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It is 1841, and Solomon Northup, an accomplished, free citizen of New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Stripped of his identity and deprived of all dignity, Northup is ultimately purchased by ruthless plantation owner Edwin Epps and must find the strength within to survive.
2) Milk
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His life changed history. His courage changed lives. Based on the inspiring true story of the first openly gay man elected to major public office. Follow Harvey Milk's powerful journey to inspire hope for equal rights during one of the least tolerant times in our nation's history.
"***1/2...superb...excellent...a fine biopic...Highly recommended."--Video Librarian
"...an ordinary man, kind, funny, flawed, shrewd, idealistic, yearning for a better...
3) Valkyrie
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Based on the true event, Colonel von Stauffenberg and his fellow officers attempt to assassinate the Führer.
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Führer....
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A surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world.
"...a clever and oddly touching entertainment."--Time Magazine.
"Streep's is fascinating every second she is onscreen."--San Francisco Chronicle.
"The film...
5) The bookshop
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In England in 1959, free spirited widow Florence Green follows her lifelong dream by opening a bookshop in a conservative coastal town.
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The story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.
Britain's King George VI (Colin Firth) struggles with an embarrassing stutter for years until he seeks help from unorthodox Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush) in this biographical drama that chalked up multiple Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Logue's pioneering treatment...
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As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented...
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While filming "The prince and the showgirl," an assistant director befriends Marilyn Monroe and shows her what life in London is like without the spotlight of celebrity.
While filming a movie in England, Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe slips away with a young Brit for a week of self-discovery and frivolity. The story that ensues is based on the real-life memoirs of Colin Clark, once assistant to Sir Laurence Olivier.
In the summer of 1956, 23-year-old...
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Chronicles the decade-long search for Osama bin Laden following the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of Navy SEAL Team 6.
"Zero Dark Thirty is the best movie of 2012."--Richard Roeper
"Bigelow's extensive staging of the May 1, 2011, raid is a prime example of virtuoso action filmmaking."--Associated Press
"One of the most innovative and best made films of the past year."--San Francisco Chronicle
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