Octavia Spencer
Movie Review: Zootopia
Disney appears to be getting more and more comfortable making films more like their Pixar counterparts. Zootopia, their most recent effort, is less Frozen-style musical flair and more Wreck-It Ralph, aimed at delivering humor and character with equal parts cynicism and heart. Does it work? For the most part, yes; visually stunning and funnier than you might think, the film is a joy to sit through ...[Read More]
Interview with Anthony Mackie and Mike Binder, star and director of Black or White
Black or White is the story of a grandfather, Elliott Anderson (Kevin Costner), who is suddenly left to care for his granddaughter, Eloise (Jillian Estell), by himself. But, when her paternal grandmother, Rowena Jeffers (Octavia Spencer), seeks custody with the help of her lawyer brother (Anthony Mackie), poor Eloise is caught between two families. With the best intentions, both families fight for...[Read More]
Detroit Film Critics Society Announces the Best of 2011 Nominations
The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the Best of 2011 nominees in ten categories. The society was founded in spring 2007 and consists of a group of twenty-two film critics who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities within a 150-mile radius of the city including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan. Each critic submitted t...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Help
I, as did many women in this country, read the book The Help, so the movie was on warning in my head to deliver the goods and stay true to Kathryn Stockett’s novel, or else. It did. And one of the reasons it succeeded is the fact that Stockett’s childhood friend (since the age of five) Tate Taylor serves as both writer and director of the new film adaptation. Taylor (a mostly unknown actor who had...[Read More]
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