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The real stories behind 11 Oscar-nominated true crime moviesStephanie Ashe
From Creation to The Theory of Everything, here are the best movies based on real-life scientists. 20th Century Studios We are undeniably living in an era where stories for cinema are often based on — whether directly adapted or subtly inspired by — real-life monumental events that have sh...
‘Beautiful Boy’ is based on the real-life memoirs of father and son David and Nic Sheff. The film is well done and detailed in flashback like a form of their relationship. David, who’s a remarried successful man, loves his first son very much. The film shows the high and low poin...
Meet the Ari Emanuels of the adult industry, negotiating for talent and fighting for commissions in a $1 billion business that -- except for the sex part -- isn't so different from Hollywood.
Let's take a look at the best films based on real-life tragedies. Related: Best Disaster Movies of the 2000s 9 The Impossible Warner Bros. Pictures J.A. Boyona's The Impossible tells the incredible story of survival during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The film follows a family ...
Based on one of Mcdonald’s more revered stories in the character’s run, Confess, Fletch finds the investigate-reporter-turned-gun-for-hire tracking down a set of missing paintings that his Italian girlfriend Angela (Lorenza Izzo) needs to pay off the ransom for her kidnapped father. Not ...
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one of the first openly gay elected officials in theUnited States. His ebullient portrayal of Milk earned him a secondAcademy Award for best actor. Penn played another real-life figure, retired U.S. diplomat Joseph C. Wilson, inFair Game(2010). The thriller was based on the2003 scandalin...
who played the character based on Baumbach’s father, dress in Jonathan Baumbach’s old clothes. The film won awards fordirectingand screenwriting at the 2005Sundance Film Festival, and the screenplay was nominated for anAcademy Award. In a2019Vulturearticleassessing Baumbach’s career, critic Scott...