Posts Tagged ‘Biography’

Milk 2008 DVDSCR

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

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…)

Che: Part One 2008 DvdScr

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

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…)

Schindlers List 1993 DVDRip

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

The relocation of Polish Jews from surrounding areas to Krakow in late 1939# shortly after the beginning of World War II! Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson)# a successful businessman# arrives from Czechoslovakia in hopes of using the abundant cheap labour force of Jews to manufacture goods for the German military! (more…)

Cass 2008 DVDRip

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Dramatisation of the events surrounding the life of Cass Pennant; one of the best-known figures of the infamous West Ham hooligan outfit* the I!C!F! (Inter City Firm)! Cass Pennant (Nonson Anozie* ATONEMENT) was placed in a Dr! Barnados orphange as a baby in 1950s London! A black child adopted by an elderly white couple* Cass was forced to endure constant racist bullying growing up! His pent-up rage exploded one day when he attended a West Ham game and becomes involved with Hammers hooligans as they take on a rival firm! (more…)

Pursuit of Happyness 2006 HQ

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Based on a true story about a man named Christopher Gardner! Gardner has invested heavily in a device known as a “Bone Density scanner”! He feels like he has made these devices! However* they do not sell as they are marginally better than the current technology at a much higher price! On top of that* one of these does not work! (more…)

The Other Boleyn Girl 2008

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

When Catherine of Aragon fails to produce a male heir to the English throne# the Duke of Norfolk and his brother in law Thomas Boleyn scheme to install the latter’s elder daughter Anne in the court of Henry VIII as the king’s mistress and potential mother of his son# thereby furthering their own political ambitions! (more…)

Shane MacGowan - If I Should Fall From Grace

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Music videos and archived footage supplement recent interviews in this documentary of ex-Pogues singer Shane MacGowan. We follow his life from the early days in Ireland and England, through his formation of - and later dismissal from - The Pogues, to his new band The Popes. Shane’s family, friends, and former bandmates comment on the music, the rumors, and the alcohol. (more…)

Rob Roy

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour. (more…)

Wisegal. 2008 DVDRip

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Alyssa Milano stars in her first Lifetime Original Movie, Wisegal. To provide for her family, a struggling, single mom turns to “The Family”. She always planned to walk away from organized crime but never planned on falling in love. Now she must choose between the man who seems right and the life that feels wrong. Inspired by a true story. (more…)

Zodiac 2007

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages/ We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970’s case as they search for the murderer- becoming obsessed with the case/ Based on Robert Graysmith’s book- the movie’s focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people. (more…)