True Stories
Secretariat
This is a total feel good movie of the year, sure to be a strong...
The Social Network
A drama about the invention of Facebook and its founders, written by Aaron Sorkin and...
Creation
The dramatic story of the origin of Charles Darwin’s book On the Origin of the...
The Young Victoria
A period bio of the early reign of England’s Queen Victoria, played by Emily Blunt....
Invictus
A true story of Nelson Mandela becoming president of South Africa and his subsequent attempt...
Me and Orson Welles
A coming of age story of a young teenager trying to break into acting, who...
The Blind Side
Family Dramedy. The true story of the white southern Touhy Family rescuing and then adopting...
Coco Before Chanel
The story of the beginnings of Gabrielle Chanel from a destitute French orphan near the...
Julie & Julia
A story of food, love and the meaning of life. I believe this movie is...
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
This is a Holocaust movie of a different approach. It tells the story of the...
Public Enemies
When I saw the title my first thought was, “Why is it plural? A movie...
The Path to 9/11
Espionage Miniseries. The story of how 9-11 came about based on the 9-11 Commission report....
World Trade Center
Rescue Drama. Based on the true story of two cops who survived the collapse of...
The Devil Wears Prada
Comedy. An unfashionable girl gets a job with the Queen of the fashion industry and...
The Lost City
Period Romantic Epic. A wealthy family in the midst of the Castro Communist revolution of...
United 93
Terrorist Thriller. This docudrama recounting of the true story of United Flight 93 on that...
Take the Lead
Social issue dramedy. Antonio Banderas plays a Ballroom Dance instructor who tries to help inner...
North Country
Civil rights drama. Story of a single mother trying to work in the mines of...
Casanova
Period Romantic comedy. Infamous promiscuous adulterer falls in true love with a proto-feminist in 18th...
The New World
Historical Romance Epic. The story of Pocohantas and her relationship with John Smith, the Western...
End of the Spear
Jungle Thriller. A son explores returning to the stone age tribe that killed his missionary...
Munich
International Espionage Thriller. "Based on true events," this is a self-loathing Jewish "Godfather" interpretation by...
Proof
Family melodrama. A brilliant mathematician (Gwenyth Paltrow) must take care of her brilliant mathematician father...
Walk the Line
Biopic of the famous/infamous Johnny Cash and his relationship with June Carter. Joaquin Phoenix and...
Capote
Heavy psychological drama. This biopic of the infamous effeminate, lisping, out of the closet homosexual...
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Highly Recommended. This is a story based on an allegedly true story that occurred in...
My Date with Drew
Recommended. This delightful little cheapo documentary about a Joe Average guy seeking to win a...
The Legend of 1900
Not Very Recommended. This is a movie that is not a great story and has...
Cinderella Man
Highly Recommended. Definitely the new Rocky of the millennium. Fabulous pro-family movie about blue collar...
The Kingdom of Heaven
Not really recommended. Ridley Scott is one of the finest filmmakers in Hollywood. He is...
The Downfall
Recommended. I confess a morbid fascination with what went on down in that Fuehrerbunker during...
Coach Carter
Highly Recommended. This is an amazingly preachy movie that I absolutely LOVED. Which in my...