Viola Davis (right) plays a burned-out teacher in "Won't Back Down." (Associated Press/20th Century Fox)
Viola Davis (right) plays a burned-out teacher in "Won't Back Down." (Associated Press/20th Century Fox)
“The Hope and the Change” is a new documentary film about voters who cast their ballots for Barack Obama in 2008, but who are disenchanted with the president and won’t for him again. “Won’t Back Down,” which opens Friday and stars Viola Davis (left) and Maggie Gyllenhaal, is seen by some as an attack on teachers unions and has been embraced by proponents of school choice. “Act of Valor,” a pro-military film starring real Navy SEALs and seen as a counterpoint to a rash of anti-war movies over the past few years, cost about $12 million to produce but grossed more than $80 million for its makers.¿
"Won’t Back Down,” which opens Friday and stars Viola Davis (left) and Maggie Gyllenhaal, is seen by some as an attack on teachers unions and has been embraced by proponents of school choice. (20th Century Fox)
This Tuesday, June 12, 2012 photo shows actresses Meryl Streep, left, and Viola Davis at the Women In Film Crystal + Lucy Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP)
Viola Davis (left) congratulates Meryl Streep as Miss Streep goes up to accept the Oscar for best actress Sunday for "The Iron Lady" at the Academy Awards. Miss Davis was also nominated, for "The Help." (Associated Press)
Octavia Spencer, winner of award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role for "The Help," left, and Viola Davis, winner of the award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role for "The Help," pose backstage at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday Jan. 29, 2012 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Viola Davis has been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for her work in the movie "The Help." (AP Photo/Disney, Dale Robinette)
Actors, from left, Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer and Bryce Dallas Howard, from the film, "The Help," pose for a portrait backstage at CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theater Owners on Tuesday, March 29, 2011, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison)
