Posts Tagged ‘Precious’

The Internet’s Top 25 Films of 2009

Monday, January 4th, 2010

As 2009 came to end so started every blogger and film critic letting the world know what he/she thought was the best of the best of the year.  Even I let my thoughts be known on the topic here.  After reading threw a ton of these lists I noticed the variety of films being mentioned and I thought, what would be the best of the best if instead of 1 guy/girl telling me their thoughts we all got together and duked it out over why one movie should be put above another.  Well since I knew it was almost impossible to get so many people in one room and it would probably end in a few fatalities as soon as certain words that can’t be taken back were said.  So what I’ve done is I jotted down as many Top Ten lists as I could find and decided to merge them all into one mammoth of a list. (more…)

The Unnamed Movie Podcast [Episode 36 - The Apartment] [Guest: Mel Valentin from SFStation.com and eFilmCritic.com]

Friday, November 27th, 2009

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This week our fearful guests are continuously shoved out of their apartment by their pretend podcasting boss that they hope to impress Mel Valentin. (more…)

 
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Marco’s Interviews with Lee Daniels, Gabourney Sidibe and Paula Patton from Precious

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
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Photo credit: Deonna Hodges

The buzz around the new film “Precious” has been building since its debut earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival. Screened under its original title “Push” (but later changed to “Precious” to avoid confusion with the sci-fi clunker of the same name), the film went on to capture the hearts of festival goers and critics alike, amassing two of the festival’s top jury prizes.

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icon for podpress  Marco's Interview with Paula Patton (from Precious) [13:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
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Precious [Movie Review]

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

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Precious [Gabourey Sidibe] is an overweight illiterate teen living in Harlem in the late 1980s.  She’s pregnant for the second time with her father’s child and still living with her abusive mother, Mary [Mo’Nique].  After being kicked out of her school, for basically being too much for them to handle, she’s sent to a special needs school called Each One Teach One and put in Ms. Blue Rain’s [Paula Patton] classroom in an effort to educate herself and try to catch up with the rest of the world and help lift herself out of this situation she’s currently living. (more…)

Coming Out This Week

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Coming Out - 09.11.15 - Planet 51

This week in theatre you can see: (more…)