You never know what you can accomplish until you’re forced to do it. In the new action film “White House Down,” Channing Tatum stars as a man who has been rejected by the Secret Service. He proves he is worthy for the job when the White House and President, played by Oscar winner Jamie Foxx, […]

     Well, kinda sorta. Chris Rock will soon be directing his next movie, “Finally Famous,” and he cast Kevin Hart as his agent. According to The Wrap, In the movie Rock plays a comedian who wants to make it as an actor, and he is engaged to his reality star girlfriend, played by Gabrielle Union. […]

Jamie Foxx snd Channing Tatum seem like a comic match and in “White House Down” that potential is on display. Although it’s an action movie,…

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  Just when we were still trying to cope with the announcement of a pointless sequel to the 1996 blockbuster, Independence Day, news broke today that its leading man, Will Smith, will not be returning for the new film (scheduled to release in theaters July 3rd, 2015) reportedly because he’s too expensive. *cue sad music* […]

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What is “Fruitvale Station” about? The film “Fruitvale Station” tells the story of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old San Francisco Bay Area resident killed in 2009 by a transit officer at the Fruitvale Station stop on the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). The film debuted at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Grand […]

I guess it’s fitting that on the day I saw “Fruitvale Station,” the dramatic retelling of the murder of 22-year-old Oscar Grant, it was pouring rain from the sky. God must have known I was going to need something to mask my tears. Watching “Fruitvale Station” was a first for me. It was the first […]

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Remember when Hollywood used to care about the black college experience? We do. In fact, there used to be many films that detailed the lives of black college students, films that made you think and others that made you want to get up and clap. In these films, we weren’t just the “best friend” or […]

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You can never accuse the Smith family of being boring.  With Will’s mega-wattage smile and Jada’s  fashion forward style, this Hollywood couple always lights up the red carpet.  Their two children Jaden and Willow are blazing their own path — Jaden with a burgeoning acting career and Willow’s eclectic looks keep them front and center […]

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On Sunday April 15, 1990 the face of television was changed forever with the premiere of the Fox comedy sketch show “In Living Color.”  The brainchild of Keenan Ivory Wayans and his brother Damon, “In Living Color” was a sharp and hilarious take on pop culture from the black perspective.  Keenan recruited his equally talented […]

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Looks like the Jackie Robinson biopic, “42”, stunned everyone when it came in number one at the box office this weekend, making $9.1 million. It has grossed more in opening weekend than more recent baseball films such as “Moneyball” and “Trouble with Curve”, according to Entertainment Weekly. The film is expected to make $27 million […]

When it comes to movies, deaths are either the worst thing that happened or the best depending on if you’re siding with the protagonist or the antagonist. While a death on the big screen can move or stop the story, there is one thing about film deaths we all can agree on–some actors die terribly […]

When it comes to the issue of race in America, Hollywood can never quite get it right.  Most mainstream screenwriters and directors are either too busy  selling us revisionist history (i.e. “The Help”)  or so caught up in their massive egos (i.e. Quentin Tarantino’s comments on “Roots”) that we can never come to the table […]