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'Maria' (2024)

Rotten Tomatoes: 74% | IMDb: 6.5/10

One of the most recent biopics to hit Netflix, Maria follows Angelina Jolie's portrayal of the renowned opera singer Maria Callas, a woman known for her unique talent and expensive taste.

The narrative is a meditation on a person’s dreams and what it takes to see them through, regardless of the countless failures on the path. It follows a young William (Maxwell Simba) as he tries to bring water to his village of Kasungu, Malawi, by building a windmill. But I also know that this could have been a much better work of art.

On one hand, we see Zende reach out to his sources to track down Sobhraj. Sparky D; a shy, young boy in Shanté’s projects, named Nasir, who wants to be a rapper; and an unknown Biz Markie beat boxing for Roxanne when her DJ (Marley Marl) bails on her. It’s a heaviness that at times pervades the 140-minute film to its detriment.

It doesn’t hurt that the aforementioned hero and his compatriots are Brits. Lean, with the camera placements and props emphasizing his gangly limbs (there’s a reason he wields a squashed and squat flugelhorn, a jazz staple that happens to work better visually), Levee is a highly physical role despite the chatty source material: It’s all about capturing attention, sometimes literally tap-dancing for it, with any ounce of shame overrun by an anxious energy.

While he indulges in too much scenery chewing and stammering, Cumberbatch creates a memorable character who is at once fascinating and off-putting. The movie also shows how the FBI found the loopholes in the business and went after her. The Imitation Game, with Benedict Cumberbatch as the eccentric Turing, focuses on his wartime tenure at the Government Code and Cypher School in Bletchley Park, located about 50 miles northwest of London.

Netflix has more than 40 films listed as Biographical Dramas. Shirley (2024)

Directed by John Ridley, ‘Shirley’ is based on the life and career of the first-ever Black congresswoman, Shirley Chisholm (Regina King), who broke race and gender barriers and eventually competed against Richard Nixon in the 1972 presidential run.

Whilst there, a whirlwind romance begins with her soon-to-be fifth husband, Mickey Deans (Finn Wittrock). The two beefy and hyper-masculine leads span silent comedy, musical song-and-dance prowess and elegant fight choreography as the kind of do-it-all stars we just don’t get in the U.S. anymore. A story of ambition’s multiple facets and eventual endpoints, Ma Rainey revolves around those orbiting its title character (Viola Davis).

There is plenty to enjoy from writer/director Michael Larnell’s presentation of Roxanne Shanté’s story. RayYear: 2004
Director: Taylor Hackford
Stars: Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King, Clifton Powell, Harry Lennix, Bokeem Woodbine
Rating: PG-13

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When making a list of biopics, Ray is sure to be near the top.

With her best friend/coach Bonnie Stoll and a highly skilled sailing team by her side, Diana starts her attempt, which is multiplied due to unfavorable weather conditions and risks that the deep waters entail. Roxanne’s journey presents a rousing tale of overcoming obstacles, achieving success, and aspiring to be the best no matter what.

Rustin follows political activist Bayard Rustin (Domingo), who, inspired by the life's work of Martin Luther King, is tasked with organizing a civil rights freedom march of around 100,000 people to the White House. First They Killed My Father’s emphasis falls on Loung, on the violence paraded before her young eyes, Jolie mining tragedy not for a misguided sense of importance but for an experiential scope and for, most of all, empathy.