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Category: True Story

Documentary…

Movie #7 2021: Get Me Roger Stone (2017)

13 Jan 20217 Jan 2021
This is terrifying. Get Me Roger Stone is a political documentary that was commissioned by Netflix in 2017, shortly after the election of a certain Donald. Rather than focusing on…
christmas…

Movie #363 2020: A Christmas Gift From Bob (2020)

29 Dec 202029 Dec 2020
Here's the 411: this movie is a sequel. Have I seen its predecessor? No. Basically all you need to know that A Street Cat Named Bob (the first film) is…
Documentary…

Movie #358 2020: Icarus (2017)

23 Dec 202029 Dec 2020
What could be more Christmassy than a documentary about a Russian athletics doping scandal? To be fair, I needed a break from incessant twinkling lights and Mariah Carey, and there…
Biographical…

Movie #352 2020: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)

17 Dec 202029 Dec 2020
Wholesome with an edge. That's how I'd describe this movie. It was definitely more than I bargained for, so let's get into it. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood gets…
Documentary…

Movie #342 2020: Three Identical Strangers (2018)

7 Dec 20203 Dec 2020
Wild. That's the only possible word to describe this documentary. When Three Identical Strangers was first released, there was so much hype around it... and I completely missed it. So…
Documentary…

Movie #309 2020: American Murder: The Family Next Door (2020)

15 Nov 202012 Nov 2020
Since Making a Murderer hit Netflix in 2016, true crime documentaries have been selling like hot potatoes. And I'm not mad about it. American Murder: The Family Next Door is…
Drama…

Movie #275 2020: Rudy (1993)

18 Oct 202012 Oct 2020
They're back again. Sports movies. I've said it before, and nothing has changed: I will watch every sports movie ever made even if it kills me. Rudy is a biographical…
Drama…

Movie #274 2020: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

16 Oct 20207 Oct 2020
Ugh, I don't even know where to start with this one. You know that gif where Meryl Streep is cheering in the audience at an awards ceremony? You know... this…
Comedy…

Movie #238 2020: Pride (2014)

25 Jul 202025 Jul 2020
Would you look at that? A gay watching a movie about gays. Groundbreaking. Pride is the 2014 movie based on a true story; the story of an unlikely partnership between…
Drama…

Movie #205 2020: Fruitvale Station (2013)

11 Jun 20209 Jun 2020
Perhaps one of the lesser known films regarding police brutality due to its low budget and indie status is Ryan Coogler's Fruitvale Station. Before you ask: yes, that's the guy…

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