Since 1992 Common has brought his brand of socially conscious music to the masses. Since then Chicago native has branched out from music into acting. With his latest film, “LUV”, the rapper/activist comments on the cycle of broken men trying to raise a new generation of young men. In Common’s new drama, he stars as […]

I was watching Predator 2 yesterday, a film I’ve seen a dozen times, but never seems to get old. It’s not what I’d call award-winning material, but it’s a good genre flick that doesn’t pretend to be anything more. It’s a straight-forward action/thriller that starts off running and doesn’t really let up the rest of […]

Common is expanding his film resumé with the upcoming independent film L.U.V. Common will not only star in the film, but he will produce it as well.

Before Barack Obama became the first African-American President (sorry, Bill Clinton does NOT count) the only time we saw a Commander-in-Chief of color was in the movies.  Sometimes the portrayals were dignified (Morgan Freeman in Deep Impact) other times they were not (Terry Crews in Idiocracy), but nine times out of ten the world was […]

On December 18, 1985 Alice Walkers Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple was released as a full-length feature film directed by Steven Spielberg. The all-star cast included Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover and Whoopi Goldberg, just to name a few. Rae Dawn Chong played Mary Agnes aka “Squeak”, the mousy-voiced girlfriend of Harpo (played by Willard […]

“The Color Purple,” Steven Spielberg’s 1985 film adapation of Alice Walker’s novel, is a bonafide classic movie filled with many memorable scenes and quotes.

Chris Rock played a bit of a practical joke on Danny Glover and Tracy Morgan on the set of their latest film, Death At A Funeral.

Chris Rock’s upcoming remake of the British comedy, Death At A Funeral, is sure to be one of the funniest films of 2010.

Will the world end in disaster? Or will we be saved? You be the judge!