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The film is one of two films by Williamson coming out from Code Red Video, the other is his film Mean Johnny Burrows. The DVDs are first two releases of the label’s Fred Williamson Signature Collection which will include commentary by The Hammer himself (a nickname he acquired during his pro football player days) and other extras. Just for those of you in the UK though… click the image below for the UK iTunes store. Who’s buying?
Courtesy of the Africa Is A Country blog… “The film is limited in its focus–its primarily a walk through inner city Johannesburg and we get no sense of life in its richer, and whiter, northern suburbs ahead of the 2010 World Cup. But it is definitely a must see and a thousand times better than the hysterical nonsense published on the World Cup in the British media, whether R W Johnson’s rants about witchcraft in the London Review of Books, journalists confusing Cabinda with South Africa, the nonsense reported on Channel 4 or Louise Taylor’s fictions on the The Guardian’s website.” Watch the 60-minute documentary below, broken up into 6 parts.
The Africa in Motion Film Festival in Edinburgh Scotland is now looking for submissions for this year’s festival. The festival which takes place this year in October is currently looking for short films and documentaries for the festival. According to the festival organizers:
Continue reading Africa in Motion Film Festival looking for submissions
Now the film’s premise could lead to a funny film with some brilliant sight gags, but when was the last time we saw anything Murphy do that could be called brilliant? To make matters worse, the film was directed by Brian Robbins, who also directed Norbit and Meet Dave and who obviously has some very damaging pictures of Murphy which is the only reason I can figure why he gets getting work directing his movies. A new anti-abortion ad that’s playing in the Atlanta area that’s sparking controversy.
Hurricane Season is an upcoming sports drama film starring Lil Wayne, Bow Wow, Forest Whitaker, and Taraji P Henson, about a Louisiana high school basketball coach, Al Collins (Whitaker), who assembles a team of players from five separate schools that were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, and leads them on the path to a championship! The film, which was directed by Tim Story (Barbershop, The Fantastic Four) was originally slated for a theatrical release on last Chrismas, 2008, but that never happened. So why is it just now hitting the streets? According to BV On Movies… Continue reading Forest Whitaker’s “Hurricane Season” FINALLY on DVD (Directed By Tim Story) I still can’t believe the IFC channel actually aired the 22-chapter series. Some have called it a genius piece of work; others, not so much. So, which camp do you fall into: did you get enough of the first batch, or are you hungry for more?!? R. Kelly wants to know in the video below: Continue reading R. Kelly Has 15 More Chapters Of “Trapped In The Closet!”
As I first mentioned HERE a few weeks ago, a much-needed documentary on noted Guyanese activist and historian, Dr. Walter Rodney, is showing tonight at The Brecht Forum (451 West Street (between Bank & Bethune Sts., NY, NY 10014 – right off the West Side Hwy) at 7:30pm with a discussion on the film to follow. If you can, come out and support this film. Directed by Clairmont Chung, W.A.R. Stories, as quoted directly from the screening host’s website, tells: Continue reading W.A.R. Stories: Walter Anthony Rodney FILM SCREENING – Tonight in NYC!
It’s Fatal Attraction’s poorer cousin, with several 2nd and 3rd-tier black actors in starring roles – and even a twist at the end. There’s an interesting story here, and it actually would have worked if not for the bad writing and bad acting. What is it with actors matching their performances to the level of the movie they are starring in. Granted this cast of actors aren’t necessarily the greatest thespians alive, but they do have SOME skill, and we’ve seen a few of them perform somewhat adequately in more polished work. Yet, in tripe like this, they just seem to be reciting memorized lines, with false earnestness and soap-opera-like glances, and not much else. Maybe it’s the director’s fault, or the actors really just don’t care. They know it’s shit, so they don’t give a shit; collect their paychecks, and go home. Continue reading So, I Watched This Movie Called “Motives” W/Vivica Fox & Shemar Moore… From Movieline:
Read the rest HERE. There wasn’t exactly much to choose from anyway, because they mostly sucked… Remember this from last year? It was practically buried by the Weinsteins, as we reported last October. It’s online now, for to watch below in its entirety if interested. Continue reading Watch Full Stream Of “Janky Promoters” (Ice Cube, Mike Epps)
Since closing the door to a violent past, quiet and thoughtful Moses Stanton everyday existence is running a small neighborhood store, and watching over his daughter who doesn’t know he exists. When a young man, Malik, comes in claiming to be a black Muslim that is doing good for the neighborhood, Moses takes him on as a partner but soon realizes that Malik is nothing but a drug dealer seeking to destroy the neighborhood and Moses’s daughter. Therefore, Moses must become the man he used to be in order to save his beloved neighborhood and his daughter. Written & directed by Carmen Madden. Trailer follows below: His passion is making people laugh. But inside, comedian Lance Thompson struggled with feelings of depression.  Like WTF????????? Denzel couldn’t do it, Mel Gibson couldn’t do it, but Dear John DID????? It’s the first film to finally beat out Avatar from the No. 1 slot, it’s been holding consistantly for almost two months, pulling in $32 million. And what’s even more impressive is that it did it while a huge section of the eastern U.S. and the East Coast from New Jersey to Virginia is snowbound under a million feet of snow keeping people inside. What would have the film made if the weather was better? And also you have to figure that it was all teenage girls, because no man on Earth would step within ten feet of any theater where this film was playing.
A feature-length documentary about the black arts movement that exploded in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, from the mid 1980s through the 90s. The film features Spike Lee, Chris Rock, Rosie Perez, Vernon Reid, Carl Hancock Rux, Saul Williams, Lorna Simpson, Alva Rogers, Kevin Powell, Toure, and Bill Stephany to name a few. Directed by Nelson George & Diane Paragas. There’s no IMDB page nor website for it, so I don’t have much other info on the film, screenings, etc; however, I’m sure it’ll play somewhere in New York, eventually… somewhere in Fort Greene maybe? Continue reading Trailer – “A Walk Through Fort Greene” (The Way We Were)
The Five Heartbeats – “That movie’s awesome. It’s kind of like The Temptations, but it’s a movie about a big band, well I guess it’s the story of the band, and they’re all brothers. Like The Temptations except it’s a little funnier. I mean it stars Robert Townsend, who’s really good.” Hollywood Shuffle – “Directed by and starring Robert Townsend — so there’s a theme.” The Goonies – “because I think I watched it when I was a kid. It’s tied to the child in me. It’s the memories I have from that, from that time in my life when I was watching it.” Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – “Yeah, the Temple of Doom, That was the best one. That scene where he reaches into the dude’s heart? Come on, that’s the bomb! And I like the little kid, Short Round.” Continue reading Gabourey Sidibe Lists Her 5 Favorite Films (Apparently She’s A Robert Townsend Fan)
Thanks to S&A reader E Forde for cluing me in to this. Her eminence Queen Latifah is apparently working on a remake of the 1974 blaxploitation classic, Truck Turner – a film I’ve coincidentally recently talked about on this blog, profiling Nichelle Nichols‘ unexpected, and riveting performance. The original starred Isaac Hayes as a bounty hunter with a bounty on his own head. This is the first I’d heard of Latifah’s intent to remake the film, so I did some quick digging and learned that this has been in the works since 2004, when the project was apparently initially announced; although, not much else has been in the news since then. Development limbo… nothing new in this biz. Continue reading Queen Latifah Remaking “Truck Turner” (Development Limbo)
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Hey hey! Though people are taking about the death of DVDs there’s still a lot of really interesting stuff being released like the DVD on the left coming out in March, Fred Williamson’s Death Journey.
Tambay’s post today about Hurricane Season reminded me about another missing film, to wit Eddie Murphy’s comedy A Thousand Words. Co-starring Kerry Washington playing his wife, the Paramount film deals with a glib, fast talking Hollywood agent who somehow, some way gets cursed by a guru of some sort. He wakes up the next morning to find a magical tree in his backyard and quickly discovers that every time he says a word a leaf falls from the tree. Since there are a thousand leaves on the tree Murphy realizes he has a thousand words left to say before he kicks the bucket. Therefore he has to find other ways to communicate with people to extend his life.
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