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From the Past

Films on the to-do list

  • Armageddon Time
  • Black Widow
  • Chimes at Midnight
  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  • Last Christmas
  • Remember Sunday
  • Shazam! 2
  • Thor: Love and Thunder
  • Spy Guys

Category: Biopics

The Young Victoria (2009)

Film review: The Young Victoria (2009), directed by Jean-Marc Vallée If something’s written by Julian Fellowes, it’s bound to be good, right? Oh yeah. The

Immortal Beloved (1994)

Film review: Immortal Beloved (1994), written and directed by Bernard Rose My knowledge of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) isn’t exactly extensive, so I thought a

Boys Don’t Cry (1999)

Film review: Boys Don’t Cry (1999), directed by Kimberly Peirce Based on a true story, Boys Don’t Cry is about Brandon Teena (Hilary Swank), a

Becoming Jane (2007)

Film review: Becoming Jane (2007), directed by Julian Jarrold In a film with a delightfully ambiguous title, we meet the Austen family. There is the

Hunger (2008)

Film review: Hunger (2008), directed by Steve McQueen Hunger is about a man who starved himself to death in a prison in 1981. If we

Geronimo (1993)

TV film review: Geronimo (1993), directed by Roger Young Geronimo is a biopic of the Apache Native American who came to be known by that

Charlie (2004)

Film review: Charlie (2004), directed by Malcolm Needs Like Cold and Dark (2005), this is a film I once got because radio personality James Whale