Jessica Chastain
Oscar scouting report, best supporting actress: McCarthy, Bejo, Chastain, McTeer, Spencer
Melissa McCarthy's creation of Megan in Bridesmaids is a true original. She is not a cliche. If you have seen McCarthy on talk shows and in personal appearances, then you have seen her effervescent, sweet personality, which is nothing at all like the swaggering, blunt Megan. I wasn't even aware it was the same actress who was in "Gilmore Girls." More
February 1, 2012 1:32 pm
'The Help': A movie about a white woman who told the story of the suffering of black women
“But we ain’t doing civil rights here,” protests Aibileen, an African-American maid in Tate Taylor’s The Help, based on the New York Times bestseller of the same name by Kathryn Stockett.
The “here” Aibileen refers to is the project initiated by “Skeeter”, a white lady (played by Emma Stone), to tell the stories of the domestic help from the maids’ perspective and publish them in book form. More
August 9, 2011 3:42 pm
'Tree of Life': Terrence Malick tells the story of everything, in tiny little pieces
Terrence Malick's Palme d'Or winning Tree of Life is the story of three young brothers growing up in 1950s Texas, told in flashback from the perspective of one of the grown sons looking back on his childhood from the present day. It is also the story of the beginning of the Universe and the development of our cosmos. More
(3)May 26, 2011 2:08 pm
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