Once a week for these, I’ll try to give a detailed breakdown of a song I post. This one was easy since it’s a personal favorite… Got My Mind Made Up is hiding on ‘All Eyez on Me’, and it still plays as a great ‘one-upsmanship’ song between great rappers. This song should have been […]
Last weekend, there was talk that Muhammad Ali’s health was quickly fading. The man is the definition of an icon: a great in his chosen profession with a likability and an authenticity that attracted the world. You didn’t have to be a Muslim to pause when we thought Ali was about to expire, but […]
Wow! It won’t win Best Picture, but politics aside, if the Oscar is supposed to go to the film that is most likely to leave the longest legacy or make the best overall impression (acting be damned, said by an actor no less!) than Life of Pi is that film this year. And as ‘wrong’ as […]
That first month moved at a nice clip. I owe you a few more movie reviews that may or may not come before the Oscars. I will give my predictions before the 24th; I promise you that much. A little bit of adjusting had to be done (as I’m sure you’ve all done when […]
‘It’s happening. It’s happening right now.’ As I’ve touched base with the people closest to me, that’s been the overall message about this year. Everything broke right, the pieces of the puzzle have fallen into place, my confidence is peaking. I feel like Neo in the pic above: you know you’re in the Matrix, you’ve […]
I’m excited! Last night, I was a witness to the engagement of a couple I’ve known for a short while. I knew ahead of time it was going to happen, and it came up in a conversation I had earlier in the day with one of my aces. It became a natural segway for […]
Better late than never with this one. Middle of Nowhere is the best ‘Black’ film I’ve seen in quite awhile. There’s a version of this story that you could see done in a very over the top fashion, but credit goes to the brilliant cast and director Ava DuVernay that the film never goes there. […]
It’s not a question with a simple answer, but on the way out of Flight, I told a friend that one thing you have to admire about Denzel at this stage of his career (as an established A list Hall of Famer), is that he’s (so far) avoided the DeNiro/Pacino trap of not getting in enough […]
So what do you get when my personal favorite filmmaker (Spike Lee) does a documentary about my personal favorite artist of all time (Michael Jackson)? You get BAD25, an absolute must see for all die hard MJ fans, and a well spent 2 hours for those of you who were fans of Mike at […]
While every Presidential election is hyped up as having the potential to ‘change the direction of the country’, 2012 represents a year where that could be the case regardless of who wins next week’s election. President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney have established different viewpoints on several important issues, and have messages that […]
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