REVIEW: THE KING'S SPEECH: R
It seems more and more the best movies made nowadays aren't from Hollywood, a weirdly ironic statement considering that's all there was back in those days; Hollywood. Take a look at the past 3 Best Picture winners: "No Country for Old Men," "Slumdog Millionaire" and "The Hurt Locker," all backed with famous directors but released independently. I'm not sure why this is such a large trend with films currently but I love it, because "The King's Speech" is one of the best movies you will see all year. The film concerns a very large fear in the world: public speaking. There's that old statistic that says more people would rather "be in the coffin than the person speaking about it." Now picture yourself as the king of England with a stuttering problem trying to address the entire country. The film opens with a humiliating speech Bertie (King George VI, played with absolute brilliance by soon-to-be Oscar winner Coli...