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"Selma" (Oscar nominated for best picture)is the moving story of the 1965 march led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (excellent performance by David Oyelowo) from Selma to Montgomery to establish equal voting rights.
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Oyelowo's performance is Oscar worthy...but no nomination.
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“The Butler,” directed by Lee Daniels (“Precious”), and starring Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker as Eugene Allen…a man who served eight presidents during his 30-year employment as a White House butler…is sure to be nominated for Best Picture.
To date this is by far the best film of 2013…not only because of outstanding performances by Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey (among others), but because of it’s power to “move” people. It’s rare when a movie can make an audience laugh, cry, and even applaud.
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Getting past TV icon Oprah took a few minutes, but she gives a performance worthy of an Oscar nomination.
