Tag: The Help
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I Don’t Have A Vote: Cool Papa E Picks The 84th Oscars
2012 Academy Awards Please don’t let this be the year that the gimmicky French film wins. I would prefer that the real masterpiece that took place in Paris, France take home the gold. The rush to crown The Artist as Best Picture feels a little like the time we anointed Brokeback Mountain the movie of our times. If it…
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Texas Killing Fields: Has the pedigree, but gets lost in the hills
Texas Killing Fields – 2011 Directed by Ami Caanan Mann Starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Sam Worthington, Chloe Grace Moretz, Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, James Hebert, Stephen Graham Written by Don Farrarone In watching the trailer, one gets the brooding sense of foreboding that was present in Fincher’s classic, Zodiac. Investigators (Worthington, Morgan and Chastain) looking seriously…
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The Help is better than a pie full
The Help – 2011 Directed by Tate Taylor Starring Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Sissy Spacek, Mike Vogel, Allison Janney, Mary Steenburgen Written by Taylor based on The Help by Kathryn Stockett When thinking of how to view The Help, I think of it in terms of how to…
Ebert Did It Better: Gasbag Reviews 