Category Archives: Biopic

Jonah Hill To Star In Another Dramatic, Fact Based Film ‘True Story’

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Moneyball was a great film and it was very interesting to watch Jonah Hill stand toe to toe with Brad Pitt and deliver Aaron Sorkin dramatic dialogue like a pro. So the news that he has signed on to a new dramatic feature is … Continue reading →

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First Image of Daniel Day-Lewis as Abe Lincoln Hits the Web

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Eric Medina

Daniel Day Lewis is a badass. The There Will Be Blood star is infamous for never breaking character during a film’s production, and it seems that his latest portrayal of the iconic American president in Steven Speilberg’s Lincoln is no … Continue reading →

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Take a Look at the New Trailer for Clint Eastwood’s ‘J. Edgar’ With Leonardo DiCaprio

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Chris Ullrich

For the record, I don’t know all that much about the early years of the infamous J. Edgar Hoover. I do know that he helped make the FBI what it is today but also had some other, more secret, proclivities … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘Flags of Our Fathers’

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is Clint Eastwood’s World War II masterpiece Flags of Our Fathers that depicts the famous flag raising on Mt. Suribachi on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima. The film stars Ryan Phillippe (Navy Corpman 2nd class John … Continue reading →

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Biopic of ‘Twilight Zone’ Creator Rod Serling On the Way

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Chris Ullrich

According to Deadline, a biopic of writer and  Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling is in development by Andrew Meieran and his Bureau of Moving Pictures company. About time, I say. “Rod Serling was one of the true visionaries in television … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘Platoon’

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

Happy Memorial Day to all those currently serving in the U.S. armed forces, and to you vets of America’s foreign wars.  This week’s pick is Oliver Stone’s 1986 Academy Award winner for Best Picture Platoon, which depicts the horrors and … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘To Hell and Back’

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick salutes World War II’s most decorated hero. Audie L. Murphy stars as himself in the 1955 film To Hell and Back directed by Jesse Hibbs. The film was based on Murphy’s autobiography of the same name. The … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘To End All Wars’

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the real life story about the Bridge over the River Kwai, and a fantastic war drama about a group of allied POWs who are forced to build the infamous Burma “Railway of Death” in director David … Continue reading →

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