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MANDALAY LOOKS SOUTH

With Ice Cube and Tyler Perry as the loudest voices of the moment, the state of mainstream black filmmaking is so rancid that any new venture is likely to be met with either open arms of joy or deep suspicion. (Spike can’t carry an entire culture on his shoulders, though I know he tries, and … Continue reading

THE DEVIN’S ADVOCATE: THE RACE IS ON

I’m no Oscar prognosticator, but yesterday I saw what I consider to be the first performance that is a lock for a Best Actress nomination – Angelina Jolie in A Mighty Heart. Sure, there are dozens upon dozens of Oscar-bait movies waiting to burst out of the gate this fall, but the actresses in those … Continue reading

A GREEN WORLD OF HURT

You gotta give William Hurt credit. While he’s always worked with a Samuel L. Jackson-esque frequency, he’s been able to dip into virtually every genre in both film and television, and even direct-to-DVD, without skipping a beat or leaving any sort of career-damaging stains despite having starred in a number of outright bombs/failures (e.g. Michael, … Continue reading

I STOLE IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE

What the hell happened to the African-American filmmaking renaissance? In the 1980s, there was Spike Lee, Charles Burnett, Wendell B. Harris Jr., Robert Townsend and Charles Lane. A few years later, Carl Franklin, The Hughes Brothers, Mario Van Peebles, John Singleton and Rusty Cundieff got into the mix. Then, late in the 1990s, there was … Continue reading

EXCLUSIVE BEHIND THE SCENES SUNSHINE VIDEO

The United States is finally getting Danny Boyle’s sci-fi odyssey, Sunshine, in theaters on July 20th (the movie came out in the UK and Australia earlier this year). We’ve been excitedly following the film ever since Boyle mentioned it to me during an interview about his film Millions, and we’re proud to bring you this … Continue reading

D-WAR POSTERS PROMISE GREATNESS

Holy Christ on Oprah, if this ain’t the most mindblowingly awesome poster I’ve seen in years! If only I had any confidence in director Hyung-rae Shim delivering the goods. I mean, if the movie is a quarter as astounding as the above image, it’d still my number one must-see of Summer 2007. My sweet lord! … Continue reading

IT’S LIKE SWIMFAN NEVER HAPPENED

Jesse Bradford seems like a pretty solid actor, so I’ll spare him any further snark regarding his involvement with Swimfan, easily the most laughable high school-set thriller since Judgment at Nuremberg. Actually, I thought the kid might’ve had a shot at stardom following his appealing performance in Peyton Reed’s Bring It On, but, aside from … Continue reading

DAMN THEIR EYES!

Fernando Meirelles is rounding out the cast for his adaptation of Jose Saramago’s acclaimed novel Blindness, and, while the material is extraordinarily weighty for a (partly) studio-financed production, this doesn’t mean the director of The Constant Gardener and City of God is excluded from hiring a couple of good loookin’ youngsters to sell this downbeat … Continue reading

HOLA. ME LLAMO DREW BARRYMORE.

Supposedly, you can’t ever count Drew Barrymore out. Just when you think her career is spiraling, she quietly jumps back in her romantic comedy lane and lands a hit like this year’s Music and Lyrics, which, despite performing modestly in the US, did great business overseas. Sure, Lucky You came and went like a teenage … Continue reading