Director Antoine Fuqua’s follow-up to his gritty police drama, Brooklyn’s Finest is a rousing patriotic, no-holds barred action thriller that puts a new, yet predictable spin while simultaneously updating the Die Hard blueprint for a new generation in the jingoistic, Olympus Has Fallen. Read the rest of this entry »
Here is a caricature of actor, film director, and narrator Morgan Freeman, courtesy of my buddy and artist, Kerry Johnson and featured on his Pinterest page. Read the rest of this entry »
Eight years after sacrificing himself to give Gotham the hero it deserved, Batman must now overcome his own self doubts and a formidable new foe to redeem himself and the city he loves in The Dark Knight Rises. Read the rest of this entry »
The tagline for the one of the summer’s most anticipated films is “The Legend Ends.” In less than two weeks, director Christopher Nolan’s vision will be fully-realized when The Dark Knight Rises arrives in theaters. Read the rest of this entry »
Earlier today, director Tyler Perry released his second new poster for his upcoming film, Madea’s Big Happy Family but that’s not the biggest surprise of the day. In an absolute shocker, the prolific writer/director has been tabbed to take over the role of Alex Cross in a reboot of the series made famous by Morgan Freeman. Read the rest of this entry »
The recent success of “Kick-Ass” and the release of “Iron Man 2” on DVD, films based on comic books have become Hollywood’s gold standard for success. With a slew of high-profile films coming to theaters in the near future, we take a look at Five Fav Comic Book movies featuring African-Americans heroes and heroines fighting bad guys and saving the world – on the big screen! Read the rest of this entry »
This feature first appeared in Jet Magazine.com. To read this review at its original source, click here.
As the dog days of summer come to an end, the big-budget blockbusters begin to make way for more serious, award-caliber fare. But for the first time in a decade, there are no fall releases garnering awards buzz that showcase Black actors. Read the rest of this entry »
by Kam Williams
When Nelson “Madiba” Mandela (Morgan Freeman) became President of South Africa, part of his mission was to cultivate a collective consciousness among the populace in the wake of Apartheid. This proved to be no mean feat, for the nation had just finished a bloody civil war which left blacks and whites very suspicious of each other. Read the rest of this entry »
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