2013 will go down in history as the year Black cinema forever turned a corner.  While mainstream outlets like the NY Times  declared 2013  the “breakout year in Black film” and  BuzzFeed cynically observed “we’ve been here before” (we haven’t), moviegoers ultimately had the final say at the box office. First time directors like Sheldon Candis […]

What defines a good horror movie? Is it homicidal murderers dismembering their victims with chainsaws? Or aliens using humans as walking incubators?  With “The Conjuring” director James Wan (“Saw”, “Insidious”) uses good old fashioned thrills and chills with the real life story of the Perron family who move into a Rhode Island farmhouse,  only to […]

     Okay, Internet, we see you. You can post whatever you want, but is it necessary? It seems like some people are taking to review prisons and jails on Yelp to help out future inmates before they arrive at their new living quarters (there is really no way to jazz up jail). RELATED: Lauryn Hill […]

Blogger Big Ghost (not the real Ghostface Killah) has returned to leave your favorite rappers ego hanging from the power lines like a pair of old Converse. Is Drake’s Hometown To Blame? After his hilarious write-ups of Watch The Throne and Tha Carter IV left readers crying over their keyboards in laughter, Aubrey Graham becomes […]

J.Cole Any Given Sunday # 1 On Sunday, Jul 31, 2011, at 6:59pm, critically-acclaimed newcomer J.Cole released via his own website (www.DreamVillain.net) a 5-track EP titled Any Given Sunday #1. “Every Sunday ‘til the album drops I’ll be back,” Cole proudly proclaimed to his ever growing legions of followers patiently waiting for his debut album […]

Opinions are like Obama T-shirts, everybody has one. So read on to see what the critics and fans around the web are saying-good and bad- about Ludacris’ latest CD, Theatre of The Mind.

Now that you’ve read The Urban Daily’s excellent review of Beyonce’s I Am…Sasha Fierce, see what other sites, magazines and blogs around the web are saying.

For fans of the critically-acclaimed Star Wars franchise, you may be upset to know that the Lucas braintrust decided to amend their story with a new apprentice for Darth Vader. But for the truly enthusiastic gamer, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is a thrilling moment full of amazing displays of power and destruction, that could’ve […]

Being too comfortable in a dress may have helped the new king of black Hollywood to learn a few things about what women desire. Director/Writer/Actor Tyler Perry manages to orchastrate his cast headlined by Academy Award winner Kathy Bates and Academy Award nominee Alfre Woodard in this scandally delicious contemporary drama of two very different families being torn […]

Tiger Woods may be god of both the green and greenbacks, but the world’s most recognized golfer has had a hit or miss record when it comes to his own video game franchise. Last year’s model lacked a genuine personality to offset touchy controls, so-so online play and gave absolutely nothing new for the Tiger Woods experience. […]

I moved to Brooklyn from the small, quiet and quaint town of Kent, Ohio and for anyone who’s ever been away from your hometown for awhile, you know how complicated a return trip can be. With Silent Hill: Homecoming (Konami), your home is plunged into a maelstrom of supernatural activity and all you got is your […]