Tag Archives: Movies
Just how bad is the movie Red Tails?
TweetRed Tails is a new movie about the Tuskegee airmen that the legendary George Lucas financed himself after years of the movie being rejected for Hollywood financing. It was #2 at the box office this weekend. This second place finish was largely based on black people flocking to the theater – myself included. Jozen Cummings [...]
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Pariah: Best movie of last year*
Tweet Eesha, Miriam, Zerlina, Lori, Deanna Zandt and myself all went to see Pariah together last week and I think I speak for all of us when I say, if there is one movie you see this year–make it this one. Pariah is set in Fort Greene, Brooklyn and tells the story of Alike (pronounced [...]
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What are your favorite quotable lines by #LadiesinFilm?
Tweet“Most guys, we can recite all of The Godfather, we can recite all of Caddyshack, we can do all those kind of things. Women, by and large, can’t. You can guys can say you complete me, and that’s about it. And I think it’s because in the history of movies, there have been fewer quotable [...]
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What George Clooney said
Tweet As if there weren’t already a million reasons for me to love George Clooney (I’m not the only one right?), Mr. Clooney has articulated clearly why for the 2012 election cycle there really isn’t another choice except President Obama. No, Obama isn’t perfect. In fact, he has fallen short of (some) expectations. I know [...]
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Quick hit: Why are all those movie trailers voiced by men?