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Biographical films

Julie & Julia

score: 
B
Director: 
Nora Ephron
Cast: 
Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina
Running Time: 
123
Rated: 
PG-13
Author(s): 
365 days, 524 recipes. That is the task that frustrated temp secretary Julie Powell has set out to complete. Working her way through the rigorous cookbook of famous recipe maker Julia Child, Julie will experience the ups and downs that come with even the most simplistic food combinations. This journey, along with Julia's story of writing the now infamous book, comprises the soft and serene tale that is Julie & Julia.

Flash of Genius

score: 
B+
Director: 
Marc Abraham
Cast: 
Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Dermot Mulroney, Jake Abel, Daniel Roebuck
Running Time: 
119
Rated: 
PG-13
Though he makes a living as a professor of engineering, Bob Kern was born to invent. Having first discovered his hidden passion at the young age of thirteen, Bob eagerly awaits his next great thought, jumping at the chance to show the world his true brilliance. One night, while out in the garage with his sons, Bob pieces together a mechanism that would eventually be used in every car made. Thinking that he had struck gold, Bob, his wife and six kids hung tight on cloud nine.
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