Martin Scorsese co-wrote the screenplay with Eric Roth and directed Killers of the Flower Moon based on David Grann’s best-selling book.
The film follows Ernest Burkhard, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, and Mollie Kyle, played by Lily Gladstone, in an improbable romance. At the turn of the 20th century, oil brought a fortune to the Osage Nation, who became some of the wealthiest people in the world overnight.
The wealth of these Native Americans attracted white interlopers. They manipulated, extorted, and stole as much Osage money as possible before committing murder.
The movie also stars Robert De Niro and Jesse Plemons.
Jon Gunn directed Ordinary Angels, based on a remarkable true story that follows Sharon Steves, played by Hilary Swank. She’s a fierce but struggling hairdresser in small-town Kentucky.
Alan Ritchson as Ed in Ordinary Angels. Photo Credit: Allen Fraser
Sharon discovers a renewed sense of purpose when she meets Ed Schmitt, played by Alan Ritchson. He is a widower working hard to support his two daughters.
Starring Oscar winner Hilary Swank
With his youngest daughter waiting for a liver transplant, Sharon sets her mind to helping the family and will move mountains to do it. What unfolds is the inspiring tale of faith, everyday miracles, and ordinary angels.
Sure, it’s a faith-based movie by the Erwin brothers, but the message is clear — miracles happen.
Sean McNamara directs this incredible true story, On A Wing and A Prayer. A family’s faith and survival come head to head as a group of strangers unite in a life-saving race against time.
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McNamara’s other credits include faith-based films Soul Surfer and The Miracle Season. His familiarity with spiritual phenomena brings an inspiring battle against the odds of saving the lives of a family.
Doug, played by Dennis Quaid, has to fly a plane without the knowledge or experience to save himself and his family. He discovers the miracles that simple faith can achieve.
Doug and Terri White, played by Heather Graham, and their two daughters, played by Jessi Case and Abigail Rhyne, lead an ideal life in their small town. They are deeply involved in community and church affairs.
Doug and his brother, played by Brett Rice, look forward to the town’s annual barbecue cook-off, where they handily take home first place, distributing the leftovers to the homeless afterward.
When his brother unexpectedly dies, the grieving family travels to Florida for his funeral. Shaken by his brother’s death, Doug questions his long-held faith, distressing Terri, who urges him to hold fast to their beliefs.
After an emotional service, the family boards a private plane to take them home to Louisiana. But within a few minutes of takeoff, disaster strikes. Their pilot suffers a fatal heart attack.
Despite having no experience flying the twin-engine Beechcraft Super King Air 200, Doug has to take control of the aircraft and try to guide it to a nearby landing strip. Rough weather rolls in as he frantically contacts air traffic control for guidance, with Terri as co-pilot.
They put their faith at the forefront. The couple is unaware that officials on the ground are already sending ambulances and emergency vehicles to the tarmac, anticipating the worst.
With time running out, an aspiring air traffic controller breaks protocol and contacts experienced pilot Corey, played by Jesse Metcalfe.
Corey contacts Doug directly from his Connecticut home and provides step-by-step advice as Doug struggles to save his family from seemingly inevitable tragedy. If anyone is to survive, it’s going to take a miracle.
Directed by Jalmari Helander, Sisu takes place during the final desperate days of WWII in northern Finland. A solitary prospector, played by Jorma Tommila, crosses paths with Nazis on a scorched-earth retreat. The Nazis steal his gold and soon discover they have just tangled with no ordinary miner.
I am not sure what these young ladies are about in the movie. They look tough.
There is no direct translation for the Finnish word “Sisu,” but this legendary ex-commando embodies what Sisu means. He’s a white-knuckled form of courage and incredible determination in the face of overwhelming odds.
And no matter what the Nazis throw at him, the one-person death squad goes to outrageous lengths to get his gold back.
He will if it means killing every Nazi in his path.
Produced by Ridley Scott and directed by Matt Ruskin, Boston Strangler stars Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon.
Knightley plays Loretta McLaughlin, a reporter who becomes the first person to connect the series of murders. She breaks the story of the Boston Strangler with Jean Cole. They challenge the sexism of the early 1960s by tirelessly reporting the city’s most notorious serial killer.
Also starring are Chris Cooper and Alessandro Nivola.
Christopher Nolan continues to bring poignant moments in history to the big screen. Oppenheimer follows the journey of developing the most powerful yet dangerous element that potentially can wipe out Earth and the human race — the fission of the atom.
Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer works with a group of scientists during the infamous Manhattan Project, which leads to the development of the atomic bomb.
Learn how Nolan and Goransson create a mesmerizing film score.
The cast includes Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer, Emily Blunt as Katherine Oppenheimer, Robert Downy, Jr. as Lewis Strauss, Florence Pugh as Jean Tatlock and Matt Damon as Leslie Groves.
Kyle Marvin directs 80 for Brady, based on the true story of four best friends living life to the fullest when they take a wild trip to the 2017 Super Bowl LI to see their hero Tom Brady play.
Tom Brady is on the set of 80 For Brady from Paramount Pictures.
The impressive cast includes Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and Field with 7-time Super Bowl Champion and producer Tom Brady.
Stephen Williams directs the true story Chevalier based on the life of the composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, played by Kevin Harrison Jr.
Stefani Robinson wrote the screenplay that follows the life of an illegitimate son of a French plantation owner and an African slave mother, played by Ronke Adekoluejo. As a prodigy, he rises to fame and befriends Marie Antoinette.
The Erwin brothers bring another faith-based story inspired by a genuine movement on the screen.
Jon Erwin and Brent McCorkle co-directed Jesus Revolution. The film tells the story of a young Greg Laurie, played by Joel Courtney, being raised by his struggling mother, Charlene, played by Kimberly Williams-Paisley, in the 1970s.
Jonathan Roumie as Lonnie Frisbee and Kelsey Grammer as Chuck Smith in Jesus Revolution. Photo Credit: Dan Anderson.
Laurie and a sea of young people descend on sunny Southern California to redefine truth through all means of liberation. Everything changes when Laurie meets Lonnie Frisbee, played by Jonathan Roumie. Frisbee is a charismatic hippie street preacher, and Pastor Chuck Smith, played by Kelsey Grammer, has thrown open the doors of Smith’s languishing church to a stream of wandering youth.
Jonathan Roumie as Lonnie Frisbee and Kelsey Grammer as Chuck Smith in Jesus Revolution. Photo Credit: Dan Anderson.
What unfolds becomes the most significant spiritual awakening in American history. Rock and roll, radical love, and newfound faith lead to a “Jesus Revolution.”
Grammer nails the role of Pastor Smith. He brings humor to an otherwise strict faith-based opportunity to spread the word of Jesus.
Here, the movie tells the story of how one culture turns one counterculture movement into a revival that changes the world.
