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Tag Archives: history
Amsterdam (2022)
Director: David O. Russell Writer: David O. Russell
Posted in Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Tagged 1930s, 2022, adel nur, alessandro nivola, andrea riseborough, anthony katagas, anya taylor-joy, arnon milchan, assassin, assassination, car accident, chris rock, christian bale, comedy, conspiracy, daniel pemberton, david o. russell, doctor, drake, drama, ed begley jr., emmanuel lubezki, eye patch, Fascism, framed, glass eye, history, jay cassidy, john david washington, lawyer, margot robbie, matthew budman, matthias schoenaerts, michael shannon, mike myers, murder, murderer, mystery, nazi, nurse, one eye, rami malek, robert de niro, soldier, taylor swift, timothy olyphant, war, world war I, WWI, zoe saldana
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The Northman (2022)
Director: Robert Eggers Writers: Sjon & Robert Eggers
Posted in Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Tagged 2022, action, adventure, alexander skarsgard, anya taylor-joy, arnon milchan, bjork, boat, bow and arrow, claes bang, drama, elliott rose, ethan hawke, fantasy, fate, fight, gustav lindh, historical, history, horse, jarin blaschke, lars knudsen, leifur b. dagfinnsson, louise ford, mark huffam, matricide, mountain, murder, nicole kidman, norse, northman, prince, revenge, robert eggers, robin carolan, sebastian gainsborough, ship, sjon, slave, slavery, snow, the northman, thriller, valhalla, valkyrie, vengeance, viking, volcano, willem dafoe, witch, wolf, wolves
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Ride with the Devil (1999)
Director: Ang Lee Writer: James Schamus (Based on the novel “Woe to Live On” by Daniel Woodrell)
Posted in Drama, War, Western
Tagged 1999, adaptation, america, ang lee, battle, bushwhacker, celia weston, civil war, confederacy, daniel woodrell, drama, frederick elmes, Guerrilla, historical, history, immigrant, james schamus, james urbaniak, jayhawk, jeffrey wright, jewel, jim caviezel, jonathan rhys meyers, margo martindale, mark ruffalo, matthew faber, missouri, Mychael danna, raid, raider, ride with the devil, robert f. colesberry, scalp, simon baker, skeet ulrich, slavery, south, ted hope, tim squyres, tobey maguire, tom wilkinson, war, Western, woe to live on, zach grenier
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Secret Honor (1984)
Director: Robert Altman Writers: Donald Freed & Arnold M. Stone (Based on the play by Donald Freed & Arnold M. Stone)
Posted in Comedy, Drama
Tagged adaptation, arnold m. stone, biography, comedy, donald freed, drama, george burt, history, juliet weber, microphone, nixon, philip baker hall, pierre mignot, play, politician, politics, politicxs, president, recording, richard nixon, robert altman, scandal, secret honor, theater, watergate
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Benedetta (2021)
Director: Paul Verhoeven Writers: David Birke & Paul Verhoeven (Based on the book “Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy” by Judith C. Brown)
Posted in Drama, Foreign
Tagged 2021, adaptation, anne dudley, benedetta, blessed virgin, catholic, catholicism, charlotte rampling, confession, convent, crucifix, daphne patakia, david birke, drama, foreign, gay, historical, history, immodest acts, italian, italy, jeanne lapoirie, jerome seydoux, job ter burg, lambert wilson, lesbian, michel merkt, nun, paul verhoeven, plague, said ben said, stigmata, trial, true story, virginie efira
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Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Director: John Madden Writer: Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard
Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tagged acting, actor, ben affleck, colin firth, comedy, david gamble, david parfitt, disguise, donna gigliotti, drama, edward zwick, geoffrey rush, gwyneth paltrow, harry weinstein, history, imelda staunton, john madden, joseph fiennes, judi dench, love, marc norman, play, playwright, richard greatrex, romance, romantic comedy, romeo and juliet, rupert everett, sex, shakespeare, shakespeare in love, stephen warbecj, steven o'donnell, theater, tim mcmullan, tom stoppard, tom wilkinson, william shakespeare, writer
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Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)
Director: Mike Nichols Writer: Aaron Sorkin (Based on the book “Charlie Wilson’s War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History” by George Crile) Mike Nichols’s final film. OK but really saved by Hoffman’s supporting performance. Miss him … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Drama, War
Tagged 2007, aaron sorkin, adaptation, afghanistan, amy adams, antonia van drimmelen, arms dealer, biography, bombs, charlie wilson, charlie wilson's war, cia, cocaine, comedy, congress, congressman, drama, drugs, emily blunt, gary goetzman, guns, history, james newton howard, john bloom, john slattery, julia roberts, las vegas, middle east, mike nichols, military, money, ned beatty, nevada, philip seymour hoffman, politician, politics, rebels, rizwan manji, russia, soviet union, stephen goldblatt, texas, tom hanks, true story, war, weapons
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The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
Director: Joel Coen Writer: Joel Coen (Based on the play “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare)
Posted in Drama, Thriller, War
Tagged 2021, adaptation, alex hassell, assassin, assassination, bertie carvel, black and white, brendan gleeson, bruno delbonnel, carter burwell, corey hawkins, denzel washington, drama, frances mcdormand, garry melling, history, joel coen, kathryn hunter, kind, lady macbeth, lucian johnston, macbeth, miles anderson, murder, play, power, reginald jaynes, robert graf, scotland, scottish, shakespeare, theater, thriller, tragedy, treason, war, william shakespeare, witch, witches
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