“Boy Erased” is an autobiographical book of the journalist Garrard Conley, transferred to the screen. He was born to a religious family, his father was a Baptist pastor, so when the student realized that in his romantic dreams he was dreaming about boys and not girls, the pastors’ council and parents decided to send him for conversion therapy. Just at the period from the life when Conley was undergoing therapy, this film fixes its attention. This movie touches on another equally painful topic, the theme of parents and children, the first attempts to do the best, ignoring the desires and needs of the second.
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The series “Mrs. Wilson” tells the audience about the fate of the young woman Alison, who learns about the secret past of her husband after his death. As it turned out, he was a spy. The plot focuses on the time period from the forties to the mid-sixties, and London is the location for action. The family life of Alison and Alec seems ideal, but soon the main character learns about her husband a lot of interesting facts from the past that somehow interfere with life in the present. Information that she was not the only wife of Alec would be a big daring for a woman.
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The story of the new movie “First Man” begins with a turning point in the life of Neal – the death of his two-year-old daughter. The main character takes the tragedy hard, but at the same time, he is not ready to share it with anyone – neither with his wife nor with friends. He puts all his strength and energy into the work at NASA, having set a goal to overtake the Russians and make the first landing on the moon.
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London, late 60s. A young man named Farukh Bulsara in flared jeans and with an ugly protruding upper jaw comes to the concert of the group Smile known in student circles. More recently, he lived in Zanzibar, from where his family moved to England due to political unrest. Farukh has serious plans for the future: he dreams of becoming a great artist. A case helps him: a frontman leaves Smile, and a young man with rare vocal and charisma becomes a new member of the group.
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The action in the movie “BlacKkKlansman” develops in the 1970s. Ron Stallworth is an idealist who has dreamed of working in the police all his life. He settles in a site in Colorado Springs and … goes to work in the archive. Some colleagues are not very welcome black beginner, but the boss is good to him to a certain event. He arranges a meeting with the subsequent entry into the Organization of the Ku Klux Klan.
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The movie “A Prayer Before Dawn” will tell the true story of William Moore. It is known, he is a real person. He lives, or rather, burns life in Thailand: underground Muay Thai fights, liters of alcohol, local drug trafficking. The end comes when Billy is arrested and sent to the colony. In addition to the terrible conditions of Thai prisons (overcrowding, unsanitary conditions), Moore’s position is complicated by drug addiction and language ignorance.
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Scotland, 1304 The English king Edward I finally broke the Scottish nobility, the rebel William Wallace runs through the woods and will soon be caught. Robert the Bruce and his father swear allegiance to Edward, who in return gives Bruce his god-daughter Elizabeth. Meanwhile, the English soldiers are doing outrage all over Scotland. People begin to grumble, and when the parts of the body of the executed Wallace are hanged out in different Scottish cities, a stabbing breaks out in some places. Bruce, who observed all this and accumulated anger, decides: it is impossible to live this way. He openly opposes the king of England, is crowned and is trying to attract allies.
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The new comedy-biographical movie “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot” will show the real story of an alcoholic survivor of a car accident. We will be shown how the hero gradually falls to the very bottom and then tries to find the strength to fight to start a new life in a wheelchair. The movie also shows the life of the country of 70-80-s, how people live, whose possibilities are limited, how society treats them and what the state does for them.
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In the main role of the movie “Gotti” is John Travolta. Before us there is the story of the life of the famous crime boss of the Italian mafia of New York, John Gotti. He was able to lead one of the families of the criminal world of New York, and later crush under him and rule with an iron fist all five mafia families. The plot, like a mosaic, is made up of different passages from the life of the main character. It is shown here the path he made from an ordinary gangster to the head of a criminal group.
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The new movie “Billionaire Boys Club” will tell about the scammers who have developed some illegal plan for the rapid enrichment in a short time. The beginning of the 80s. A group of young people decide to make a lot of money. They come up with a scheme and everything seems to be going well. Beautiful houses, cars, costumes … but it is not so simple. And as you know, you have to pay for everything in life. Fate falls nearby, and sometimes lives end – this is normal for the main characters.
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