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Critically Acclaim Movie Precious Article in New York Times Magazine

Precious is the Cannes film festival winner and more prestigious film awards winner. Is being held as the must see movie for 2009 . It is being released Nov 6 in limited release. The movie is executive produce by Oprah Winfery and Tyler Perry. Mo’nique plays the mother of young abuse teenager who is obese and molested . Mariah Carey ,Paula Patton is also in the movie. 

At Cannes, the film received a 15-minute standing ovation. “They wouldn’t stop clapping,” Daniels told me as he gulped a vodka. “I’m a director — after six minutes, I’m saying, please sit down. But I’m also a producer, so I’m thinking, what’s the record? Can we break the record for the longest standing ovation at the festival?”

Just a few months before its premiere at Cannes, “Precious” won three awards at the Sundance Film Festival, including a special jury prize for Mo’Nique, who plays Precious’s monstrous mother. Graphic as the film is, it is less so than “Push,” the 1996 novel on which it is based. Written by an African-American poet and writer known as Sapphire, “Push” relied on intentionally misspelled, broken and slangy English to convey Precious’s sense of despair and rage. The novel mixes poems by Precious with sexually extreme scenes, like those in which she is forced to perform oral sex on her mother. It is almost relentlessly bleak: when Precious discovers she is H.I.V.-positive, she is certain of her imminent death. Daniels’s movie, by contrast, offers a greater sense of possibility. He doesn’t ignore her disease, hardships or struggles, but he also liberates her from them. Precious is a stand-in for anyone — black, white, male, female — who has ever been devalued or underestimated.

Justin Timberlake, Jesse Eisenberg To Star In Facebook Movie

Justin is really doing good with his budding movie career! I can’t wait to see Open Road too. Jesse Eisenberg is a good actor too. Here info for the Facebook Movie from MTV:

Justin Timberlake, Jesse Eisenberg To Star In Facebook Movie

Eisenberg will play site's founder, Timberlake its first president in David Fincher's 'The Social Network.'

By Jocelyn Vena

It's official: Jesse Eisenberg will play Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in "The Social Network," a film based on the creation of the social networking site. But he's not the only rumored name now confirmed to be in the film. Variety reports that Justin Timberlake will also star in the flick alongside Eisenberg.

Timberlake will play Napster co-founder Sean Parker, who became Facebook's founding president. Andrew Garfield has been cast as Eduardo Saverin, the Facebook co-founder who had a falling out with Zuckerberg as the site became a financial success. The crew, along with director David Fincher, will begin filming next month in Boston before moving production to Los Angeles.

One of the film's executive producers, Kevin Spacey, spoke to MTV News recently about the flick, speculating that it would begin filming before the end of this year, although at that time the details, including who would be directing and starring in the movie, had yet to be worked out.

Spacey did note that he was "enormously excited" about the film. "Great story for people that don't really know how it happened," he said. "Very filmic, very modern, very cool."

Meanwhile, even as late as last week, Eisenberg wouldn't confirm to MTV News that he was tackling the Zuckerberg role. Instead he opted to say only that he was still rumored to be attached to the film, which was penned by "West Wing" creator Aaron Sorkin. At the junket for "Zombieland," he said, "They are rumors. That is true."

 

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I Can Do Bad All by Myself Review

I saw Tyler Perry Movie I Can do  Bad all by Myself with a friend today and we both loved it ! The plot is so heartbreaking but at the end you are cheering  for April . I beleive Jennifer played talented young actress Hope Wilson did a amazing job ,I hope to see her in more movies in the near future.  Gorgeous Adam Rodriguez was awesome! Of course Madea was hilarious!

Mary J Blige ,Gladys Knight , Marvin Wianas ,Brain White were great  were a great supportive cast Along with Jennifer two young brothers in the movie.  I believe this will be a another number one film for Tyler Perry. You will cry and laugh throughout the movie. It will be worth the money and popcorn.