Alright, now that our time with Dick Whitman has ended let’s update the list. As always, just one man’s opinion: 1. The Wire – And still the Champion of the World!!!!! Time has made Season 4 (the kids) even more impressive and Season 5 (tying up character arcs, but…the newspaper?) more of an albatross. As […]
Hope everyone had a great weekend. I know some of you had more fun than others. And if you’re going out tonight to have your fun, hey, you only live once. Get drunk if that’s your thing. But seriously, don’t get ‘McNulty drunk’… I’ve heard the word ‘Uber’ thrown around a lot when Friday night […]
Season 3 of the Wire started me on this path, and as much as I hate to admit it, I’ve taken great joy in watching politics as entertainment. Which means I enjoyed Lincoln quite a bit. Focusing on the last few months of his life, the movie focuses on Lincoln’s quest to pass the amendment that abolishes slavery. […]
This is not a political post, but before I start, I have to acknowledge today’s events… For my non-black friends and readers who mistakenly believe ‘all’ black folks fall on the the same spot on the political spectrum, you are about to see EXACTLY how conservative and/or liberal black folks can be when certain ‘issues’ […]
A friend across the pond has passions similar to mine so when I got home tonight I shot a quick video promoting our mutual interests. You can see that below. The mustache I’m sporting for another week is for Movember; it’s certainly drawn attention to that cause. I guess at the moment I’m socially […]
So awhile back my friend @thecheesefry turned me on to Flickchart, and I promised after I ranked 1000 films (a solid number I think for anyone who calls himself a film geek) that I would post what my favorites are. The question I used when ranking was this, “It’s Sunday afternoon, there is nothing on […]
My friends at AMC Independent were nice enough to invite me to an Intimate Screening of the film “Cedar Rapids” this week. The film, which played at this year’s Sundance, stars Ed Helms as a small town insurance salesman sent by his office to represent the company at a convention in the big city. […]
Today the hip hop nation takes pause for 2Pac’s birthday. He would have been 39. It’s a strange reality to me to know there’s a generation who know of 2Pac through videos and old footage, but who didn’t live through his peak years. Like some but not all, I had a love/hate relationship with […]
This morning I caught a movie I’ve been waiting for for months, Brooklyn’s Finest, and I have to say I wasn’t disappointed. If I had to use one word to describe it, the word would be dark. You can watch the trailer and know what type of world you’re getting into, but to watch […]
The Wire aired for five seasons on HBO. The main character of the show was the city of Baltimore, with each season looking at the city through a different infrastructure (the streets, the docks, politics, the school system and the media). I’ve done nothing to disguise the large amount of admiration for the show […]
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