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The first Netflix Instant Watch Pick of the Week is Diner. Written and directed by Barry Levinson (his first film), it is about a group of college-age guys growing up in 1959 Baltimore. It stars Mickey Rourke in one of his star-making roles as the womanizing Boogie.
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Sure, this is essentially your average run-of-the-mill action movie with Mark Wahlberg, and a lot of things could be said for his acting. But I was entertained for the action ride that it was. I am rating "Infinite" a six out of ten stars. The movie is worth a watch, as it combines action and story well enough.
And, as its name suggests, at least one whole film genre is defined in large part by the fact that it was shot in black and white: film noir.
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Carl Lee replies that he had chosen Brigance as an attorney because he is a white man and has insight into how the jury sees Carl Lee. "When you look at me, you don't see a man, you see a black man. (...) You are my secret weapon because you are one of the bad guys. You don't mean to be, but you are.
Brigance admits the possibility that the rapists will walk free. Carl Lee goes to the county courthouse and opens fire with an automatic rifle, killing both rapists and unintentionally injuring Deputy Dwayne Looney, whose leg is later amputated. Carl Lee is arrested and Brigance agrees to defend him.
Production. Grisham had apparently not wanted to sell the film rights to the book. He sold the rights for a record $6 million. He received casting approval for the film and overruled the director's choice of Woody Harrelson as the lead role, which was based on Grisham himself.
During closing arguments, a deeply-shaken Brigance tells the jury to close their eyes and listen to a story. He describes, in slow and painful detail, the entire ordeal of Tonya. Brigance then asks the jury, in his final comment, to "now imagine she's white.".
The film was a critical and commercial success, making $152 million at the worldwide box office. It is the second of two films based on Grisham's novels directed by Joel Schumacher, with the other being The Client released two years prior.
Roger Ebert gave the film three stars out of four, saying: "I was absorbed by A Time to Kill, and found the performances strong and convincing," and added that "this is the best of the film versions of Grisham novels, I think, and it has been directed with skill by Joel Schumacher.". The film was not without its detractors.
A Time to Kill is a 1996 American courtroom crime drama film based on John Grisham 's 1989 novel of the same name. Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, and Kevin Spacey star, with Oliver Platt, Ashley Judd, Donald and Kiefer Sutherland, and Patrick McGoohan appearing in supporting roles. The film was a critical and commercial ...
The project caught the attention of director Luketic, an Australian newcomer who came to Hollywood on the success of his quirky debut short film Titsiana Booberini. "I had been reading scripts for two years, not finding anything I could put my own personal mark on, until Legally Blonde came around," Luketic said.
The Legally Blonde soundtrack includes music from Vanessa Carlton, Samantha Mumba, Superchick, and Hoku, who sings the opening song, "Perfect Day.". "No one really knew that Legally Blonde was going to be what it was, Literally, [my label heads] were like, 'This movie's not going to become anything.'.
Box office. $141.8 million. Legally Blonde is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Robert Luketic in his feature-length directorial debut. Written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith from Amanda Brown 's 2001 novel of the same name, it stars Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, and Jennifer Coolidge.
Additionally, Legally Blonde: The Musical premiered on January 23, 2007, in San Francisco and opened in New York City at the Palace Theatre on Broadway on April 29, 2007, starring Laura Bell Bundy . In May 2020, it was announced that Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor were signed to write a third film.
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 70% based reviews from 145 critics, with an average rating of 6.23/10. The site's consensus reads, "Though the material is predictable and formulaic, Reese Witherspoon's funny, nuanced performance makes this movie better than it would have been otherwise." On Metacritic the film has a score of 59 out of 100, based on 32 reviews, indicating “mixed or average reviews”. Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "A-" on scale of A to F.
Legally Blonde was released on July 13, 2001 in North America. Its opening weekend gross of $20 million made it a sleeper hit for the struggling MGM studio, and it went on to gross $96.5 million in North America and $45.2 million elsewhere, for a worldwide total of $141.7 million.
She's truly an irrepressible modern heroine.". Screenwriters Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith spent two days on Stanford's campus in the spring of 2000 doing research for their screenplay based on Brown's novel.
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Audiences were thrilled to hear that Viola Davis would lead a stellar and powerful lead performance as Law Professor Annalise Keating in How To Get Away With Murder. Davis’s performance as Keating won her a Primetime Emmy in the Best Actress category making her the first Black woman to win in this category. Viola Davis’s extreme talent and power in the lead role would not only make her one of Hollywood's most respected actors but also the first Black woman to have achieved the triple crown of acting with an Academy Award for Fences.
At the young age of 14, Marsai Martin had already broken so many barriers for young Black women and girls all around the world. A recurring star on the ABC show Blackish, Marsai Martin plays the role of Diane, one of the children in the Johnson family.
After her breakthrough performance in the 2014 Best Picture Winner 12 Years A Slave, Lupita Nyong’o would continue to take Hollywood by storm. Just a few years after winning the Best Actress award, Nyong’o would take the lead role in Marvel’s Black Panther as Nakia and Red in Jordan Peele’s Us. Lupita Nyong'o's performances in both those films were well received amongst fans and critics making her one of Hollywood’s most sought-out actresses.
Cox also starred in the CBS show Doubt and since then has been involved in many of her own personal projects including Laverne Cox Presents The T Word, an MTV reality show which won her a Daytime Emmy.
Tessa Thompson has starred in several movies in the last few years from the mind-bending Sorry to Bother You to starring alongside Chris Hemsworth in Men in Black: International, but two of her best performances have been in Amazon's Sylvie's Love and Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok.
Brooks is also a singer-songwriter famously known for her song “Black Woman” which aims to encourage and highlight the beauty of Black women.
Big Little Lies is based on the novel of the same name by Liane Moriarty and follows a group of women who all witness a tragic event at school and have to reckon with their involvement in the situation. The series is a great look into different women's experiences in their interpersonal relationships.