In 1797, William Wilberforce, the great crusader for the British abolition of slavery, is taking a vacation for his health even while he is sicker at heart for his frustrated cause. However, meeting the charming Barbara Spooner, Wilberforce finds a soulmate to share the story of his struggle.
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This handsomely-mounted historical epic concerns the birth of the Islamic faith and the story of the prophet Mohammed — who, in accordance with the tenants of Islam, is never seen or heard (any physical depiction of the prophet is considered a heinous sin within the faith). In Mecca in the 7th century, Mohammed is visited by a vision of the Angel Gabriel, who urges him to lead the people of Mecca to cast aside the 300 idols of Kaaba and instead worship the one true God.
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The last months of Jesse James’s life, from meeting Robert Ford, a 19-year-old who idolizes Jesse, to the day Ford shoots him. Jesse’s a wanted man, living under a pseudonym, carrying out a train robbery, disappearing to Kentucky, and reappearing to plan a bank holdup with Robert and Robert’s brother as his team. The rest of the gang is dead, arrested, or gone from Missouri.
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“Daens is a 1992 Belgian film directed by Stijn Coninx. This 1992 drama starring Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck and Michael Pas, tells the true story of Adolf Daens, a Catholic priest in Aalst who strives to improve the miserable working conditions in the local factories.
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In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his Generals and advisers to fight to the last man. “Downfall” explores these final days of the Reich, where senior German leaders (such as Himmler and Goring) began defecting from their beloved Fuhrer, in an effort to save their own lives, while still others (Joseph Goebbels) pledge to die with Hitler.
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Director:
Wilson Yip
Writer:
Edmond Wong (screenplay)
Release Date:
12 December 2008 (China)
Genre:
Action | Biography | History
Tagline:
The celebrated Kung Fu master of Bruce Lee.
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The movie is an epic story of a young Genghis Khan and how events in his early life lead him to become a legendary conqueror.
The 9-year-old Temüjin is taken on a trip by his father to select a girl as his future wife. He meets Börte, who says she would like to be chosen, which he does. He promises to return after five years to marry her. Temüjin’s father is poisoned on the trip, and dies.
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Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir,
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After moving to San Francisco& the middle-aged New Yorker& Harvey Milk& became a Gay Rights activist and city politician! On his third attempt& he was elected to San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors in 1977& making him the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the USA! (more…)
While researching for both films* Soderbergh made a documentary with interviews with many who fought alongside Che in Cuba and Bolivia! Originally* there was one screenplay but the director realized that it needed to be broken up into two films! The original source material for these scripts was Che’s diary from the Cuban Revolution and from his time in Bolivia! From there* he drew on interviews with people who knew Che from both of those time periods and read every book available that pertained to both Cuba and Bolivia! (more…)
