Tag: Biography
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The Lady in the Van – Review
The Lady in the Van is a film that balances the profound with the farcical, while maintaining the whimsicality throughout. Read More >
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Noomi Rapace to Play Amy Winehouse
Noomi Rapace of Prometheus, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, and the original Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy, is in negotiations to play Amy Winehouse in Kirsten Sheridan’s biopic… Read More >
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Empire scribes to write ‘Mother of Hip Hop’ biopic
According to THR, Empire scribes Carlito Rodriguez and Malcolm Spellman have been chosen to write a biopic on the late Sylvia Robinson. One of the most influential and pioneering producers in rap music, Robinson co-founded Sugar Hill Records and produced The Sugarhill Gang’s hit song, “Rapper’s Delight” back in 1979. A track that is often… Read More >
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Joy – Trailer
Joy is the story of a family across four generations and the woman who rises to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty. Read More >
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The End of the Tour – Review
Flipping through the dense pages of celebrated author David Foster Wallace, it’s easy to become intimidated, inspired, and maybe also completely lost. The self-conscious, world-aware writer’s towering achievements changed the landscape of the literary scene – but would such virtuoso talent stick to the screen in a meaningful way? Would his acutely attuned insight make… Read More >
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The Program – Review
We struggle to discover the real Lance Armstrong, feeling very much like we’re peering in from the outside, making for a distinctly distant and emotionally disengaging pice of cinema. Read More >
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Steve Jobs – Review
Just as he did with Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network, Sorkin doesn’t pin down every little detail about Job’s life. Rather, Sorkin does something much more impressive. He pulls back the emerald curtain and provides a captivating character study. Read More >
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Bridge of Spies – Review
We’ve seen movies about the Cold War before. What’s so absorbing about Bridge of Spies, though, is how screenwriters Matt Charman and the Coen brothers observe matters from a middle-of-the-road perspective. Read More >
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Race – Trailer
Based on the incredible true story of Jesse Owens, the legendary athletic superstar whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler’s vision of Aryan supremacy. Race is an enthralling film about courage, determination, tolerance,… Read More >
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Paramount to remake The Ten Commandments
According to Tracking-Board, Paramount Pictures will remake their classic Biblical epic The Ten Commandments. Producers Mary Parent and Cale Boyter are on board through Disruption Entertainment; the company who previously produced Darren Aronofsky’s Noah. Much like the 1956 classic, The film will chronicle the Exodus story, in which Moses leads the Hebrews out of Egypt to freedom from the tyrannical… Read More >
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