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The Help (Movie)

  • Columns

    February 29, 2012

    Nostalgia Has Wussified Our Culture! Make It Stop!

    It's getting out of control—hear me out

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    Oscars 2012: Best Dresses With the Meh Factor

    Dear Ladies of the Red Carpet: Where's the shock of the swan dress or the pizzazz of the goth showgirl of yesteryear? Come on, ladies, this is the Oscars, and it's 2012! Why are so many of you million dollar actresses playing the Grace Kelly card? We are fully aware that all of you can't pull off ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Sissy Spacek's First Movie Was A Slaughterhouse Shocker! Photos NSFW

    Centuries before The Help, aeons before Coal Miner's Daughter, and even before Carrie, there was Prime Cut, a 1972 Michael Ritchie-directed genre film in which Lee Marvin is a mob enforcer who comes to shake up a slaughterhouse owner (Gene Hackman) who turns his enemies into bratwurst and sells girl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Octavia Spencer Is Getting Her Breasts Done!

    Yes, the Oscar front-runner for The Help thinks the help she needs is to get a rack lift. And you gotta love her for the honesty. As she tells Parade magazine about her post-Oscar plans:

  • Columns

    February 22, 2012

    Meryl Won't Win, and Other Surefire Oscar Predictions

    This is the only ballot you'll need at your viewing party

  • Film

    February 22, 2012

    How to Succeed in Your Office Oscar Pool Without Really Trying

    This is the only ballot you'll need at your viewing party

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    The Tree Of Life Wins Film Lovers Poll

    The poll was taken at a panel I was on last night at the Strand Bookstore. Slate's Dana Stevens, Salon's Andrew O'Hehir, and myself were there to gab about the Oscar race. (The New Yorker's David Denby, also scheduled, mysteriously never showed up.) After our talk, MC Deborah Reinisch asked the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    This Year's Oscar Movies Are Not Big Money Makers At All!

    BoxOfficeMojo.com reports that of the nine Best Picture nominees, only one -- The Help -- has made over $100 million. In second and third place are Moneyball and War Horse, with over $70 million, and while everyone's too polite to say this because they love Martin Scorsese, Hugo has only made $55.9 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    My Final Oscar Nomination Predictions!

    ​The nominations will be announced tomorrow morning, but you might as well just go by this list, which has been officially certified by the Dionne Warwick Psychic Hotline. BEST PICTURE (Ranked in descending order of likelihood) 1--The Artist 2--The Descendants 3--The Help 4--Hugo 5--Mo ... More >>

  • Film

    September 28, 2011

    Cancer Memoir Meets Seth Rogen Comedy in the Slightly Uncomfortable 50/50

    ​The nominations will be announced tomorrow morning, but you might as well just go by this list, which has been officially certified by the Dionne Warwick Psychic Hotline. BEST PICTURE (Ranked in descending order of likelihood) 1--The Artist 2--The Descendants 3--The Help 4--Hugo 5--Mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Oscar Predictions: It's Never Too Early

    ​Just like it's already Christmas in certain department stores, the Oscar predix business happens to be in full swing, with goldderby.com asking us pundits for our premature (I mean extremely mature) guesses as to who will get nominated. Here are mine as of this very moment. Bear in mind tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    The Year's Most Present Actress By Far

    ​I think that sounds nicer than "omnipresent," since it's not her fault that every movie she's ever done seems to be coming out all at once. She's Jessica Chastain, the 31-year-old beauty who's showing her range--and incredible aptitude for achievement--in the following 2011 films:

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Who's Your Favorite Emma?

    Emma Stone​Here are your emma-culate choices: *Emma Stone She scored with sass in Easy A (an overrated film, but she was fine) and now is everywhere, thanks to Crazy Stupid Love, The Help, and a Vanity Fair cover, not to mention the upcoming Spider-Man flick. You'd better get used to her. ... More >>

  • Film

    May 11, 2011

    Summer Movie Guide 2011

    Superheroes, sequels, and TWO Conans! Summer has arrived.

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