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Lee Daniel's The Butler (2013) starring Forest Whitaker , Oprah Winfrey , Mariah Carey , James Marsden Terrence Howard , Cuba Gooding Jr. , Lenny Kravitz , David Oyelowo, Jane Fonda, Alan Rickman, John Cusack, Liev Schreiber, Minka Kelly, Robin Williams, Vanessa Redgrave, and Alex Pettyfer Watch the trailer for Lee Daniel's The Butler (source: TheWeinsteinCompany ) Lee Daniel's The Butler Synopsis Inspired by the real-life account of Eugene Allen , the film stars Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines, an African-American who eyewitnesses notable events of the 20th century during his 34-year tenure serving as a White House butler . As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society. Forest Whitaker stars as the butler with Robin Williams as Dwight Eisenhower , John Cusack as Richard Nixon , Alan Ri...

This week's movie to watch (our 76th film pick) will be ... PRECIOUS: Based On The Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009) Starring: Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey , Sherri Shepherd, Lenny Kravitz, and introducing Gabourey Sidibe Watch the trailers for Precious [source: hollywoodstreams ] Enjoy watching Precious until Friday next... After viewing this movie, be sure to answer the following list of questions (to post and discuss with fellow FF participants in the following Friday in the P&P thread here or post a comment here in my Movies Blog ) below: 1) Post a brief review of the movie (ie. story, plot, location, cast, acting, music/score, costume, cinematography, directing, etc.) 2) What did you think of the movie? 3) What would you rate this movie out of ten? Would you see it again? 4) What is/are your favorite scene(s) from the movie? 5) Most Favorite character(s) and why? 6) Least Favorite character(s) and why? 7) Most Favorite scene(s)? 8) Least ...

I saw Precious this weekend, on its 3rd weekend and expansion of theaters (only 629 and has so far grossed to almost $15M in its 15 days this week...very impressive considering it only played limited on its opening weekend debut, much like the small expansion, and its small widest release of 629 theater locations) nationwide as it finally was showing in my local theaters. I've been waiting and looking forward to seeing this film since I heard this movie was being filmed and Mariah Carey (my favorite singer) was cast in a small role as Mrs. Weiss . Also, I've read the novel "Push" by Sapphire this movie was based from. Like Oscar's Best Picture winner Slumdog Millionaire , Precious (the lil' Independent film) has been getting tons of standing O's and rave reviews as well as won several Audience Awards in various film festivals such as Sundance, Toronto, and Chicago Film festivals to name a few. So, I've been following this film and got so excit...

An Education starring Carey Mulligan , Peter Sarsgaard, Rosamund Pike , Dominic Cooper, Alfred Molina, Emma Thompson In theaters October 9, 2009 [limited: NY & LA]; November 20, 2009 [wide] [source: FilmCentralHD ] Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire starring Gabourey Sidibe, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey , Monique, Lenny Kravitz, Sherri Shepherd In theaters November 6, 2009 [limited]; November 20, 2009 [wide]