Insights from the Cinematic World: true story

Hacksaw Ridge

HACKSAW RIDGE is the extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss [Andrew Garfield] who, in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon, as he believed that while the war was justified, killing was nevertheless wrong.

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The Conjuring 2

Reprising their roles, Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson, star as Lorraine and Ed Warren, who, in one of their most terrifying paranormal investigations, travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

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Race

Jesse Owens, the legendary athletic superstar whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler’s vision of Aryan supremacy

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LIFE

LIFE explores the genesis of and layers behind Stock’s famous pictures, published the day before the Times Square premiere of East of Eden and James Dean’s overnight stardom.

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Trumbo

Brilliant, ambitious and contentious, Trumbo enjoyed exposing what he perceived as the world’s hypocrisy and injustices in his films, from Academy Award-winners Roman Holiday and The BraveOne – both written under pseudonyms during his 13-year exile from Hollywood

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Woodlawn

Tony Nathan, portrayed by newcomer Caleb Castille is a gifted high school football player that must learn to boldly embrace his talent and his faith as he battles racial tensions on and off the field in Woodlawn

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Captive

When Brian Nichols (David Oyelowo) – a man on the run from a city-wide manhunt – takes recovering addict and single mom Ashley Smith (Kate Mara) hostage in her own apartment, they are both thrust into a tense and emotional fight to survive the night.

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Pawn Sacrifice

In a gripping true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer (Tobey Maguire) finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire, whose players have dominated the game for decades

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Woman in Gold

Sixty years after she fled Vienna during World War II, an elderly Jewish woman, Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren), starts her journey to retrieve family possessions seized by the Nazis, among them Klimt’s famous painting Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Together with her inexperienced but plucky young lawyer Randy Schoenberg (Ryan Reynolds), she embarks upon a major battle

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