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Rebecca Hall, Luke Evans, and Bella Heathcote star in the film by Angela Robinson

Leaving soon: ‘Professor Marston and the Wonder Women’ on Hulu

!Featured, art and artists, based on a true story, biographical, Blu-ray, Directed by Women, drama, DVD, socially aware cinema, Streaming Movies, superheroes, SVOD 03/19/202303/18/2023 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

The strange but true story of the creation of the first female comic book superhero delves into early feminism and a polyamorous relationship in the close-minded culture of pre-World War II America .

Robert De Niro in the Martin Scorese gangster epic with Joe Pesci and Sharon Stone

Leaving soon: Martin Scorsese’s ‘Casino’ on Peacock

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Action, based on a true story, Blu-ray, DVD, gangsters, Peacock, Streaming Movies, SVOD 03/19/202303/18/2023 Sean Axmaker

Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci star with Sharon Stone and James Woods in this sprawling mob epic of organized crime in 1970s Las Vegas.

Meryl Streep is "Florence Foster Jenkins."

Meryl Streep is ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’ on Paramount+

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a true story, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, Have You Seen...?, Paramount+, Streaming Movies, SVOD 03/14/202303/14/2023 Sean Axmaker

This loving comedy of a rich, generous, arts-loving heiress in 1940s New York City who may be worst singer to ever perform in front of an audience is based on a true story.

Matthew McConaughey won an Academy Award for playing Ron Woodroof in the film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée

Oscar-winning ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ on Peacock

!Featured, Academy Award, based on a true story, biographical, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Peacock, socially aware cinema, Streaming Movies, SVOD 03/07/202303/07/2023 Sean Axmaker

Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto won Academy Awards for this drama about an unlikely hero in the early days of the AIDS crisis.

Emile Hirsch stars in Sean Penn's 'Into the Wild,' adapted from Jon Krakauer's non-fiction book

Head ‘Into the Wild’ on Paramount+

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a true story, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Have You Seen...?, literary adaptation, Paramount+, Streaming Movies, SVOD 03/04/202303/04/2023 Sean Axmaker

Sean Penn’s adaptation of Jon Krakauer’s non-fiction book is a bracing cinematic plunge into the odyssey of Christopher McCandless.

Patrick Fugit and Kate Hudson star in Cameron Crowe's autobiographical 'Almost Famous.'

‘Almost Famous’ – living the rock dream on Prime Video, Paramount+ and MGM+

!Featured, Academy Award, Amazon Prime Video, BAFTA winner, based on a true story, biographical, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, Have You Seen...?, high school, MGM+, music, Paramount+, Streaming Movies, SVOD 02/28/202302/28/2023 Sean Axmaker

Cameron Crowe’s thinly fictionalized autobiography tells the story of a high rock journalist on the road for Rolling Stone magazine in the 1970s.

‘The Killing Floor’ – integrating the union on Criterion Channel and MUBI

!Featured, African-American cinema, American Independent Cinema, based on a true story, Blu-ray, Criterion Channel, drama, DVD, Free, Have You Seen...?, historical, Hoopla, MUBI, Politics, socially aware cinema, Streaming Movies, Sundance Winner, SVOD 02/28/202302/28/2023 Sean Axmaker

Bill Gunn directs this independent feature, shot on location in Chicago, dramatizing the struggle to unionize the meat packers during World War I.

Jason Statham in 'The Bank Job,' directed by Roger Donaldson

Jason Statham leads ‘The Bank Job’ on Peacock

!Featured, Action, based on a true story, Blu-ray, caper, Crime, DVD, Have You Seen...?, Peacock, Streaming Movies, SVOD 02/12/202302/11/2023 Sean Axmaker

Roger Donaldson directs this terrific piece of heist filmmaking made with a rough-and-tumble attitude and old-school professionalism.

Channing Tatum is 'Magic Mike' in an unexpectedly compelling story inspired by the actor's real life experiences. Steven Soderbergh directs.

Channing Tatum is ‘Magic Mike’ on HBO Max

!Featured, American Independent Cinema, based on a true story, biographical, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Film Independent Spirit Awards, HBO Max, Streaming Movies, SVOD 02/12/202302/17/2023 Sean Axmaker

Steven Soderbergh directs Channing Tatum in a film inspired by his life as a male stripper, the first in what has become a trilogy.

‘Fruitvale Station’ on Prime Video, Hulu, HBO Max, and Peacock

!Featured, based on a true story, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Have You Seen...?, Netflix, Peacock, Streaming Movies, Sundance Winner, SVOD 01/28/202301/28/2023 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

The debut feature of ‘Black Panther’ director Ryan Coogler dramatizes the true story of a young black man (Michael B. Jordon) killed in an unprovoked shooting in 2009.

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