SELMA Review: Based around Martin Luther King and the marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965. Director: Ava DuVernay Actors: David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth,… Read more “Selma”
Category: History
The Great Escape
THE GREAT ESCAPE Review: Based on a true story of Allied prisoners of war who managed to escape from a Nazi prison camp during World War II.… Read more “The Great Escape”
Mr.Turner
MR.TURNER i Review: Explores the last quarter century of the British painter J.M.W. Turner. Director: Mike Leigh Actors: Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson and Dorothy Atkinson Year: 2014… Read more “Mr.Turner”
A Royal Affair
A ROYAL AFFAIR Review: Based on a true story about a love triangle between the insane Danish King Christian VII, the royal physician and Queen Caroline Mathilda.… Read more “A Royal Affair”
Bel Ami
BEL AMI Review: This is the story of Georges Duroy, who travels through Paris in the 1890’s. He rises to power through his manipulation of the city’s… Read more “Bel Ami”
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM Review: This is the story of Nelson Mandela’s life journey. It takes us all the way through from childhood to when he… Read more “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”
Lincoln
LINCOLN Review: This film focuses on President Lincoln’s final months in office. Director: Steven Spielberg Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, David Strathairn and Sally Field Year: 2012 Genre: Biography,… Read more “Lincoln”
Pride
PRIDE Review: Inspired by a true story set in 1984. A group of U.K. gay and lesbian activists travel to Wales in order to help the miners… Read more “Pride”
Argo
ARGO Review: A CIA agent launches a dangerous operation. The operation is to rescue six Americans in Tehran at the same time as the U.S. hostage crisis… Read more “Argo”
Zero Dark Thirty
ZERO DARK THIRTY Review: A story of history’s greatest manhunt for the world’s most dangerous man named Osama bin Laden. Director: Katheryn Bigelow Actors: Jessica Chastain, Joel… Read more “Zero Dark Thirty”
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