Jackson, Mississippi, 1962: aspiring writer Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan (Emma Stone) returns home after college, where unexpected friendships with African-American maids Aibeleen Clark (Viola Davis) and Minny Jackson (Octavia Spencer) result in a book that gives a previously unheard voice to a community’s suffering. –IMDb
The full list of nominees and winners of this year’s Academy Awards.
Hugo and The Artist lead, but there are also a few surprises here.
The Artist leads. Conspicuous in their total absence: Melancholia and The Tree of Life.
The Artist leads with six; The Help and The Descendants each score five.
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A slick adaptation prompts critics to set it next to past cinematic depictions of the civil rights movement.
This is where the rubber meets the road at awards season. One of the most instructive case studies on the Oscars comes from 1989, the year that Spike Lee made Do the Right Thing, which… read review
Title: The Help
Year: 2011
Language: English
Country: USA, India
Genre: Drama
Director: Tate Taylor
Writers:
Tate Taylor
Kathryn Stockett
Cast:
Emma Stone… read review
Despite the fact that the film has the habit of becoming quite corny in parts, the true cinephile does not have to look very far to find the powerful, sad and important message that constitutes the… read review
If any summer movie badly needs help, both dramatically and historically, it is, yes’m, The Help, which serves up a big slice of white-bread liberal fantasy about black life in the… read review