Tag: historical movies

Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

December 24, 2013

run time: 117 mins rated: R considered: Biography, Drama, History starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Gardner, Steve Zahn, Michael O’Neill movie summary: In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is himself diagnosed with the disease. (www.imdb.com) my thoughts: Dallas Buyers Club … More Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

12 Years a Slave (2013)

November 12, 2013

run time: 134 mins rated: R considered: Biography, Drama, History starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Paul Giamatti, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong’o, Brad Pitt, Sarah Paulson movie summary: In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. (www.imdb.com) my thoughts: 12 Years a … More 12 Years a Slave (2013)