Maestro
Bradley Cooper returns to music-based relationship drama in this biopic of American composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein. Let’s call it A Tar is Born. As both actor and director, Cooper delivers a […]
Tag Archives: biopic
Napoleon (2023)
Since we had the distinction of watching Napoleon at Waterloo, it joins the ranks of Isle of Dogs (which we saw on the Isle of Dogs), Threads (which we saw […]
Respect
Jennifer Hudson steps into the soul of Aretha Franklin and socks it to the critics in this biopic about the legendary diva’s early years. Respect is at its best when […]
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
It is tragic how good Chadwick Boseman is in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, a 2020 drama based on the eponymous “Mother of the Blues” (Viola Davis) who became one of […]
Bombshell
Bombshell is a #MeToo movie from the director of Meet the Fockers. Thank you for reading my review. This fictionalised exposé does for the Fox News sexual harassment scandal what The […]
Jazz Odyssey: Bird
This is a 1988 biopic of Charlie Parker (Forest Whitaker) directed by one-liner comedian and arch nemesis of Tim Westwood, Clint Eastwood. Bird fits in the Elephant Man/Gandhi category of […]
Dolemite Is My Name
By this point Snoop Dogg is Netflix’s biggest sub-category, more populous even than hitman comedies or cannabis cookery shows (obviously there is overlap). Between his movie cameos, album appearances and […]
Loving Vincent
Armand (Douglas Booth), the son of Vincent Van Gogh’s postman (Chris O’Dowd) is asked to deliver one final, posthumous letter to Vincent’s beloved brother Theo. After hearing Theo has also […]
Official Secrets
This is the true story of GCHQ whistle-blower Katharine Gun (Keira Knightly) who leaked a 2003 memo detailing the US government’s plan to eavesdrop on UN Security Council members in […]
Copying Beethoven
A musical nun, Anna (Diane Kruger), gets a job as a copyist for Ludwig van Beethoven (Ed Harris) but he’s a tough boss, owing to his messy lifestyle, unpleasant habits […]
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