentary Track — Authority: 421
  by HELEN GEIBThe Blind Side is an of-the-moment biopic of a rookie NFL player named Michael Oher. The film focuses on Oher’s transformative high school years in Memphis. Quinton Aaron stars as the teenaged football phenom and Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw play his adoptive parents, Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy.Oher, ...
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• thirty movies hath november - The pride of the yankees (1942)

  
  Jockey Full of Bourbon — Authority: 132
  as previously mentioned, this is me own damn fault ahem. lets take a break in this little sojourn we may call some movies I like and lets consider movies I dont like. there are a lot of movies I dont like, but if we were looking at catego... Read and post comments | Send to a friend
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