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THINK LIKE A MAN REVIEW |
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This is the first film in 2012 I have designated with a “5” on the UFP Ratings Scale. I am shocked that a romantic comedy was able to grab...
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THINK LIKE A MAN |
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Based on Steve Harvey's best-selling book, "Think Like a Man" follows four interconnected and diverse men whose love lives are shaken up after...
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WE WANT JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON MARTIN |
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Trayvon Martin's murder is a firestorm. There is no crime more brutal on planet earth than murder. Taking someone's life is not something any ...
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THE HUNGER GAMES |
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For most film reviews I have some idea on how I will approach writing about it but I was stuck with “The Hunger Games.” l...
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Being Flynn |
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Two-time Academy Award winner Robert De Niro’s portrayal of Jonathan Flynn will piss you off. Let me tell ya that right now...
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ACT OF VALOR |
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Honestly, I enjoyed "Act of Valor" so much, I literally could not think of how to approach the review. Should I write a long informative piece like I did for ...
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SAFE HOUSE |
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If you are squeamish you should be prepared for SAFE HOUSE, the new film from Universal Pictures hitting theaters today starring living legend Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds...
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JAY Z TICKETS CARNEGIE HALL |
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In his most intimate performances in years, Shawn "JAY Z" Carter will headline at Carnegie Hall, in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, raising money for United Way of New York City and the Shawn Carter ...
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THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO |
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I have been away for awhile and happy I was to avoid some of the recent crap that invaded theaters in December 2011. Wait a second...
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Red Tails
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I have always loved films about war. PLATOON, FULL METAL JACKET, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, APOCALYPSE NOW, MEN OF HONOR and I thought Spike Lee did ...
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Confessions of a Young Hip-Hop Fan
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As an African American teenager, I’ve grown to love and dislike many things about hip-hop, specifically the musical aspect of it. Hip-Hop is a culture that has several important ingredients ...
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SQUAD THOUGHTS JAN 15-JAN 20, 2012
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Obama sang a lil Al Green in Harlem and Newt won South Carolina. False reports on Joe Pa’s death on Saturday was weird. SOPA looks all but defeated and unfortunately we lost a voice heard ...
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Michael Jackson's Father Breaks Silence in Tell-All Documentary
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GPA Entertainment announced today the pending release of an exclusive documentary featuring 84-year old Joe Jackson, father of pop icon Michael Jackson...
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THE HELP FEEDS THE HUNGRY
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FEEDING AMERICA, the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity, and the DreamWorks Pictures movie THE HELP...
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TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - PART 1
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Ever since the dark, mysterious man from Transylvania (Count Dracula) entered our imagination, film-goers have always been fascinated with vampires...
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TOWER HEIST
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Whenever there are lots of talented people to manage, the job of any leader can be tough...
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TAKERS Review by Shelby Jones
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From John Dillinger to the modern bank robber, one has to wonder what makes people want to “take” the money from banks...
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JUST WRIGHT in Theaters May 14 |
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Queen Latifah and Common have been inspiring forces in hip-hop since they first touched down on planet hip-hop. The Queen let it be known, “who you calling a bitch?”...
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CLASH OF THE TITANS |
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CLASH OF THE TITANS is an epic journey into the mythological world of the great Greek god, the all mighty Zeus....
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HOT TUB TIME MACHINE |
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This is the type of film where you get anxious to see it. You know it’s going to be funny and you will chuckle.... |
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Trueful to perform "My Girl" |
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Pop/ R&B/Hip Hop singer Trueful to perform "My Girl" at the upcoming One Nation Under a Cause: 70's Disco Ball.... |
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BROOKLYN’S FINEST from Overture Films |
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This Review Might Offend My Political Connects…or bore people to death. One or the other…Enjoy.... |
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WATCHMEN is explosive |
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Watchmen is a solid film. It is a bold filmmaking experience graphically exciting yet grounded in the good, bad and ugly of ... |
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THE INTERNATIONAL from Columbia Pictures (Sony)
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From the poster art I was worried that The International would be another film with Clive Owen running, shooting... |
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MIRACLE AT ST.ANNA from Touchstone Pictures |
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African-American, Latino, Asian, Native American, and Middle Easterners have rarely appeared as leading... |
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NOTORIOUS from Fox Searchlight |
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The Notorious B.I.G. was no ordinary rapper. You know that, I know that and the entire hip-hop nation knows that... |
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J.D. Hall pens new play on the life of Frederick Douglass |
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Los Angeles, California, Monday, January 5th, 2009. –Actor J.D. Hall known for his amazing voice ... |
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"CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA" TO OPEN IN DC ON JANUARY 16TH |
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WASHINGTON, DC,– January 2 , 2009 - Warner Bros. Pictures will be releasing the film "Chandni Chowk to China" ... |
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Will Smith Top Money-Making Star of 2008 |
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GROTON, Mass., Jan. 2 -- Will Smith has been voted the Top Money-Making Star of 2008 in Quigley Publishing Company's ... |
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FILMS FROM UNIVERSAL PICTURES AND ROGUE PICTURES |
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FILMS YOU MAY LIKE... |
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Two Cool Pics – On DVD Now |
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THE INCREDIBLE HULK & WANTED from Universal Studios Home Entertainment... ... |
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UNIVERSAL PICTURES |
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Universal Pictures recorded its biggest year ever for the second year in a row with global theatrical grosses totaling $2.834 billion... |
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GRAN TORINO |
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Clint Eastwood is a bad mofo. You know that. I know that. The entire world knows that. From “Hang Em High” to “Million Dollar Baby,”... |
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SEVEN POUNDS |
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In 1970, I lost both my parents to handguns. It still seems as if it was yesterday. Looking at my father in his
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YES MAN |
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Jim Carrey is not a normal actor/comedian. You know that. I know that. The entire world knows that. I was skeptical about his new flick
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THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES |
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I didn’t read the book. I will confess that before attempting to convince
you on why you should see this film
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STREET KINGS |
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When I saw trailers for STREET KINGS, I instantly wanted to see it. Forest Whitaker, Keanu Reeves, Hugh Laurie (House), Common, Cedric The Entertainer, ... |
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FIRST SUNDAY |
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First Sunday will make you laugh but it won’t make you holler. It will make you smile but it won’t make you scream with laughter... |
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THE GREAT DEBATERS |
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Denzel Washington, Oprah Winfrey and a fantastic ensemble conjures up social change and the resistance to it in this movie inspired,... |
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I THINK I LOVE MY WIFE |
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Chris Rock is definitely a bolt of thunder doing stand-up. He carved a space for himself with an appeal similar to Richard Pryor’s... |
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ZODIAC (R) |
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From the late '60s to the early '80s, a serial killer
terrorizes the Bay Area, teasing and manipulating the press and police
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MY BROTHER from Codeblack Entertainment |
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Isaiah (Nashawn Kearse) is tired. He is tired of being broke. His part-time
pursuit at being a stand-up comic is making audiences tired... |
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300 from Warner Bros. Pictures |
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300 is a major leap in storytelling so involved in itself that it draws you in from start to finish. The arrows fly, the spears are ever working... |
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BLACK SNAKE MOAN |
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Black Snake Moan is a film that everyone will want to see at some point in their
life, especially if you want to see Christina... |
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THE 79th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS |
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If you consider yourself a film fan, this years Academy Awards should have rewarded you pretty well. Yeah, yeah, some ... |
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SMOKIN' ACES (R)
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Ever since its bloody, foot massaging inception, "Pulp Fiction" has
been one of the most poorly and stylistically... |
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DADDY'S LITTLE GIRLS (PG-13) |
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"Tyler Perry is the black director of the moment." Or words to that
effect were said by my screening partner
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THE HITCHER
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How would mother earth advance if people did not meet new people? Where would society be if we did not offer a helping hand... |
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STOMP THE YARD
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When the lights went down and “Stomp The Yard” began, I felt inspired, and when the lights came up, I felt even better.” ... |
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DREAMGIRLS (PG-13)
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My name is Edwardo and I'm a "Dreamgirls"-aholic. Allow me to introduce you to the movie of the year... |
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FREEDOM WRITERS |
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“Freedom Writers,” a compelling tale of passion, stars two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby, Boys Don’t Cry) ... |
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THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND (R) |
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Arriving in Uganda as a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed volunteer doctor, adventure-seeking Scotsman... |
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THE DEPARTED (R) |
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Scorsese and gangsters seem to go together like Republicans and scandal, Anna Nicole and inappropriate... |
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THE GOOD SHEPHERD (R) |
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In 1961, America was on the brink of World War III and Kennedy's failed Bay of Pigs operation to invade Cuba lef... |
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Dance, Music and lots of Entertaining Fun – IdleWild! |
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Jitterbugging and Lindy-Hopping into theaters on August 25th is the ‘infused with Greatness’ Universal Pictures & HBO Films ... |
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The Gore Papers: Of Tempest, Terrors ,Terrain and Tipper |
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Truth is Gore is consistent. When Al Gore takes to the podium today, as in the past he persists in using language, metaphors.... |
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MID SPRING REVIEW |
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Box office be damned! This is shaping up to be a great year for movies, if you ask me. Here are some more that may not make ... |
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INSIDE MAN (R) |
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Every once in a while, in Hollywood, you catch a glimmer, a faint glimpse at how good the world (re: entertainment world) could be.... |
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BASIC INSTINCT 2 (R) |
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Remember where you were when you first saw Sharon Stone cross her legs in the interrogation room for Michael Douglas?.... |
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THANK YOU FOR SMOKING (R) |
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Full disclosure: I HATE smoking. Not only does it smell bad, invade my
privacy to breathe free, but also I'm allergic to it (lucky for me,
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V FOR VENDETTA |
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You may not be able to grasp the full meaning of a vendetta until you’ve experienced the screen version of V for Vendetta. Warner Bros
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FAILURE TO LAUNCH |
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Paramount Pictures romantic comedy “Failure to Launch” unexpectedly took the box office by storm, coming in at number 1 with.... |
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FIND ME GUILTY (R) |
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Remember when Vin Diesel was an ACTOR? Don't worry, I do. For every "The Pacifier" and "A Man Apart," he's had�well, just
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DAVE CHAPPELLE'S BLOCK PARTY (R) |
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"I'm rich, biotch!" - Dave's clarion call for entertainment that has
run at the end of his record-breaking Comedy Central
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16 BLOCKS (PG-13) |
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"I was trying to do a good thing." So says on-the-job boozer of a cop
Jack Mosley (Willis), a man depreciating in real time
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CRASH (R) |
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"In LA, nobody touches you… We miss that touch so much, we crash into each other just so we can feel something." Don't I know it. Sprawling, diverse...... |
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The History Channel(R) Awards Grant |
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"Looking for Angola," a project sponsored by The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), received a $10,000.... |
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KING KONG (PG-13) |
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Set in Depression-era New York, megalomaniacal "preening self-promoter" movie director Carl Denham (Black) is so desperate ... |
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MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (PG-13) |
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Separated from her sister and sold into slavery away from her fishing village, young Chiyo (Suzuka Ohgo) is groomed to ... |
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IS
HBO
PREDICTABLE?
by Scott D. Southard
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What Lost could teach HBO |
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Yes, I, like millions of other Americans, sat around the TV on Sundays and watched what HBO ... |
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Queens Reigns Supreme |
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Based on police wiretaps and exclusive interviews with drug kingpins and hip-hop insiders, this is the untold story... |
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ROLL BOUNCE (PG-13) |
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Raise your hand if you remember the '70s! Yeah, neither do I. Sure,
I joined the party only halfway through, but
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LORD OF WAR (R) |
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There are over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation. That's
one firearm for every twelve people on the planet
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RED EYE (PG-13) |
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Thrillers are hard. I reflected upon that fact as I struggled to write one myself this week. They're a time-honored genre in
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A New Face for “Four Brothers” of Today |
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In theaters nationwide on Friday, 8/12th is “Four Brothers” a film that brings four adopted brothers of two ethnicities (Black and White) together
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HUSTLE & FLOW (R) |
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Several eyebrows were raised at Sundance this year when Paramount
swooped out of the sky to buy Craig Brewer's John Singleton-financed feature
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WEDDING CRASHERS (R) |
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Remember the R-rated sex comedy? Yeah, neither do I. You'll have to go
almost back to the "American Pie" series to see evidence of
successful,
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THE DUKES OF HAZZARD (PG-13) |
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Is it the height of parental irresponsibility to let a little black
boy cavort around with a toy orange car sporting a Confederate... |
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STAR WARS – Return of the Sith |
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THIS STAR WARS IS THE BEST SINCE “RETURN OF THE JEDI”, and “THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.” ...
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BEAUTY SHOP (PG-13) |
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Set in my FAVORITE city of Atlanta, "Beauty Shop" follows the trials and travails of beautician extraordinaire ... |
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SIN CITY (R) |
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Ever been to Sin City? No, not the freshly opened Robert Rodriguez
joint which is a frame for frame adaptation
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Tyler Perry’s: “Diary of a Mad Black Woman” |
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Tyler Perry’s hysterically witty Play turned Movie “Diary of a Mad Black Woman” will burst into theaters nationwide on ... |
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ARE WE THERE YET? |
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When I first heard about this film, I was thinking – is that the same Ice Cube that welcomed us to his gangsta nation? ... |
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COACH CARTER |
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Opening in theaters on Friday, January 14th is a phenomenal film - “Coach Carter”, based on the true story of Coach Ken Carter... |
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HOTEL RWANDA |
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First of all, I find the title not appropriate for the movie although it took place in Rwanda - the actual hotel name was the “Hotel Mille Collines”... |
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BLADE - TRINITY |
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With the BCS standings screwed up once again, the Army finally getting called out by the Washington Post for “friendlies” against Pat Tillman, and ... |
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FADE TO BLACK (R) |
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Under the Paramount Classics banner, "Fade to Black" unspooled before me as I remembered Jay-Z's previous documentary "classic," an execrable piece ... |
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RAY (PG-13) |
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How do you separate the music from the man? For those who've been living on the International Space Station for the last three months, "Ray" is the biopic of... |
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HERO (PG-13) |
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Love – even puppy love – is a powerful thing. For those of you who have been reading THE REEL DEAL for the past four years, you all know that THE REEL DEAL... |
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ALIEN VS. PREDATOR (PG-13) |
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Love – even puppy love – is a powerful thing. For those of you who have been reading THE REEL DEAL for the past four years, you all know that THE REEL DEAL... |
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COLLATERAL (R) |
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LA gets a bad rap. I know because 1.) I live here and 2.) I'm one of those rapping on it. For a city cursed with a smog-soaked, gridlocked, pretentiously preening... |
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The Manchurian Candidate |
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The original Manchurian Candidate directed by John Frankenheimer starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh and Angela Lansbury opened in 1962... |
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I, ROBOT (PG-13) |
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Del Spooner (Smith) is analog in a digital world. A pie-loving, Chuck Taylor Cons-wearing, sleeps-with-his-gun paranoid homicide cop, Del has a deeply personal distrust of the.... |
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SPIDER-MAN 2 (PG-13) |
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Hype is a wonderful, curious thing. It raises hope and awareness. It can draw legions of people to a 12:01 AM movie the day of its opening. It even comes with its own... |
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FAHRENHEIT 9/11 (R) |
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"Was it all a dream?" asks Michael Moore's wryly sardonic, hopeful
little voiceover as images cascade down of Dubya's hotly contested
2000... |
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WHITE CHICKS (PG-13) |
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Like, omigod! There go the Wayans on another frickin' TV talk show! Thanks to the Sony marketing machine of one of the odder summer tentpole... |
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THE TERMINAL (PG-13) |
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While in the air coming to America , Viktor Navorski's (Hanks) fictional Eastern European country of Krakhozia undergoes a coup. When he lands,
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DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY (PG-13) |
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Thhhhwwhaaaading! You know that sound. During those RARE rainy days at Seattle day camp growing up, that sound was a rite of summer. That... |
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BAADASSSSS! (R) |
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You hear that? That's the sound of "Baadasssss!" buzz buzz buzzing all over select theaters around the country.
And, for once, it's ... |
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NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (PG) |
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Despite the cool name, Napoleon Dynamite (Heder) is as wack as they come. Prone to saying things like "Sweet!" "You wanna play me?" "Heck yes!"... |
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THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK (PG-13) |
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So I finally watched "Pitch Black" yesterday, in preparation for "Riddick." Not bad, cheesy good fun worth exactly what I paid for it (nada; thank you, satellite and TiVo)... |
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SAVED! (PG-13) |
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I need Jesus. Or at least that's what our emotionally, wartime state would seem to suggest as we are engaged in a nebulous, protracted "war on terror" against religious... |
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SUPER SIZE ME (Unrated) |
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If you haven't been paying attention, we're fat. Sixty percent of Americans are clinically obese and the trend is only getting worse. Aiming to get to the bottom of this epidemic... |
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THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (PG-13) |
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As I used to temp for some a bunch of tree-hugging granola head lawyers at an environmental law firm, I've heard about this movie for quite some time. Even though... |
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SOUL PLANE (R) |
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I am officially turning in my ghetto pass. Don't want it anymore. If being black in Hollywood means having to write, act, direct or suffer through watching other blacks... |
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SHREK 2 (PG) |
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The first "Shrek" was wildly overhyped – a @@ movie at best. I've been known to fall victim to hype but I couldn't drink the
hemlock on that one. It was a winky, annoying... |
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TROY (R) |
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"Is there no one else? Is there NO ONE ELSE?" screams Achilles in the " Troy " trailers. Well, for me, there sure ain't. My movie event of the summer has come in the... |
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BREAKIN' ALL THE RULES (PG-13) |
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Quincy Watson (Foxx) has been dumped. Holing himself up for days to recover from his fiancee Helen (Bianca Lawson) taking off to Paris with his best man, Quincy cobbles...
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VAN HELSING (PG-13) |
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Opening with a promising black and white, vintage Saturday afternoon feature look, we get the skinny on the origins of Frankenstein, Count Dracula (Roxburgh), and his three vampire... |
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MAN ON FIRE |
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I am a Denzel-aholic. I have all but five
of his movies, the unauthorized biography
of him, and his picture lording over my living
room wall. There is no possible way for... |
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KILL BILL VOL. 2 (R) |
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Quentin Tarantino is a movie geek. He walks, talks, lives the movies. With his weasel-like, scrunched up face, he even looks like something you'd unearth in the... |
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JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION |
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We won’t bore you with a 1,000 word treatise about the film, plot points or camera angles. Rather, we are stealing from David Letterman and giving you 10 REASONS WHY YOU AND... |
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NEVER DIE ALONE |
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NEVER DIE ALONE is an interesting piece of work. Some of you will say things like, "deeeeaaaamn, that joint was the sh*t." I liked the film... |
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HOW TO CATCH A GAN GSTER |
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Frank Vincent. Yeah, you know who he is. Think of any Italian gangster flick that's worth it's weight in upholding the credo, and Frank Vincent was a part of it. GOODFELL
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STARSKY & HUTCH (PG-13) |
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Welcome to the early 21 st century, a.k.a. '70s TV, Take Two. You've got your remake of "Charlie's Angels" and "I Spy," with "Bewitched," "Mr. Ed," and "The Dukes of Hazzard... |
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THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
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One thing is certain: Jesus Christ has a lot of fans. At least that's my thought as I stand in a line out to the PARKING LOT at 11 AM in the morning.
Unless you've been trapped... |
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CITY OF GOD |
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Better late than never, right? Months ago, a producer (who, while sometimes having suspect judgment, isn't prone to hyperbole) told me that this was one of the best films... |
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BARBERSHOP 2 |
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Hooks was the owner and rarely cut anyone's hair, but he was the moderator of the conversations in the shop. I remember learning all kinds of new words and seeing how all the... |
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THE BIG BOUNCE |
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Jack Ryan ( Wilson ) is a small-time thief specializing in B&E (breaking and entering). With his surfer-dude, laissez-faire attitude, Jack's made a few enemies on the island but... |
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THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT |
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A well known tenet of Chaos theory states that if a butterfly flaps its wings it could cause a hurricane on the other side of the world. Basically, it's saying that because... |
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THE STATEMENT |
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THE STATEMENT is a tale of a former Nazi executioner who becomes a target of hit men and Police investigators when information is released about a brutal execution apparently... |
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TORQUE |
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Let's get it straight first. This film is no film. This is a MOVIE and that's
a damn good thing in today's Hollywood where blue actors and reality TV
are threatening the obvious shortcomings ... |
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| | SOMETHING'S
GOTTA GIVE | | |
Harry
Sanborn (Nicholson) is, well, Nicholson - playboy extraordinaire who specializes
in the "sweet, uncomplicated satisfaction of a younger woman," the woman
in question this time... |
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| | MONA
LISA SMILE | | |
Gotta
love Jules, man. Mine is more of a professional love and not a REEL DEAL Crush
type of love. As acclaimed screenwriter and frequent Roberts collaborator Ron
Bass... |
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| LOVE
DOES COST and IT'S 2 MUCH | |
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DON'T COST A THING | | |
Hollywood's
laziness never ceases to astound me. I remember when this project was being shopped
around for rewrites the summer of 2001 when people,... |
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| | HOUSE
OF SAND AND FOG | | |
"Is
this your house?" "House of Sand and Fog" starts off with this
central question and takes forever to get to the answer. Kathy (Connelly) is a
recovering alcoholic whose husband recently... |
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| | LORD
OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING | | |
To
bone up for tonight's three hour, 20 minute finale to the Lord of the Rings trilogy,
I went to an EXTENDED showing of "The Two Towers" a few days ago that
clocked in at three hours.... |
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| | BERTELSMANN
AG and SONY CORP. AGREE on MUSIC MERGER | | |
The
international media and entertainment companies Bertelsmann AG and Sony Corporation
today announced that they have signed a binding agreement to combine... |
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| | THE
HUMAN STAIN |
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Coleman
Silk (Hopkins) is a recently fired, recently widowed literature classics professor
in the Northeast who sparks a purely sexual affair with janitor Faunia Farley
(Kidman)... |  | |
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| | TIMELINE |
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Michael
Crichton is one of the best commercially high concept minds of our time. We have
him to thank for stories about dinosaur amusement parks, male sexual harassment,
and a certain NBC emergency... | | |
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| | BAD
SANTA |
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Willie
(Thornton) could be, quite possibly, the most execrable human being alive. He
dresses up as Santa Claus once a year to work one mall per city with his dwarf-sized,... |
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CAT IN THE HAT | | |
As
a rule, I try not to read reviews of movies before I see them. Not only do I want
to keep my biases mine, but also I don't want my own review affected by someone
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