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THE BLIND SIDE

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

THE BLIND SIDE

THE BLIND SIDE takes what in lesser hands would have been a prime example of the hopelessly hackneyed and saccharine sub-genre of holiday feel-good flick, sports division, and, instead, makes of this uplifting true story a refreshingly sober film that brings good and surprisingly wholesome good cheer. The true story is of how Michael Oher… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, football, foster children, high school football, Leigh Anne Tuohy, Michael Oher, Oscar-winning performance, Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock, Texas, THE BLIND SIDE

MONSTER

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

MONSTER

Patty Jenkins’’ film, MONSTER, is brilliant, breathtaking, and completely unforgettable. Those are words that are sorely overused in the land of crit-speak, and yet there are few films that are so very deserving of them. Jenkins’ biographical story of Aileen Wournos, convicted serial killer, has all the earmarks of a tabloid tale from one of… Read More »

Tagged With: Aileen Wournos, based on a true story, Charlize Theron, director, Oscar-winning performance, Patty Jenkins, serial killer, weight gain

Patty Jenkins Dissects MONSTER

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Patty Jenkins Dissects MONSTER

For Patty Jenkins, MONSTER was more than a movie, it was a mission. The writer/director took a lot of risks, including the casting against type of the film’s star, Charlize Theron, as real-life serial killer Aileen Wournos. It paid off big time, and did so with a smart film that raises more questions about society than… Read More »

Tagged With: Aileen Wournos, based on a true story, Charlize Theron, director, Oscar-winning performance, Patty Jenkins, serial killer, weight gain

Forest Whitaker is THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Forest Whitaker is THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

Idi Amin is a daunting subject for a feature film, but Forest Whitaker played the former Ugandan dictator’s charismatic side as well as the murderous rages into which he could erupt at any moment. When I spoke with him on October 6, 2006, that was the first thing I asked him about before moving on… Read More »

Tagged With: Africa, African history, book to screen, cinema, dictator, drama, Forest Whitaker, forgiveness, Giles Foden, history, Idi Amin, movie, narrative, novel, Oscar-winning performance, Uganda

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