Divergent (2014). D: Neil Burger. W: Evan Daugherty & Vanessa Taylor. DP: Alwin H. Kuchler. Starring: Shailene Woodley/Theo James/Kate Winslet/Jai Courtney/Ashley Judd/Tony Goldwyn/Miles Teller/Zoe Kravitz/Ansel Elgort/Maggie Q/Ray Stevenson/Mekhi Phifer/Ben Lloyd-Hughes/Christian Madsen. (Based on Veronica Roth’s YA novel.) Another addition to the YA film adaptation catalog, Divergent joins fellow Liongsate/Summit owned Twilight and The Hunger Games…
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The Help (2011). D: Tate Taylor. DP: Stephen Goldblatt. Starring: Viola Davis/Emma Stone/Octavia Spencer/Bryce Dallas Howard/Jessica Chastain/Allison Janney/Ahna O’Reilly/Cicely Tyson/Anna Camp/Sissy Spacek/Mike Vogel/Chris Lowell. (NOTE: Based on Kathryn Stockett’s 2009 of the same name.) About two months ago I wandered into my local Barnes and Noble and was once again seduced by the smell of…