Sentences with phrase «biopic recounts»

Film Review by Kam Williams Inspirational Biopic Recounts Jesse Owens» Triumphs at 1936 Berlin Olympics Jesse Owens (Stephan James) is famous for winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics staged in Berlin.

This biopic recounts the real - life scandal that engulfed the American National Figure Skating Championships in 1994, when champion skater Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie) was found guilty of ending the career of her rival Nancy Kerrigan.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Bonsai People (Unrated) Reverential biopic recounting the humanitarian effort of Nobel Peace Prize - winning economist Muhammad Yunis to wipe out poverty in the Third World by lending penniless people the seed money to start their own businesses.

Jobriath A.D. (Unrated) «It's better to flame out than to fade away» biopic recounting the brief career of Bruce Wayne Campbell (1946 - 1983), aka Jobriath, the first openly - gay rock star, and the first to die of AIDS.

Fruitvale Station (Unrated) Bittersweet biopic recounting the serendipitous events which transpired during the final hours in the life of Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan), a young black man shot in the back on New Year's day by a white police officer while being detained on an Oakland train platform.

Loving (PG - 13 for mature themes) Reverential biopic recounting the legal and real - life struggles of the Virginia couple (Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton) who mounted the historic court battle leading to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on interracial marriage.

All Governments Lie (Unrated) Prestige biopic recounting intrepid investigative journalist I.F. Stone's (1907 - 1989) career dedicated to uncovering political corruption and coverups.

The Wolf of Wall Street (R for violence, graphic nudity, explicit sexuality, drug use and pervasive profanity) Cautionary biopic recounting the rise and fall of Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio), a notorious penny stockbroker convicted of securities fraud in 2003.

Breathe (PG - 13 for mature themes and graphic images) Andy Serkis makes his directorial debut with this inspirational biopic recounting the real - life story of a young married couple (Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy) who ignored their doctor's dire diagnosis after the husband contracted polio en route to sharing a rich life together.

The Broken Tower (Unrated) James Franco stars in this bittersweet biopic recounting the abbreviated life and career of Hart Crane (1899 - 1932), a celebrated gay poet who took his own life by jumping off an ocean liner right after being assaulted for making a pass at a crew member.

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The biblical biopic, directed by Garth Davis, who Mara worked with on epic drama Lion, recounts the life and death of Jesus Christ from a female perspective.

Black Butterflies (Unrated) bittersweet biopic, set in South Africa in the Sixties, recounting the ill - fated arc of a defiant, anti-Apartheid poet (Carice van Houten) who found herself at odds with her father (Rutger Hauer) serving as the racist regime's Minister of Censorship.

Directing duo Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine) have recounted these events in new film Battle of the Sexes, a disjointed biopic that frustratingly settles for pleasing the crowds rather than wowing them.

All of the above is recounted in riveting fashion in Hacksaw Ridge, a gripping biopic directed by Mel Gibson.

Despite a game performance from Fanning, Mary Shelley reportedly falls back upon shopworn biopic conventions, transforming a passionate recounting of lively extremes and bold behavior into a mild - mannered narrative, afraid to get daring — ironic when the film's title character is such an irrepressible rule - breaker.

All of the above is recounted in entertaining fashion in Altina, a reverential biopic directed by Peter Sanders (The Disappeared).

The Danish Girl (R for sexuality and full - frontal nudity) Transgender biopic, set in Copenhagen in the Twenties, recounting the pioneering procedure undergone by Lili Elbe (Eddie Redmayne), one of the first recipients of a sex - change operation.