It has come to my attention that The Help has been trending on Netflix. This 2011 film features Emma Stone as Skeeter, a young writer looking for her big break who doesn’t want to succumb to the South’s old school ways of “find a husband, make babies, and join the junior league.” She decides to write a book about how black maids played by Viola … Continue reading The Real Message White People Need To Take Away from ‘The Help’
Had I seen it before: Maybe? I definitely remember it being a go-to Black History Month movie to air on Disney Channel in my youth and I remember bits and pieces of it, but this is the first time I can remember watching it with enough of an attention span/knowledge of football/knowledge of history for it to really count. Year: 2000 Director: Boaz Yakin Writers: Gregory … Continue reading 30 Movies in 30 Days: Remember the Titans
Had I seen it before: Nope. Year: 2002 Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson Where you can stream it now: HBO What IMDb says: A psychologically troubled novelty supplier is nudged towards a romance with an English woman, all the while being extorted by a phone-sex line run by a crooked mattress salesman, and purchasing stunning amounts of pudding. Why I picked it: I’ve been … Continue reading 30 Movies in 30 Days: Punch-Drunk Love
Had I seen it before: I think so? I’d at least seen bits and pieces of it on television but it had been a while so I don’t remember it super well. Year: 1992 Director: Stephen Herek Writer: Steven Brill Where you can stream it now: HBO (will move to Disney+ July 1, 2020) What IMDb says: A self-centered Minnesota lawyer is sentenced to community service coaching … Continue reading 30 Movies in 30 Days: The Mighty Ducks
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