A platoon of German soldiers fights to survive in the trenches during the First World War in All Quiet on the Western Front. Paul Bäumer (Felix Kammerer) enlists in the Imperial German Army in 1917, along with his friends Albert Kropp (Aaron Hilmer), Franz Müller (Moritz Klaus) and Ludwig Behm (Adrian Grünewald). The friends are …
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The life and career of Janis Joplin is told in the documentary Janis: Little Girl Blue. Janis Joplin was born in 1943 in the town of Port Arthur, Texas. Despite having some body image issues, it quite apparent that that the blues-loving Joplin had an excellent singing voice and she rose to fame as the lead …
The changing relationship between two U.S./Mexico border towns are explored in Western. The towns of Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico have had a friendship with each other for generations, with Eagle Pass’ mayor Chad Foster being well known on both sides of the border. However, an increase of drug cartel violence in …
More than fifty years after her death, Marilyn Monroe remains one of the most infamous of Hollywood tragedies. Even though she had a very high ambition to succeed as an actress, she fell victim to typecasting and substance abuse. There have been countless biographies about Marilyn over the years, with the most recent example being …