With the eerie, unsettling Comédie de l'innocence, Chilean-born director Raoul Ruiz approaches a Hitchockian psychological thriller with his light surrealist touch, infusing a narrative mystery with additional, even more inscrutable layers of metaphysical
Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot le fou is a road movie, but one in which the characters move, not through any physical geography, but across the well-traveled terrain of Godard's own cinematic corpus, revisiting key themes and familiar scenarios from the nine
Saw this on Tambay's blog--tho Sergio sent me an email about it too:Charles Burnett Directs Eriq La Salle And Cicely Tyson With his Namibia epic behind him - a film that still is without an American distributor, and which I've heard mixed reviews about
'Man, the more I hear myself talking, the more I think I might be certifiable.'-Terrence Howard*From IW: Ya think?*thanks nic for the info; to read more from this "certified" interview, click H
Hey all...sorry to be late, but the Cali weather has a Negress twisted. Three days ago we had a record breaking heatwave, and yesterday there were tornadoes, mudslides, fires, and snow, hail and thunder storms all in the same day. I mean, what the eff?But
As I've stated before, I love movies about pimps. Yes, I may have a problem. There has been some random pimp related movie news that I've been meaning to post, but have been slacking. You may have read this stuff on other blogs, but that's what I get
There were some terrific responses to the post I wrote the other day regarding Wesley Morris opinion piece on the state of Black Hollywood called "A Black Hole". The comments were are relevant to many posts I have done on this blog, so I will put up
Reader Janice posted a link in the comments to an article on a subject that many of us have lamented about repeatedly. It was written by Wesley Morris, a Black film critic at the Boston Globe. I have been Brother Morris' number one fan since his days
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (thanks Sergio!)May 16–18, 2008 Studio Estimates1) The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian BV $56,573,0002) Iron Man Par. $31,200,000 Total: $222,485,0003) What Happens in Vegas Fox $13,850,000 Total: $40,308,0004) Speed Racer WB
FILM 9from the Ebony/Jet site by Jacquie JonesFlag WarsLinda Goode Bryant and Laura PoitrasDuring the making of this film, the two directors – one black and one not – lived in a community in Columbus, Ohio as it underwent the radical transformation known
Sergio sent this email to me today. I love to learn about new Black filmmakers and share them with you. This one seems to be making a bit of a splash, and he has one of the coolest names ever:IW- So have you heard that the big new film that's getting
Iron Man, the first of Marvel Comics' superhero properties to be adapted to the screen through their new in-house production apparatus rather than through licensing, is a strong start for the company's ambitious new effort at cinematic universe-building.
This week's meme is "Remakes", though this version is a kinda mangled one. It is from the film "A Low Down Dirty Shame" with Keenan Wayans and Jada Pinkett, which might be better off left forgotten, just like this so-called remake and it's $56 dollar
I've never been much of a Mike Epps fan; something about him just rubs me the wrong way, and this pretty much seals it:Actor/comedian Mike Epps beat the shit out of a process server who was trying to serve him with paternity court papers. Remember back
Sergio sent over this trailer for Don Cheadle's new one. He thinks it looks pretty promising, tho he laments the fact that the director isn't black.*sigh* So what else is new? The storyline is this: The story centers on a CIA operative working undercover
Oh, snap!! John Edwards just endorsed Barack Obama....hillBilly is ready to cut somebody!Update--btw:“According to the West Virginia surveys, 95 percent of the Democratic primary voters were white, 70 percent did not graduate from college, and 54 percent
Bear in mind I know almost nothing about comics, and don't really care that much to find out, to be honest. But I know that lots of you out there love them, so here we go... From beyondhollywood.com:'Here’s [a] look at Samuel L. Jackson as The Octopus,
I promise to have some real movie news later today...but at the moment I am enjoying LA sunshine and Sapporo. In the meantime, here is a clip I've been meaning to post ever since I saw it on Undercover Black Man's blog. It is of Jada Pinkett and her
Ving Rhames is 49.Ving Rhames has come a loooong way since "Pulp Fiction". He is one of the most manly actors around, but here is a clip of him far removed from his Stacy Adams pimp daddy image. It is from a movie me and my best gay laugh about all
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (thanks Sergio!)May 9–11, 2008 Studio Estimates1) Iron Man Par. $50,500,000 Total:$177,134,0002) Speed Racer WB $20,210,0003) What Happens in Vegas Fox $20,000,0004) Made of Honor Sony $7,600,000 Total: $26,275,0005) Baby Mama Uni.
The time has comeWe don't care how.But Hillary Rodham ClintonWill you please GO NOW!Your campaign is becomingAn endless charade,So get off the trail,Burn out now, don't just fade.You can swim down a riverOf crocodile tears.You can surf on a waveOf terrorist
Ironically, this week's theme for Old School Friday was supposed to be movie soundtracks, and I am the only one blogging about something else. 1988 is a year that I remember more for it's art than it's music. Modern artists born out of the graffiti
1988 was not a banner year for Black Cinema. Incredibly, less than a decade after the Blaxploitation explosion of the 70's, there were only 3 Black films in the top 50 for 1988, and even one of them is being generous calling it Black (Colors) as the
I pondered for a few days about how I could write about this, but every idea I came up with seemed stale. So, being the last minute slacker that I am, I decided to just shoot from the hip and write about my perspective of this year free flowing...That
Received these 2 emails about my beloved. The first one is from cdnyc07 aka nic:First let me say, I really enjoy your site. It's one of the few blogs on the internet that doesn't focus solely on celebrity gossip, but you give us other more important
Hello all. I really missed you guys. I'm sorry I haven't been posting, but yours truly has been really busy. Unfortunately, it isn't spending lottery winnings. *sigh*. But I will tell you I am glad to be home, and have never been so happy to see palm
My second, third, and fourth husband, Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock is
