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  • ‘Fast & Furious 6’ – this time it’s personal on Peacock
  • Will Ferrell in ‘Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby’ on Hulu
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Category: based on a true story

Richard Farnsworth and Sissy Spacek star in the G-rated drama by David Lynch

David Lynch’s ‘The Straight Story’ on Disney+

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a true story, Disney+, drama, DVD, family friendly, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Have You Seen...?, road movie, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/27/202309/27/2023 Sean Axmaker

The true story of a man who drove a riding mower across to two state becomes a sweet celebration of small town values a G-rated, family friendly tale from America’s most subversive filmmaker.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Philippe Petit in Robert Zemeckis's 'The Walk.'

Leaving soon: ‘The Walk’ – Joseph Gordon-Levitt on the wire on Hulu

!Featured, based on a true story, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, heist, Hulu, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/24/202309/24/2023 Sean Axmaker

Robert Zemeckis dramatizes the true story of Philippe Petit, the French aerialist who walked a tightwire between the newly-constructed Twin Towers in 1974.

Peter Sarsgaard is Stanley Milgram in Michael Almereyda's 'Experimenter'

Leaving soon: ‘Experimenter’ with Peter Sarsgaard on Max

!Featured, American Independent Cinema, based on a true story, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Free, Have You Seen...?, Kanopy, Max, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/23/202309/23/2023 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

Sarsgaard plays Yale psychology professor Stanley Milgram in Michael Almereyda’s inventive drama about his life and legendary experiments that shocked the world.

Kevin Costner stars in the History Channel miniseries with Bill Paxton and Powers Booth

Leaving soon: ‘Hatfields & McCoys’ – the feud begins on Netflix

!Featured, based on a true story, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Emmy Award, historical, miniseries, Netflix, Streaming TV, SVOD 09/23/202309/23/2023 Sean Axmaker

Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton star in this hit 2012 miniseries about the most famous family feud in American history.

‘American Splendor’ – Paul Giamatti as an underground curmudgeon on Max

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a comic book, based on a true story, Cannes winner, Comedy, DVD, Max, movies about art, Streaming Movies, Sundance Winner, SVOD 09/22/202309/23/2023 Sean Axmaker

Paul Giamatti stars as Harvey Pekar, the real life undergroud comic book legend, in this mix of drama and documentary adapted from his autobiographical comics.

‘Public Enemies’ – John Dillinger vs. the FBI on Netflix

!Featured, Action, based on a true story, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, gangsters, historical, Netflix, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/19/202309/19/2023 Sean Axmaker

Johnny Depp is John Dillinger and Christian Bale is agent Melvin Purvis in Michael Mann’s take on the gangster glory days of the depression.

How to say ‘No’ to a dictator on Prime Video

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Amazon Prime Video, based on a true story, Blu-ray, Cannes winner, drama, DVD, inspired by a true story, International Cinema, Politics, socially aware cinema, SVOD 09/15/202309/15/2023 Sean Axmaker

Gael Garcia Bernal stars in director Pablo Larraín’s dramatization of the strange but true story of how modern advertising defeated General Augusto Pinochet in Chile.

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

Martin Scorsese’s ‘Casino’ on Paramount+

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Action, based on a true story, Blu-ray, DVD, gangsters, Paramount+, Streaming Movies, SVOD 08/28/202308/28/2023 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.

Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling in 'The Big Short,' directed by Adam McKay.

‘The Big Short’ – using comedy to explore the mortgage crisis on Netflix

!Featured, Academy Award, BAFTA winner, Based on a nonfiction book, based on a true story, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, Free, Hoopla, Netflix, satire, Streaming Movies, SVOD 08/23/202308/23/2023 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Steve Carrell, and Christian Bale star in Adam McKay’s take on the mortgage crisis, which he presents as a savage comedy.

‘Tales of Terror’ – a trilogy of Poe stories on Criterion Channel

!Featured, American Independent Cinema, based on a true story, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Criterion Channel, DVD, Halloween, Hollywood Classic, horror, literary adaptation, psychological drama, SVOD 08/21/202308/21/2023 Sean Axmaker

Vincent Price stars in all three short films in Roger Corman’s horror trilogy but is upstaged by Peter Lorre in the comic take on ‘The Black Cat.’

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