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Lee Daniels brushes off Cannes criticism of The Paperboy - 24 May 2012
-Director Lee Daniels has brushed off criticism of his new movie The Paperboy after causing controversy in Cannes by debuting a scene in which Nicole Kidman appears to urinate on Zac Efron to treat a jellyfish sting.-The big screen adaptation of author Pete Dexter's

Daniels hires Brit to play Luther King, Jr. - 17 March 2010
-Precious director Lee Daniels has turned to Britain while casting for his civil rights movie Selma - he's hired Spooks actor David Oyelowo to play iconic American Martin Luther King Jr.- -The Oscar-nominated filmmaker is turning his attentions to the U.S. civil righ

Daniels' fears over Jackman movie - 5 March 2010
-Precious director Lee Daniels is facing a race against time as he prepares to shoot new movie Selma with Hugh Jackman - because he's yet to cast the other major roles ahead of his May (10) start date.- -The Oscar-nominated director has been hard at work perfecting t

Precious review by slc from London

A gem of a film 17 February 2010
...rtable to watch, yet moving and funny. As unpleasant as the subject matter is, Lee Daniels' direction means that you do not leave the cinema with a heavy heart because it... Read customer review

Precious on DVD (2009)
Starring: Gabourey Sidibe, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey
Director: Lee Daniels
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Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African-American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, a poisonously angry woman who abuses her emotionally and ..read more »

75% from 31,966 members

Precious - Blu-ray (2009)
Starring: Gabourey Sidibe, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey
Director: Lee Daniels
Certificate:
Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African-American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, a poisonously angry woman who abuses her emotionally and ..read more »

72% from 4,540 members

Shadowboxer on DVD (2005)
Starring: Helen Mirren, Cuba Gooding Jr., Stephen Dorff
Director: Lee Daniels
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When Rose (Helen Mirren), a female assassin, is diagnosed with terminal cancer; she decides to carry out one final killing, assisted by lover and also stepson, Mickey (Cuba Gooding Jr).

53% from 8,933 members

Precious - 4.0 stars
Precious - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Shadowboxer - 2.5 stars

Precious - 4.0 stars
Precious - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Shadowboxer - 2.5 stars

Shadowboxer - 2.5 stars
Precious - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Precious - 4.0 stars

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