Steve Jobs [2015] is the latest in a long list of Jobs-inspired films, features and documentaries alike. It releases just two years after 2013’s Jobs, which was called inaccurate by many, including Steve Wozniak, who knew Jobs better than almost anyone.
Writer Aaron Sorkin has not escaped the claims of inaccuracy from everyone, but managed to capture the character, the personality of Jobs. “I felt like I was actually watching Steve Jobs”, said Wozniak of the film.
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
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Director: Steve McQueen
Writer[s]: John Ridley [screenplay], Solomon Northup [original work]
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong’o, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Brad Pitt, Michael K. Williams, Paul Giamatti
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Steve McQueen is a director of unparalleled ability. 12 Years a Slave and 2011’s Shame are two dramas that literally couldn’t be any better. His ability, vision, and artistry was clearly no fluke in Shame, for he has even surpassed that film with this one that tackles our world’s worst ever crime: slavery.
A re-creation of the merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula One rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda.
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Director: Ron Howard
Writer[s]: Peter Morgan
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl, Olivia Wilde, Alexandra Maria Lara, Pierfrancesco Favino, Christian McKay
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I’ll be honest: I have never watched a formula ‘x’ race in my entire life, and I know nothing of the story taking place in Rush. But that did not stop me from appreciating the film and the story of a competitive rivalry, for that is a commonality throughout all sports and competitions, and they are ripe for storytelling.
As the Civil War continues to rage, America’s president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.
2011 was one of my favorite years in movies that I can remember, and it was filled with some great years for both director of Drive, Nicolas Winding Refn and arguably the hottest new face in Hollywood the past two years Tom Hardy. Bronson is a film featuring them both, and helped bring these two faces into the light so they could reach the status they have today.
Hardy plays Charles Bronson, Britain’s most dangerous and notorious prisoner. Bronson longs to be a famous and recognized face, and after being arrested and put in jail for seven years for robbing a post office, he becomes so by being wreckless and careless, assaulting prisoners and prison guards alike. Bronson is released for a short period of time, where he starts a bare-knuckle boxing career, but he lasts only 60 odd days before being thrown back in, where he continues his past behavior.
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