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DVD review | The Help – Southern-fried crowdpleaser that gets heart and soul from its stellar cast

Posted on 12 March 2012 by Jason Best

Set in the US Deep South at the dawn of the Civil Rights era, The Help is a rousing Hollywood melodrama that takes a highly sensitive, emotionally charged subject – the relationship between black maids and their white employers – … Continue reading →

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Film review | 50/50 – Finding the funny side of a cancer diagnosis

Posted on 25 November 2011 by Jason Best

A comedy drama about a young man diagnosed with cancer, 50/50 attempts the delicate operation of wringing laughs and tears from the viewer – and largely pulls off the tricky feat. Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays the patient, Seattle public radio producer … Continue reading →

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Film review | The Help – The maids have their say in Civil Rights tale with heart, soul and sass

Posted on 26 October 2011 by Jason Best

Set in the US Deep South at the dawn of the Civil Rights era, The Help is a rousing Hollywood melodrama that takes a highly sensitive, emotionally charged subject – the relationship between black maids and their white employers – … Continue reading →

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The Best view | The Happening is a non-event: Has M Night Shyamalan lost the plot?

Posted on 4 November 2008 by Jason Best

What has happened to the career of M Night Shyamalan? Less than a decade ago, after the shock success of The Sixth Sense, the Indian-born, Philadelphia-raised director was being spoken of in the same breath as Spielberg and Hitchcock as … Continue reading →

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