November 11, 2009 – 10:04 am
So what that it’s one of the most anticipated movies of the year, you think that’s going to solve cash-flow problems?
Despite the unprecedented preview weekend, the TYLER PERRY and OPRAH WINFREY backed Precious isn’t a safe enough bet for Lionsgate to just release the film wide. Instead execs are determined to ’stay the course’ and continue with [...]
November 8, 2009 – 5:25 pm
Unflinching. Uncomfortable. Unapologetic. Heartbreaking. To call Precious a difficult film to watch sounds like an understatement that only Kanye could make.
Within the first five minutes director Lee Daniels uproots the audience and drops us into the nightmarish world of Clareece Precious Jones – the sixteen year old mother of two. Precious can barely read, despite [...]
November 8, 2009 – 11:21 am
Looks like somebody got a call from OPRAH.
After famously thumbing her nose at the Academy of Arts And Sciences for the buzz surrounding her performance in the dark indie drama Precious, seems like MO’NIQUE is now (begrudgingly) singing a different tune.
“Any buzz, I’m appreciative of,” is what the comedian turned actor turned talk show host [...]
October 6, 2009 – 5:45 am
Writer/Producer/Actor TYLER PERRY is opening some very deep wounds in an open-email he penned to his supporters via his website this weekend. The multi-hyphenate penned the email, urging the public to see the new film Precious – the story of a 16 year-old girl living with an abusive mother. Perry has made no secret of his [...]
October 5, 2009 – 5:55 am
Dear MARIAH, You just can’t seem to get it right. Take this way too little black dress you rocked this weekend at the New York Film Festival showing of Precious. I mean really Mimi? You’re worth an estimated $160 million and the best you can come up with is a stretched scoop-neck tee and some [...]
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September 20, 2009 – 12:28 pm
And just like that, the early Oscar buzz for the highly-anticipated Lee Daniels film Precious: Based on the Novel Push By Sapphire has become real. The heart-breaking drama about a struggling teen, pulled off yet another dark-horse victory and took home the coveted audience prize at this year Toronto Film Festival. And with surprising performances [...]
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