Category: Biopics
White Lightnin’ (2009)
By: Henry J. Fromage (Three Beers) - There are a lot of directions a feature film adaptation of the PBS documentary Dancing Outlaw and the life of Jesco White could have gone. If you’re an idiot, there’s some easy
Quills (2000)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (A Toast) - Quills is like an Emily Bronte-style period piece; with lavish costumes, classically trained actors, and palatial sets. With the added bonus of rape, murder, and random buggery. The story takes place in post-revolution
The Iron Lady (2011)
By: crimebusterofthesea (Four Beers) - At a glance, The Iron Lady looks like the kind of film that could sweep this year’s Oscars. It’s got Meryl Streep, who gets nominated for best actress just for getting out of bed in the
A Dangerous Method (2011)
By: CT Bland (Two Beers) - (Full Disclosure: I saw this movie in Austin, Texas on New Year’s Day, fighting a mighty hangover and trying to piece together the previous night which involved getting kicked off a hotel roof and a
Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas Cottage (2008)
By: CT Bland (Six Pack) - Every year around Christmas-time my academic friends and I gather around a big screen TV to get shitripped and watch an inspirational Christian-themed movie ironically. It’s a roaring good time–once a former Vanderbilt
My Week with Marilyn (2011)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (Three Beers) - In the Summer of 1956 aspiring writer Colin Clark takes a job as third assistant director for a film that would become The Prince and the Showgirl, which was set to star Marilyn Monroe, and
Middle Men (2009)
By: livingdeadguy (A Toast) - Especially for a drama based on true events with components of porn and crime, Middle Men fits itself into a unique niche and over its runtime becomes a more serious movie with broader appeal.
J. Edgar (2011)
By: Ben Koch (A Toast) - There’s nothing that will take you out of a story easier than bad effects, especially bad makeup. That said, it’s hard to change the looks of an actor who already has such an
Hunger (2008)
By: Henry J. Fromage (Two Beers) - With Michael Fassbender (Magneto, bitches!) blowing up and Shame poised to whip up a firestorm of accolades and controversy, I figured now was the time to check out director Steve McQueen’s directorial debut
The Whistleblower (2010)
By: Henry J. Fromage (Three Beers) - The myriad inventive ways humanity can commit crimes against each other seems infinite, but the crimes that The Whistleblower document likely deserve their own circle of hell. Combining all of the worst of
