Song of the Day: ‘Start Me Up’

My hometown is obviously still in a ‘house money’ phase, but even the national media seems to be cautiously optimistic we have a reasonable chance to see the Chiefs win their first playoff game since Joe Montana and Marcus Allen were in the backfield. Yes.  It’s been that long. Haven’t been to Arrowhead in a […]

Coming Soon: ‘The Get Down’

So the sizzle reel for ‘The Get Down’ came out this morning.  On top of looking great on its own merit, my friend Aaron Rahsaan Thomas (director of ‘Trojan War’) happens to be one of the creative people behind the scenes helping to bring this series to light. So add that to the reasons you […]

2015: Playing My Part

Where to begin? The past 12 months have been many, life altering things to me. Have to start with ‘Trojan War’.  An idea two years back, many chess moves behind the scenes that don’t need to be aired out (and are truly par for the course if you have any idea how hard it is […]

‘Room’

Brie Larson first showed up on my radar when someone turned me on to ‘The United States of Tara.’  ‘Short Term ’12’ put her on everybody’s radar in terms of ‘OK, she can act.’  And now, ‘Room’ is justifiably giving her the chance to really do anything she wants. Told from the point of view […]