The Help (2011) Review

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During the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s aspiring writer Skeeter Phelan decides to write a book on the experiences of black women working as maids in Mississippi. In the process of doing this she risks losing all of her friends and family.

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The Rewrite (2014) Review

Keith Michaels is an Oscar-winning screenwriter, but when he hits a slump and struggles to get a job he finds himself moving from LA to the East Coast to teach at a College.

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Minions (2015) Review

This is a prequel looking into how the Minions eventually found Gru! Everyone seems to love the little yellow guys and they get a big screen outing of their very own.

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The Hours (2002) Review

The stories of three women, in three different time periods are all linked together mainly with grief and the book Mrs Dalloway.

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Struck by Lightning (2012) Review

Carson Phillips is a young man who was in High School when he suddenly died, so we are seeing his final weeks in flashback form as he narrates on how unhappy he was in his rather mixed up life.

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2011 Independent Spirit Awards

The nominations for the 26th Film Independent’s Spirit Awards have been announced today!

BEST FEATURE
127 Hours


Black Swan


Greenberg


The Kids Are All Right


Winter’s Bone


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10 Things I Hate About You (1999) Review

This movie is based on Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew. I think its good to have a modern take on Shakespeare plays, as if you study them at any level it can help you understand the meanings that are so often hiden and lost in the ages now. I like the way that this one was done. Plus Heath Ledger is just so adorable in it, and this was probably the movie everyone started paying real attention to him as a one for the future.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Juno (2007) Review

A comedy about growing up . . . and the bumps along the way.

When an unplanned pregnancy happens for Juno she must make some very big decisions being only 16 and a junior in High School.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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American Beauty (1999) Review

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5 Oscars: Best Picture. Best Actor Kevin Spacey. Best Director Sam Mendes. Best Original Screenplay. Best Cinematography.

Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) is a depressed suburban father who is suffering from a mid-life crisis. His wife Carolyn (Annette Benning) can’t stand him and his daughter Jane (Thora Birch) thinks he is a loser. Lester begins to have an infatuation with Angela (Mena Survai), Jane’s friend. This causes Jane to “hate” her father even more.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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