All posts tagged "Biography"
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PERCY GREEN: MAN OF ACTION Documentary – Review
Many St. Louisans who know a bit of Civil Rights history, Percy Green is known as the man...
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SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE – Review
We must be “all in” for the end-of-the-year awards season as we’ve got a new big biographical film...
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THE SMASHING MACHINE – Review
Now, just two weeks ago, I reviewed the rare movie hybrid, a sports/horror flick called HIM. As it...
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BETTER MAN – Review
Does BETTER MAN make a monkey out of British musician Robbie Williams? Well, no, but it does make...
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PIECE BY PIECE – Review
Here’s a challenge for even the most respected and revered documentarians: how do you make your film different...
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LEE – Review
The name Lee Miller may not be familiar but you have most likely seen her photos, some of...
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ONE LIFE – Review
The moving ONE LIFE throws a spotlight on a British man, Nicholas Winton, who has been called the...
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FRIDA – Review
Frida Kahlo remains endlessly intriguing, in part because the Mexican artist’s colorful paintings remain striking, mysterious and even...
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FERRARI – Review
And what’s that zooming toward the multiplex? Why, it’s yet another true-life sports film, and it’s comin’ in...
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MAESTRO (2023) – Review
The list of actors who have jumped behind the camera to sit in the director’s chair is very...
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THE PIGEON TUNNEL – Review
If it is true that to be a great writer, you need an unusual childhood, then the great...
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NYAD – Review
Sometimes we just need to see a flick that gets us motivated. To get us off our “duff”…after...
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GOLDA – Review
Helen Mirren portrays Golda Meir, Israel’s first women prime minister, during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, in GOLDA....
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OPPENHEIMER – Review
“Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds” is the famous quote from the Bhagavad Gita that...
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STAN LEE – Review
Face front, true believers! Here’s an interesting lil’ tidbit about the current cinema landscape. Just who has been...
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IT AIN’T OVER – Review
It doesn’t get any more delightful than the surprising, warm documentary about beloved baseball legend Yogi Berra, IT...
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SPINNING GOLD – Review
The film year of 2022 pretty much ended with a “music biopic”, WHITNEY HOUSTON: I WANNA DANCE WITH...
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TURN EVERY PAGE – Review
What a delightful documentary is TURN EVERY PAGE – THE ADVENTURES OF ROBERT CARO AND ROBERT GOTTLIEB. This...
