Over-acting and poor writing doom this would-be inspirational biopic about the French New Wave star.
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Over-acting and poor writing doom this would-be inspirational biopic about the French New Wave star.
Clint Eastwood’s biopic of the Atlanta Olympic bombing hero-turned-villain is well-made and acted, but casts some troubling shadows.
Shia LaBeouf exorcises his demons by playing his father in this extraordinary cinematic experiment.
Under the formerly reliable Kasi Lemmons, Harriet Tubman’s story gets the Lifetime movie treatment.
It’s not the most insightful historical recreation, but it is a hell of a story, told with top production values and luminous cinematography.
Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes, and director Craig Brewer all return to form in this hilarious, entertaining, foul-mouthed biopic.
Beyond Renee Zellweger’s all-in performance, the Judy Garland biopic offers few memorable takeaways.
This is the Rocketman for Tosca fans, a celebratory recounting of a life of countless unique and momentous episodes and unforgettable music.
Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, and Ian McKellan join forces in Branagh’s appealing William Shakespeare biopic.
The misunderstood Emily Dickinson gets the revisionist history she deserves.
Tasteful writing and directing, plus Nicholas Hoult’s strong lead performance make this better than the average literary biopic.
Jonas Åkerlund’s Mayhem biopic is equal parts tongue-in-cheek and knives-through-cheeks.
In the Old West, a 14-year-old on the run with his sister learns life lessons from both Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett.
Stephen Merchant’s fact-based wrestling comedy is thoroughly entertaining and disarmingly mature.
The surprise double Oscar nominee is a rewarding but trying three-hour experience.
A committed Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly practically disappear in this thoroughly pleasant biopic of Laurel and Hardy.
Mimi Leder grows RBG’s onscreen legacy through crowd-pleasing but largely rote narrative biopic means.
Bruce and Edwin loop in honorary Asheville Movie Guy, Christopher Oakley, for a roundtable discussion of Adam McKay’s Dick Cheney biopic.
The fact-based cross between House of Cards and Game of Thrones never quite reaches the heights of those stylistic inspirations.
Julian Schnabel’s intrusive van Gogh biopic is a less creative take on much of the same information already explored in Loving Vincent.