The movie Coco Before Chanel is about Gabrielle Chanel, who has been called the most influential of all fashion figures from the twentieth century clothing fashion world. The young Gabrielle starts out in an orphanage where she and her sister Adrienne have been dropped off by her father. Gabrielle grows up to be an ambitious woman who proves herself to be difficult to get along with as she forges a name for herself in the world of high fashion. Gabrielle and sister Adrienne eventually work as singers of bawdy songs, not wishing to be confused with the prostitutes also working there. Gabrielle gets the nickname Coco after a song she sings about a little lost dog and she becomes sarcastic and cynical, hardened by the lifestyle around her.Beginning her life in the fashion world as a seamstress, Ms Coco Chanel becomes the most influential name in style of the century, and perhaps of all time, as her flair for novelty and how women should look win the world over. This movie is "costume drama" at its highest form."

Well before he died May 2, 1972 there were rumors floating around in high places speculating on the fact that Hoover was a closet homosexual as well as a cross dresser in private. Those facts may not show up much in this version of his life because director Cling Eastwood chose not to "quite go down that road". And perhaps he is correct because that would not have much of an impact on what the man did during his long tenure as director of the FBI. From March 22, 1935 when the Federal Bureau of Investigation came into being until the day he died in 1972 J. Edgar Hoover formed then ran that high powered agency with an iron fist. It was suggested he abused his powers by ostracizing certain individuals, even to the point of ruining their lives on a whim. However he had good reason in some cases to black list those who had committed crimes.tarring Leonardo DiCaprio (Titanic, This Boy's Life) as Hoover, Armie Hammer (The Social Network) as Clyde Tolson who was reported to be Hoover's lover and long time companion, Naomi Watts (2005's King Kong) is Helen Gandy, Hoover's personal secretary and the one who worked hard to destroy Hoover's own personal file after his death. Capably presented to us by Academy Award Winning Director Clint Eastwood.

$ellebrity is the directorial debut of Kevin Mazur, a paparazzi and celebs photographer who managed to gather all the modern megastars together in one movie. Meet Maureen Orth, Salma Hayek, Dan Abrams, Darryn Lyons, Jennifer Aniston, Elton John, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Kid Rock, Michael Lewittes, Rosanna Arquette and Jonathan Klein playing themselves in this extraordinary film about a rapid changes occurring in the modern showbiz. From extinction of multilevel from-studio-to-studio career building to rise of free-for-all social-networked and youtube-powered world where every talented person could "sell" himself easily to mainstream buyers by just one click… And don't ask us what Kevin Mazur has done to arrange these highly acclaimed world-class celebs to participate in his weird project.

"Harriet" is a biographical movie about the life of Harriet Tubman, an American abolitionist and political activist who escaped slavery and helped free hundreds of other slaves through the Underground Railroad. The movie depicts Harriet's early life as a slave on a Maryland plantation, her escape to freedom in Philadelphia, and her subsequent missions to lead other slaves to freedom.

Progressing from a common housewife into a fearless woman who takes on the status quo of old Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi was determined to raise her children in a society that was free and understanding. She became an opposition leader and was determined to fight the oppression that was part of Burmese life. Her father, a general, was assassinated when she was but three years of age having been himself opposed to the old ways and pressed for democracy.his lush story is spectacular in scope and thanks to Luc Besson filmmaker from Paris is one of those life stories that has to be told. Besson's credits include Columbiana, Taken, and The Fifth Element and his testosterone laden thriller movies show he is big on action films but this one is more the thinker type. Michelle Yeoh who stars as Suu Kyi has proven to be an action type actress herself in roles such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.he message is that non-violence wins out over a repressed and violent society even if the head of the opposition is jailed. Aung San Suu Kyi spent a year imprisoned when she fought hard to win free elections for her fellow Burmese. Its those quiet leader types that eventually get the job done and she eventually won the Nobel Prize for her efforts.

"Milk" is a 2008 biographical film directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Sean Penn as Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in California. The film chronicles Milk's political career and his rise as a prominent LGBT rights activist, as well as his personal relationships and tragic assassination in 1978.