Recently, media caught up with director F. Gary Gray who is in the pre-production stages of his next film, the N.W.A. biopic, Straight Outta Compton. Gray discusses what he hopes his film will achieve. Read the rest of this entry »
First Look | Straight Outta Compton
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Tags: Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, F. Gary Gray, First Look, Ice Cube, Jay-Z, MC Ren, MC Yella, N.W.A., Nas, Straight Outta Compton, Suge Knight, The Notorious B.I.G., Tupac Shakur
Categories : First Look, Ice-T
Five Flix | Charles Burnett
17 01 2012The phrase “independent filmmaker” gets thrown around and many use the art form as a way to break into mainstream films. One individual who remained true to his roots for the past 30 years is the underappreciated Charles Burnett. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Charles Burnett, Danny Glover, Ice Cube, Killer of Sheep, Michael Boatman, My Brother's Wedding, Selma Lord Selma, Sheryl Lee Ralph, The Glass Shield, To Sleep With Anger
Categories : Black Reel Awards, Charles Burnett, Danny Glover, Ice Cube, Spike Lee
Five Favs Black Movie Villians
25 09 2010This feature first appeared in Jet Magazine.com. To read this review at its original source, click here.
This week at the movies, iconic financial super villain Gordon Gekko returns in the sequel to the 1987 film, “Wall Street in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.” But Gekko can’t hold a candle to our Five Favorite Black Movie Villains who in their own special way make everyone’s life a living hell! Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Chris Tucker, Denzel Washinton, Five Favs, Friday, Gordon Gekko, Ice Cube, Juice, Julius Carry III, Larenz Tate, Menace II Society, Movie List, New Jack City, Taimak, The Last Dragon, Tiny Lister, Training Day, Tupac Shakur, Tyrin Turner, Wall Street, Wesley Snipes
Categories : Denzel Washington, Ice Cube, Movie Lists, Tupac Shakur, Wesley Snipes
Reel Shorts | The Lottery Ticket
20 08 2010This feature first appeared in Jet Magazine.com. To read this review at its original source, click here.
Fifteen years ago, F. Gary Gray’s comedy, “Friday” cleverly explored the story of two friends who spend the day smoking weed, chasing the neighborhood ladies and learning life lessons. While “The Lottery Ticket” treads the same terrain, this updated version lacks the imagination and humor, and wallows in negative stereotypes of African Americans disguised as comedy. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Bow Wow, Brandon T. Jackson, F. Gary Gray, Friday, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Ice Cube, Keith David, Lorretta Devine, Movie Reviews, Naturi Naughton, The Lottery Ticket
Categories : Ice Cube, Movie Reviews, Reel Shorts
Reel Images | Lottery Ticket
14 08 2010Here is a gallery for the Bow Wow and Brandon T. Jackson hood comedy, “Lottery Ticket.” Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Bill Bellamy, Bow Wow, Brandon T. Jackson, Charlie Murphy, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Ice Cube, Loretta Devine, Lottery Ticket, Mike Epps, Naturi Naughton, Reel Images, Terry Crews
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10 Fearless Movie Fathers
19 06 2010This feature first appeared in Jet Magazine.com. To read this review at its original source, click here.
Throughout the long history of films, no member of the family has been more misunderstood than “dear old dad.” While Hollywood has routinely portrayed African-Americans fathers either as comic relief, absent or negatively, these men have largely been an afterthought in mainstream films until recently.
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Tags: Akeelah and the Bee, Black Film Classics, Boyz 'N the Hood, Coach Carter, Coming to America, Daddy's Little Girls, Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Forest Whitaker, Friday, Glenn Plummer, He Got Game, Ice Cube, Idris Elba, James Earl Jones, John Q, John Witherspoon, Laurence Fishburne, Morris Chestnut, Movie Lists, Not Easily Broken, Paul Winfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Sounder, South Central, The Great Debaters, The Longshots, The Pursuit of Happyness, Tyrese Gibson, Waist Deep, Will Smith
Categories : Black Film Classics, Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Forest Whitaker, Idris Elba, Laurence Fishburne, Movie Lists, Samuel L. Jackson, Tyrese Gibson, Will Smith
Reel Shorts | Are We Done Yet?
3 04 2007Back in the late-1980s and the early-1990s, long before he made his film debut as Doughboy in John Singleton’s searing classic, “Boyz ‘N the Hood,” Ice Cube was known primarily as an incredible lyricist. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Are We Done Yet?, Boyz 'N the Hood, Ice Cube, Movie Reviews, Nia Long
Categories : Movie Reviews, Reel Shorts