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Tag Archives: history
The Last Duel (2021)
Director: Ridley Scott Writers: Nicole Holofcener & Ben Affleck & Matt Damon (Based on the book “The Last Duel: A True Story of Trial by Combat in Medieval France” by Eric Jager) Great! One of Ridley’s best in years and … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Drama, War
Tagged 14th century, 2021, action, adam driver, adaptation, battle, ben affleck, castle, catholic, Dariusz wolski, drama, duel, eric jager, france, french, Harry Gregson-Williams, history, james flynn, jodie comer, joust, kevin j. walsh, king, kingdom, knight, marton csokas, matt damon, medieval, nicole holofcener, queen, rape, ridley scott, sir, sword, the last duel, trial, true story, war
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Rosewood (1997)
Director: John Singleton Writer: Gregory Poirier
Posted in Action, Drama
Tagged 1997, action, affair, bruce cannon, bruce mcgill, cowboy, don cheadle, drama, elise neal, farm, farmer, fire, florida, gregory poirier, history, horse, john singleton, john williams, johnny e. jensen, jon peters, jon voight, judge, law, lie, loren dean, lynch, lynching, mark boone junior, michael rooker, mob, murder, noose, racism, racist, robert patrick, rosewood, sheriff, train, true story, ving rhames
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Public Enemies (2009)
Director: Michael Mann Writers: Ronan Bennett and Michael Mann & Ann Biderman (Based on the book “Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34” by Bryan Burrough)
Posted in Action, Crime, Drama
Tagged 1930s, 2009, action, adaptation, agent, ann biderman, baby face nelson, bank, bank robbers, bank robbery, bill camp, billy crudup, bryan burrough, carey mulligan, channing tatum, christian bale, cop, crime, crime wave, dante spinotti, david wenham, diana krall, drama, elliot goldenthal, emilie de ravin, fbi, gangster, giovanni ribisi, government, great depression, heist, historical, history, hostage, investigation, j. edgar hoover, jason clarke, jeffrey ford, john dillinger, john ortiz, johnny depp, kevin misher, leelee sobieski, mafia, manhunt, marion cotillard, michael mann, money, numbers, paul rubell, police, pretty boy floyd, public enemies, ronan bennett, shootout, stephen dorff, stephen graham, stephen lang, true story, vault
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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Director: Mike Nichols Writer: Ernest Lehman (Based on the play by Edward Albee) Great! Had not seen this one in a while. All four leads are excellent. Beautiful photography. Started reading the new Nichols biography so I am going to … Continue reading
Posted in Drama
Tagged 1966, adaptation, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism, alex north, argument, biology, college, couple, couples, drunk, edward albee, elizabeth taylor, ernest lehman, fight, george segal, haskell wexler, history, late night, marriage, married, mike nichols, party, professor, relationship, richard burton, sam o'steen, sandy dennis, school, teacher, university, who's afraid of virginia woolf?
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The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Director: Michael Mann Writers: Michael Mann and Christopher Crowe (Based on the novel by James Fenimore Cooper) Director’s Cut. Had not seen this in quite a while. Pretty good!
Posted in Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Tagged 1750s, 1992, action, adaptation, adventure, army, arthur schmidt, battle, christopher crowe, colm meaney, colonialism, daniel day-lewis, daniel moore, dante spinotti, dov hoenig, drama, dylan baker, eric schweig, french and indian war, hawkeye, history, hunt lowry, james fenimore cooper, jared harris, jodhi may, john l. balderston, last of the mohicans, love, madeleine stowe, michael mann, military, murder, native american, paul perez, pete postlethwaite, philip dunne, randy edelman, revenge, romance, russell means, sisters, steven waddington, suicide, the last of the mohicans, trapper, trevor jones, war, wes studi
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The Keep (1983)
Director: Michael Mann Writer: Michael Mann (Based on the novel by F. Paul Wilson) Big Mann fan but it was my first time seeing this. An ambitious failure. I liked it but it feels like there is a great movie … Continue reading
Posted in Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Tagged adaptation, alberta watson, alex thomson, curse, demon, dov hoenig, drama, evil, f. paul wilson, fantasy, fortress, gabriel byrne, gene kirkwood, greece, guard, hawk koch, historian, history, horror, howard w. koch jr., ian mckellen, jewish, jurgen prochnow, keep, magic, michael mann, monster, nazi, prison, religion, robert prosky, romania, scott glenn, soldiers, supernatural, tangerine dream, the keep, william morgan sheppard
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The King (2019)
Director: David Michod Writers: Joel Edgerton & David Michod
Posted in Action, Drama, War
Tagged 15th century, 2019, action, assassin, battle, battle of agincourt, ben mendelsohn, biography, brad pitt, david michod, dede gardner, drama, england, english, french, heir, history, jeremy kleiner, joel edgerton, king, king henry, king henry IV, king henry V, knight, lily-rose depp, liz watts, politics, power, prince, robert pattinson, the king, Thomason mckenzie, throne, war
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Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
Director: Stephen Herek Writers: Chris Matheson & Ed Solomon
Posted in Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Tagged 1989, abraham lincoln, adventure, al leong, alex winter, beethoven, bill & ted, bill & ted's excellent adventure, bill and ted, billy the kid, chris matheson, clarence clemons, comedy, dan shor, ed solomon, fantasy, freud, genghis khan, george carlin, high school, history, jane wiedlin, joan of arc, keanu reeves, lincoln, napoleon, phone booth, princess, sci-fi, science fiction, socrates, stephen herek, terry camilleri, time travel
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Detroit (2017)
Director: Kathryn Bigelow Writer: Mark Boal Very intense.
Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tagged 1960s, 1967, 2017, abuse, algae smith, anthony mackie, ben o'tooler, colin wilson, cops, court, crime, detroit, detroit riots, drama, hannah murray, history, hotel, jack reynor, james newton howard, jason mitchell, jeremy strong, john boyega, john krasinski, kaitlyn dever, kathryn bigelow, lawyer, mark boal, matthew budman, megan ellison, michigan, miguel, motel, murder, musician, national guard, police, racism, racist, riot, samira wiley, security guard, singer, thriller, torture, true story, tyler james williams, will poulter
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K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
Director: Kathryn Bigelow Writer: Christopher Kyle (Story by Louis Nowra)
Posted in Drama, Thriller, War
Tagged 1960s, 2002, boat, captain, christine whitaker, christopher kyle, crew, disaster, drama, edward s. feldman, harrison ford, history, k-19, k-19: the widowmaker, k19, kathryn bigelow, liam neeson, louis nowra, malfunction, matthias deyle, north atlantic, nuclear, nuke, peter sarsgaard, radioactive, richard nixon, russia, russian, ship, sigurjon sighvatsson, submarine, the widowmaker, thriller, true story, ussr, war, weapon
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