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  When out at industry events, I’ve come across actors who have said it takes a smart actor to play a dumb person on-screen. So if we apply that concept to other types of movies, we can say it takes a really lively and vivacious actress to expertly take on a dark and heavy role […]

How far would you go to find your missing child?  That’s the dilemma faced by Nancy and Franklin Birch (Viola Davis, Terrence Howard) when their six year old daughter Joy and best friend Anna are abducted on Thanksgiving.  Anna’s father, Kelly Dover (Hugh Jackman) a deeply religious survivalist, takes matters into his own hands when […]

When you’re a hopeless romantic, being unlucky in the relationship department is going to force to you take extreme measures to find love. In the new film “Baggage Claim,” Paula Patton plays a hopeless romantic who hasn’t had the best luck in the love department. She decides she needs to really find a man when […]

Looks like Warner Bros. is about to steal Marvel’s thunder at  San Diego Comic-Con this weekend.  The L.A. Times is reporting that the follow up to “Man of Steel” will not be a traditional sequel but instead  a team up with Superman and The Dark Knight himself for a 2015 release.  According to sources, Warner […]

When you hear the concept of the film, you instantly raise an eyebrow because it doesn’t make sense. “Turbo” is film about snail that wants to move with some speed and enters racing contests with real cars. Yes, seems a little far-fetched, but according to cast member Samuel L. Jackson, that’s the beauty of the […]

In a recent interview with Alfredas from “The Russ Parr Morning Show” Jamie Foxx who has met President Barack Obama, discussed his approach to playing a black president in his recent movie “White House Down“. Says Foxx on President Obama, “I wanted to make sure we didn’t do an impersonation of President Obama because I didn’t want people to think […]

He’s back! After an abysmal attempt at a comeback with Bryan Singer’s  “Superman Returns” in 2006,  director Zack Snyder (“300”) has finally given us the Superman we’ve been waiting for. In “Man of Steel” we get an edgier, more complex Supes played by British actor Henry Cavill.   Screenwriter David Goyer flips the origin story of […]

When it was announced VH1 would be developing a biopic about the super ’90s girl group TLC, fans were excited and yet apprehensive as to who would be cast as the Atlanta trio. As it turns out, the family of Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes was also apprehensive about the biopic because they weren’t informed or […]

Let’s file this under “Bizarre Casting News.”  The Huffington Post is reporting that producer W Lance Reynolds wants Rihanna for an upcoming biopic on Josephine Baker.   Reynolds says: “Rihanna is one of the most talented performers of this millennium and with her unique acting and performing abilities, I have no doubt she will bring Josephine […]

The biopic about the trailblazing baseball player Jackie Robinson is catching some heat for the characterization of other baseball players in the film. The family of the late Fitz Ostermueller is upset because they say the film paints their dad as a racist when he wasn’t. In “42,” Fitz Ostermueller is the white pitcher who […]

When you’re in a relationship, one of the most nerve-racking experiences is meeting their family. You can liken meeting your significant other’s family to being like a box of chocolates because you truly never know what you’re going to get. they might love you. They might think you aren’t right for their relative and put […]

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 […]