One Eight Seven (1997) Samuel L. Jackson, John Heard. Story of a teacher who is attact and injured so severly that he moves all the way across country before he can go back to work as a sub in another school where chaos reins. Film is unrelenting in its' depiction of a school where almost all order and teaching is gone. The administration is so afraid of lawsuits they want no confrontations with students. By the end, it's the law of the jungle. Real downer. 6/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118531/
The Kings Speech (2010) Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter. Wonderful film with wonderful performances. A master class in acting. Story of the second son in line for the throne, who rises to become England's king during WWII, and the therapist who helped him become the countries steady and uplifting voice in wartime. 9/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1504320/
The Help (2011) Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain. Wonderful film with a marvelous ensemble cast. Davis is so good as the maid who gives voice to the maids in a 1960's southern town. A woman's picture about the lives they lead. The white women and their maids are locked in a society that is soon to be "gone with the wind." Davis is superb and Howard and Chastain are perfect. Glad the SAGs honored this film and the actresses. 10/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1454029/
The Eagle (2011) Channing Tatum, Mark Strong, Jamie Bell. Stunning cinematography, especially the shots of Scotland's north country. In Roman-ruled Britain, a young Roman soldier endeavors to honor his father's memory by finding his lost legion's golden emblem. A quest film with the soldier and his slave heading into the part of Britannia outside Hadrian's wall. Tatum keeps your eyes on him - so has star quality. Okay action. 7/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034389/
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2011) Documentary. Update of the Memphis 3 case. The film brings the case of the murdered children and how the three young men were just brought in for questioning and ended up on trial and convicted of the crimes. Over the years more and more evidence was uncovered and finally DNA proved they were not the ones who killed the children. They were released but still there is a cloud. Wonderful work done by The Innocence Project and others convinced they were railroaded. 8/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2028530/
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