First, shout out to my brother Jay for putting this film on my radar. So I watched a very swift documentary titled: Taqwacore – the Birth of Punk Islam today. The title tells you what you’re in for, but it’s summed up equally well by one of the film’s characters: ‘A minority within a minority, within […]
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It’s the 4th of July weekend, so what’s my gift to you faithful reader? A book review of the in the news book about Malcolm X! Say it with me: USA! USA! USA! As someone who was influenced/inspired by Malcolm’s life, I had a keen interest in all the…
A couple weeks behind with this one, but finally got around to seeing Ted… The story is pretty straightforward; a friendless boy makes a wish that his teddy bear comes to life (and becomes his best friend) and the wish is granted. Then they both grow up and ‘Ted’ as an adult becomes a pot […]
A short story to start the week… A few people have asked me, now that ‘the Dark Knight’ chapter of my life has officially ended, where am I going next? As time goes on, that will fully reveal itself, but this is a nice segway: part of my time now is being a part […]
I was disappointed to miss the LA Film Fest screening earlier this year, but the trailer for Middle of Nowhere went live today. Looking forward to this one…
The stats tell me today was one of those days my blog exploded; no surprise since The Jeffersons were obviously part of the ‘Most Important Black TV Shows’ list I did a few years ago when I started this. Rest in Peace Sherman Hemsley. Your comedic timing was special.
Alright, it’s late Sunday night/Monday morning when this goes out, so most of you who were interested has seen The Dark Knight Rises at least once right? Good! If you haven’t seen it, leave now. Friday morning I gave my midnight screening, top level, not ruining anything for any of my friends review, if you’re still reading […]
Return of the Jedi and The Godfather Part III. Those films have come up this week in getting ready for The Dark Knight Rises. After one viewing, my gut is telling me that’s the ‘class’ where the last Nolan Batman film will end up: by any other standard, a good film against what else is out there. […]
The beginning of Ramadan is always one of my favorite times of the year. For the numerous flaws I could name in regards to ‘social media’, one of its benefits for me (this week and the next month especially), is in this cyber form of fellowship that’s taken place. Beyond what I have here […]
A lot going down over the next seven days, so let’s try to not squash everything into next weekend… I don’t fly my fanboy/geek colors for a lot of things at this point, but one of the few has been this generation’s version of ‘the Batman’. Some interesting comic book turns, two great video games […]
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