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Matthew McConaughey steps into the shoes of lead-male-biopic-stallion as Ron Woodroof.
After leading a normal job, Woodroof was diagnosed with AIDS and given a short time to live. Instead of passively accepting his unfortunate fate, Woodroof researched various medicines and drug combinations and began taking a regime of drugs to stave off the disease.
The Dallas Buyers Club is where he sold the drugs to AIDS victims around the world who had no other recourse.
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The true story of Cpt. Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in #2hunna years. Tom Hanks features.
If this doesn’t scream immediacy then I don’t know what does.
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If you didn’t already know, The Afghan Whigs are an acclaimed Cincinnati rockers who were piloted by the hedonistic Greg Dulli, who laced grungy indie rock with soul and blues.
They broke up on the turn of this millenium but returned in 2006 much to the joy of alternative rock fans across the board.
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Beck forced the lo-fi sound of DIY indie rock to the Top Ten in 1994 with his slacker anthem Loser.
However, his avant-pop melodies extend beyond the folk-rap beats and samples of that hit, encompassing everything from funk, soul and psychedelia to wild experiments with feedback, electronics and toy instruments.
At one-day festivals in California during the 90s, he surrounded himself with an artnoise combo. The drummer set fire to his cymbals; the lead guitarist played his char with the strings faced towards his body; and Beck changed the words to “Loser” so that nobody could sing along. He said this of the event:
I can’t tell you how many times I was looking at faces that were looking back at me with complete bewilderment—or just pointing and shaking their heads and laughing—while performing during that period."
