Lee Daniels

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  • This is the official Mexican poster for Lee Daniels' The Butler

    Movie News | Ali Gray | 5th October 2013

    Not sure what my favourite bit is: the cluster of presidential force ghosts, the creepy tree/dead spider in the top left or the fact that I can't help reading the title in the voice of Bumblebee Man from The Simpsons. (via IMP)

  • The Paperboy

    Movie Review | Matt | 14th March 2013

    Getting booed at Cannes just isn't the indicator of quality that it should be. The world's finest film critics all in one screening feeling so appalled by the movie in front of them that they are compelled to collectively voice their disdain in the rudest way possible? That film has to be utter balls, right? And yet, as previous Cannes booees The Tree Of Life and Antichrist have proven, all it usually means is that the film offers something markedly different that polarises viewers. As it is with The Paperboy. But did I love it or hate it? See, that's the problem: I don't even know.

  • Precious: Based On The Novel Push, By Sapphire

    Movie Review | Anna | 1st February 2010

    This year's Oscar race will be in an interesting one. It basically poses the following question to the Academy - what do you place most value on, breathtaking seamless effects and cinematic wow-factor, or films that are propelled by characters and great performances? In other words, it's Avatar versus the little guys. And ironically, given Gabourey Sidibe's size, the littlest of them all is Precious.