Topic: Biopics

2012 movies: 10 to look for

Hollywood's already looking ahead to the movies for this year -- here are 10 of the most anticipated

Patti Smith: Just Kids autobiography to be a major motion picture

Patti Smith: The wordsmith of song and story adds ‘screenwriter’ to her credits.

Soul Surfer: movie review

Biopic 'Soul Surfer' is not as inspiring as the real-life story of Bethany Hamilton, a teen surfer who made a triumphant comeback after a shark attack.

Five Academy Awards surprises

The Oscar-winning Best Picture has not always been what people expected. Will there be another upset at the Academy Awards this year?

John Lennon at 70: Imagine Google's animated homage

John Lennon – the former guitarist and vocalist for the Beatles – would have been 70 on Saturday. And to celebrate, Google UK has uploaded an interactive Lennon doodle to its homepage.

Nowhere Boy: movie review

A teenage, pre-Beatles John Lennon pulls through hard times with rock 'n' roll in 'Nowhere Boy.'

Oprah Winfrey biopic planned, based on Kitty Kelley book

Oprah Winfrey may end her 25 years on television accompanied by a two-or four-hour film based on Kitty Kelley's tell-all biography.

'Twilight: Breaking Dawn,' will be released as two films

'Twilight: Breaking Dawn,' will be two movies. The first part of 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' will be released on Nov. 18, 2011.

The Young Victoria: movie review

A portrait of Queen Victoria before she took the throne, ‘The Young Victoria’ comes across at times rather like a plodding royal pageant.

Movie review: 'Skin'

The true story of a dark-skinned girl born to white Afrikaner parents in apartheid-torn South Africa.

Movie review: "Bright Star"

This John Keats biopic is sensuously mounted – and still remarkably grounded.

Review: 'Paris 36'

Period drama follows a young girl's career as she auditions for a music hall in prewar Paris.

CD review: Cadillac Records (Music from the motion picture)

This raw and rootsy soundtrack is period-perfect.

Review: 'Che'

Overlong biopic offers little new to our knowledge of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara as an icon and human being.

'Hollywood' Bob McRae gets his classic cars on the Big Screen

The retired automobile dealer owns a fleet of 45 old vehicles, which he rents to studios for about $300 per scene. You've probably seen them – in 'The Aviator,' 'Pearl Harbor,' and 'Seabiscuit.'

The court intrigue of 'The Other Boleyn Girl' fails to court intrigue

Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson play siblings pitted against each other in a bid for the affections of King Henry VIII. It doesn't end happily.

And the winner is...

And the Oscar nominees are ... a bit on the dark side

The films leading the race tended to be long on grandeur and bleak in outlook. Is it a reflection of America's mood?