Probably the most controversial choice of the television side of the countdown, Saturday Night Live has ran for over 30 years and has more than earned its reputation as one of America’s top comedic showcases. Created by Lorne Michaels, the show itself is not African-American by definition, but there is usually one black castmember every […]
Originally written for Sylvester Stallone (who would take parts of the original idea to make Cobra), Beverly Hills Cop is universally agreed to be the film that made Eddie Murphy a movie star. Don’t need much more for the intro, on to the tale of the tape… Relevance: In terms of African-American ‘movie stars’ (which […]
Openly taking its cues from Scarface, New Jack City was an ‘anti-drug’ movie about a group of young brothers in New York rising to the type of the drug game in the early years of hip hop. I openly admit this was a personal favorite of mine growing up as a teenager in the early […]
Boomerang is one of the enduring black films of the 90s. On the surface it can be categorized as just ‘another Eddie Murphy movie,’ but really it’s so much more. The story revolved around a player named Marcus Graham, who gets the tables turned on him. Most of you probably know the story, so let’s […]
In no particular order… I overlooked Viola Davis (Doubt) during the Golden Globes, so let me start by saying I’m glad that sister got nominated. But I’m really, really happy for Taraji P. Henson. She’s moving up quickly and she more than deserves the attention. I usually don’t cover documentaries in my predictions, but I […]
I’m Gonna Git You Sucka is both a great parody and tribute to the blaxploitation films of the 1970s. Directed by and starring Keenen Ivory Wayans, the story revolves around a young man who returns home to find out his young brother Junebug has OG’ed; overdosed on gold chains. And while that shot is funny, […]
I remember the weekend this movie came out; I planned to see it but something came up. I went back a couple weekends later and couldn’t find it. Not exactly a box office smash… Now that I’ve finally had a chance to see it, let me give you […]
malikaziz.com 