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True Story Movies 4 – Titanic
Even though I tend to watch more action movies, comedies and sci-fi/fantasy movies than anything else, I can enjoy pretty much any kind of movie you throw at me. Some of my favourite movies are dramas. There are several documentaries … Continue reading
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True Story Movies 3 – October Sky
Last week, we looked at Apollo 13 for the second entry in my true story theme month. I figured it was worth sticking with the space theme by taking a look at October Sky. October Sky is a biographical drama … Continue reading
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True Story Movies 2: Apollo 13
One of the more fascinating aspects of the Cold War was the space race. The United States and the Soviet Union competed for years to see who could achieve various first in their spaceflight capabilities. This race began with ballistic … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, apollo 13, astronauts, bafta, cgi, cold war, docudrama, ed harris, gary sinise, gene kranz, jack swigert, jim lovell, kansas cosmosphere and space center, kathleen quinlan, ken mattingly, kevin bacon, lost moon, marilyn lovell, movie review, movies, nasa, roger ebert, ron howard, rotten tomatoes, space race, space travel, sputnik 1, the moon, the rolling stone, tom hanks, true story movies, ussr
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True Story Movies 1: 42
I’m best described as an excitable, casual sports fan. Outside of the Olympics, I generally only pay attention to Hockey, Baseball and Swimming. Hockey because I’m Canadian, Baseball because I used to play it as a kid, and I’ve got … Continue reading
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Tagged 42, andre holland, baseball, baseball movies, branch rickey, brooklyn dodgers, chadwick boseman, denver post, ebbetts field, engel stadium, harrison ford, jackie robinson, legendary pictures, major league baseball, mlb, movie review, movies, rachel robinson, richard roeper, rotten tomatoes, spike lee, sports, sports movies, true story movies, wendell smith
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