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Annie (2014)

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The Soundtrack This version is nice.  It's not great, but I sort of liked it.  The familiar songs and the new ones were OK, but how do I complain without sounding like a racist? I simply can't because anything I say about this would make me sound like one.   I love Quevenzhane Wallis.  She is a natural.  It's not the issue here.  Little Orphan Annie was a red head and all the nationalities that played Little Orphan Annie on stage were "recognized" because of the red hair wig the actors wore.    Of course, it would have been silly if they put a red hair wig on top of Quevenzhane because she was about ten or eleven years old. If she were a teenager, that would be another story altogether.  They just gave her mop-like tresses, similar to the black and white drawings of Annie's hair before her comic strip became technicolor. Still... See. Anything I would say would make me sound like a racist.  FYI.  I am brown-sk...

Bridesmaids (2010 released 2011)

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Written by: Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig Awards: MTV Movie Award for Best WTF Moment, BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Comedy, MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance, People's Choice Award for Favorite Comedic Movie Stars: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, Chris O'Dowd, Rebel Wilson, Jill Clayburgh and Jon Hamm The "things" that are important in this film: True friendship, family and true love. Motion Picture Rating ( MPAA ) Rated R for some strong sexuality, and language throughout   | When this was first shown, I was not really interested.  I thought it was just a story about mishaps and it was probably shallow.  When I watched WALK OF SHAME just a while ago, people were comparing it with this movie saying it was better.  Still, it took me sometime before I could get myself to watch it.  Yesterday, when I needed some noise  while typing, I got hold of my sister-in-law's DVD collection and found th...