Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts

October 21, 2017

12 Strong (2018)

12 Strong 


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12 Strong (also known as 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers) is 2018 American war drama film directed by Nicolai Fuglsig and written by Ted Tally and Peter Craig, based on Doug Stanton's non-fiction book Horse Soldiers, about the CIA paramilitary officers and U.S. Special Forces sent to Afghanistan right after the September 11 attacks. 

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12 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghani warlord to take down the Taliban.

July 19, 2017

The Disaster Artist (2017) Trailer

The Disaster Artist


The Disaster Artist is a 2017 American biographical comedy-drama film directed, produced by, and starring James Franco.

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A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Tommy Wiseau's The Room (2003).

July 15, 2017

Darkest Hour (2017) Trailer

Darkest Hour


Darkest Hour is 2017 British war drama film directed by Joe Wright and written by Anthony McCarten. 

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Within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman) must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the ideals, liberty and freedom of a nation. As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat of invasion is imminent, and with an unprepared public, a skeptical King, and his own party plotting against him, Churchill must withstand his darkest hour, rally a nation, and attempt to change the course of world history. 
Written by Focus Features

June 16, 2017

Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017) Trailer

Goodbye Christopher Robin


Goodbye Christopher Robin is 2017 film directed by Simon Curtis and is based on the creation of the character Winnie the Pooh.

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A rare glimpse into the relationship between beloved children's author A. A. Milne (Domhnall Gleeson) and his son Christopher Robin, whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie the Pooh. Along with his mother Daphne (Margot Robbie), and his nanny Olive, Christopher Robin and his family are swept up in the international success of the books; the enchanting tales bringing hope and comfort to England after the First World War. But with the eyes of the world on Christopher Robin, what will the cost be to the family? 
Written by Fox Searchlight Pictures

June 05, 2017

Victoria and Abdul (2017) Trailer

Victoria and Abdul


Victoria & Abdul is 2017 British-American biographical drama film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Lee Hall.

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The extraordinary true story of an unexpected friendship in the later years of Queen Victoria’s (Academy Award winner Judi Dench) remarkable rule. When Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal), a young clerk, travels from India to participate in the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, he is surprised to find favor with the Queen herself. As the Queen questions the constrictions of her long-held position, the two forge an unlikely and devoted alliance with a loyalty to one another that her household and inner circle all attempt to destroy. As the friendship deepens, the Queen begins to see a changing world through new eyes and joyfully reclaims her humanity.

April 13, 2017

Detroit (2017) Trailer

Detroit 




It's Time We Knew
Detroit is 2017 American historical crime drama thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal based on the 1967 Detroit riot.

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From the Academy Award winning director of THE HURT LOCKER and ZERO DARK THIRTY, DETROIT tells the gripping story of one of the darkest moments during the civil unrest that rocked Detroit in the summer of '67.

March 20, 2017

The Zookeeper's Wife (2017) Trailer

The Zookeeper's Wife


They gave all they had to save all they could

The Zookeeper's Wife is a 2017 British-American war drama film directed by Niki Caro and written by Angela Workman, based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Diane Ackerman.

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The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II. In 1939 Poland, Antonina Żabińska (portrayed by two-time Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain) and her husband, Dr. Jan Żabiński (Johan Heldenbergh of “The Broken Circle Breakdown”), have the Warsaw Zoo flourishing under his stewardship and her care. When their country is invaded by the Germans, Jan and Antonina are stunned – and forced to report to the Reich’s newly appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck (Daniel Brühl of “Captain America: Civil War”). To fight back on their own terms, Antonina and Jan covertly begin working with the Resistance – and put into action plans to save lives out of what has become the Warsaw Ghetto, with Antonina putting herself and even her children at great risk.

March 16, 2017

Franc (2016) Trailer

Frantz



Frantz is a 2016 drama film directed by François Ozon.

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In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious Frenchman who visits the fiancé's grave to lay flowers.

March 05, 2017

The Promise (2016) Trailer

The Promise


The Promise is 2017 historical drama directed by Terry George and starring Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac, set in the final days of the Ottoman Empire.

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Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, The Promise follows a love triangle between Michael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated Ana, and Chris - a renowned American journalist based in Paris.

February 23, 2017

Alive and Kicking (2016) Trailer

Alive and Kicking


Happiness is just a few steps away

Alive and Kicking is a 2016 American documentary film about swing dancing directed/produced by Susan Glatzer.

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After getting involved in swing dancing, some people are inspired to look inside themselves and make changes in their lives.

January 29, 2017

Land of Mine (2015) Trailer

Under sandet

Land of Mine (Danish: Under sandet; literally, Under the Sand) is a 2015 Danish-German historical drama film directed by Martin Zandvliet.

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A young group of German POWs are made the enemy of a nation, where they are now forced to dig up 2 million land-mines with their bare hands.

December 07, 2016

The Founder (2016) Trailer

The Founder



Based on the true story

The Founder is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by John Lee Hancock and written by Robert Siegel. 

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The story of McDonald's founder Ray Kroc.

November 27, 2016

Silence (2016) Trailer

Silence 


Sometimes silence is the deadliest sound

Martin Scorsese's Silence tells the story of two Christian missionaries (Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver) who face the ultimate test of faith when they travel to Japan in search of their missing mentor (Liam Neeson) at a time when Christianity was outlawed and their presence forbidden.

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Two Jesuit priests, Sebastião Rodrigues and Francis Garrpe, travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact. There they witness the persecution of Japanese Christians at the hands of their own government which wishes to purge Japan of all western influence. Eventually the priests separate and Rodrigues travels the countryside, wondering why God remains silent while His children suffer.

September 21, 2016

Denial (2016) Trailer

Denial


The whole world knows the holocaust happened. Now she needs to prove it.

Denial is a 2016 British-American drama film directed by Mick Jackson and written by David Hare, based on Deborah E. Lipstadt's book History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier. 

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Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.

August 14, 2016

Operation Chromite (2016) Trailer

Operation Chromite


The odds were 5000 to 1. One was all they needed.

Operation Chromite (Hangul: 인천상륙작전; hanja: 仁川上陸作戰; RR: Incheon Sangnyuk Jakjeon) is a 2016 South Korean war drama film directed by John H. Lee and based on the real-life events of the Battle of Inchon.

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A squad of soldiers fight in the Korean War's crucial Battle of Incheon.

August 06, 2016

Dunkirk (2017) Trailer

Dunkirk 


At the point of crisis, at the point of annihilation, survival is victory.

Dunkirk is  British epic war film written, co-produced and directed by Christopher Nolan. 

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Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain and France are surrounded by the German army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II. 

July 31, 2016

Hacksaw Ridge (2016) Trailer

Hacksaw Ridge 


When the order came to retreat, one man stayed.



Hacksaw Ridge is American-Australian war film directed by Mel Gibson and written by Andrew Knight, Robert Schenkkan, Randall Wallace, and Gregory Crosby.

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HACKSAW RIDGE is the extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss [Andrew Garfield] who, in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon, as he believed that while the war was justified, killing was nevertheless wrong. As an army medic, he single-handedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers. Doss was the first conscientious objector awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

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