8.1

The Help

2011,

• Actors: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Ahna O'Reilly, Allison Janney, Anna Camp, Eleanor Henry, Emma Henry, Chris Lowell, Cicely Tyson, Mike Vogel, Sissy Spacek, Brian Kerwin, Wes Chatham, Aunjanue Ellis, Ted Welch, Shane McRae, Roslyn Ruff, Tarra Riggs, Leslie Jordan, Mary Steenburgen, Tiffany Brouwer, Carol Sutton, Millicent Bolton, Ashley Johnson, Ritchie Montgomery, Don Brock, Florence 'Flo' Roach
• Genre: Animation, Short, Fantasy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Action, Sci-Fi, Family, Romance, Comedy, Crime, Adventure, Documentary, History, Musical
• Director(s): Tate Taylor
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives -- and a Mississippi town -- upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen (Davis), Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up -- to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter's life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories -- and as it turns out, they have a lot to say. Along the way, unlikely friendships are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone in town has a thing or two to say themselves when they become unwittingly -- and unwillingly -- caught up in the changing times.

  6.5

Salt

2010, USA

• Actors: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski, August Diehl, Daniel Pearce, Hunt Block, Andre Braugher, Olek Krupa, Cassidy Hinkle, Corey Stoll, Vladislav Koulikov, Olya Zueva, Kevin O'Donnell, Gaius Charles, Zach Shaffer, Albert Jones, Zoe Lister Jones, Paul Juhn, Tika Sumpter, David Bishins, Yara Shahidi, Gary Wilmes, Jordan Lage, Jeremy Davidson, Michelle Ray Smith, Marion McCorry, Vladimir Tevlovski, Steve Cirbus, Roslyn Ruff
• Genre: Action, Thriller
• Director(s): Phillip Noyce
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Evelyn Salt is a CIA agent and highly respected by all, including her boss, Ted Winter. Out of the blue, a Russian spy walks into their offices and offers a vital piece of information: the President of Russia will be assassinated during his forthcoming visit to New York City to attend the funeral of the recently deceased U.S. Vice President. The name of the assassin: Evelyn Salt. Concerned about the safety of her husband, who she cannot contact, she goes on the run. Winter refuses to accept that she is a mole or a double agent but her actions begin to raise doubts. Just who is Evelyn Salt and what is she planning?

  6.8

Rachel Getting Married

2008, USA

• Actors: Sebastian Stan, Roslyn Ruff, Anne Hathaway, Bill Irwin, Anna Deavere Smith, Annaleigh Ashford, Zafer Tawil, Beau Sia, Innbo Shim, Eliza Simpson, Olive, Rosemarie DeWitt, Anisa George, Tamyra Gray, Victoria Haynes, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Mather Zickel, Mel Jones, Darrell Larson, Michelle Federer, Matt Stadelmann, Molly Hickok, Big Jim Wheeler, Josh Broder, Stephen Richardson, Bruce Bennetts, Paul Sparks, Caroline Goodman-Thomases, Daniel Wolff, Jill Dalton
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Director(s): Jonathan Demme
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Kym is released from rehab for a few days so she can go home to attend her sister Rachel's wedding. The home environment is always challenging for a recovering addict, no less so when the visit if only for a few days. While the sisters feel genuine affection for one another, there is tension in their relationship. Rachel feels that her father dotes on Kym far too much and Kym is upset to learn that Rachel has selected a friend to be her maid of honor. Their father is genuinely concerned about Kym's well-being but doesn't see the stress the relationship is causing. Both women also have to deal with their selfish mother who is clearly more concerned with her own well-being ahead of that of her children. Underlying the family's dynamic is a tragedy that occurred many years previously and for which Kym is held by some to be responsible.