Everybody’s welcome at Ma’s. But good luck getting home safe. Ma opens on May 31st. The film’s synopsis follows.
Tag: Tate Taylor
The Girl on the Train Is Derailed By Uninvolving Characters!
I once asked Mike Phillips and A.O. Scott what do you say when a movie is well made; the pace is appropriate for the story; the score is perfect; that cast are acting their hearts out – and the film just connect with you. One of them replied that I already had my answer. And […]
The Help: Great Film Badly Served By DVD Release!
Today’s release of The Help on DVD is cause for celebration because the film plays just as well on the small screen as on the big one. It’s also cause for great disappointment because of this lovely, lovely film getting terribly wronged by whoever put the bonus features together – they consist of two deleted […]
The Help Is an Unexpected – If Wonderful – Summer Surprise!
In the early ‘60s, when the Deep South was segregated, yet many rich white families had ‘help’ to cook, clean and raise their children, the inequality of ‘separate but equal’ was being seriously challenged for the first time, there were as many unsung idealists who helped pave the way for the civil rights movement to […]