Taraji P. Henson

The Color Purple (12): Female Subjugation in the Deep South? Hell No.

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Young Celie and Netty sitting on a tree branch in The Color Purple

A One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Color Purple” (2024). Originally filmed by Steven Spielberg in 1985 and starring Whoopi Goldberg as Celie (who makes a surprise and uncredited cameo appearance here), this version of “The Color Purple” is based on the hit Broadway musical which ran until 2008. Steven Spielberg is one of … Read more

One Mann's Movie Film Review: Hidden Figures (2017)

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Putting the Race into Space Race. As a child of the early 60s, the ‘Space Race’, as started by John F. Kennedy in his famous speech announcing that America would put a man on the moon before the decade was out, is something that is still inherently thrilling to me. As also illustrated in many … Read more