Book Review: ‘The Kid’ by Sapphire
The Kid is the follow up to Sapphire’s popular book Push. Push was later turned into the award winning movie Precious. This novel follows Jamal Abdul Jones, the son of Precious. It opens with the death of Precious from Aids and continues with Abdul’s (I am calling him Adbul in this review, but he actually […]
Blake’s 2010 Oscar Predictions – Best Picture and More!
Best Picture “Avatar” “The Blind Side” “District 9” “An Education” “The Hurt Locker” “Inglourious Basterds” “Precious” “A Serious Man” “Up” “Up in the Air” Who will win? The Hurt Locker. Who should win? The Hurt Locker. Everyone knows that this is a race between Avatar and The Hurt Locker. At one point at the end […]
82nd Annual Academy Awards (Oscars) – 2010 Best Picture Nominees
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards are quickly approaching. This year, as most know, the award for best picture is a little different. Instead of the normal 5 best picture nominees, the category has been expanded to include 10. This will spread the voting out a little bit more, and will make the award a […]
Doug Liman is Directing “Attica”
You might know director Doug Liman best from directing the first Bourne film, The Bourne Identity, or maybe Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Needless to say he makes pretty decent popcorn flicks. So, I was a bit surprised when it was announced that he is teaming up with Precious screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher to take on the […]
List of 2010 Academy Award Nominees
Hey there, the Oscar Nominations are out and I thought I would post them here and share some thoughts on them. Enjoy and let me know what you think. And if you want to see if you can pick the Oscars better than me, join my group and you can make your picks and change […]
Golden Globe Predictions 2010 – Film
Here we are, a day before the second biggest award show of the movie season. Every year the Hollywood Foreign Press nominate people in the arts of film and television, and every year someone gets angry at the lack of nominations or the fact that the “wrong” person won. I like the Golden Globes because […]
Precious
Precious has been lauded with praise since its debut at Sundance this year and considered a front runner for Best Picture for a while now, and while I don’t quite agree with that assessment the film is still a well made drama about overcoming your obstacles in life no matter how hard they come. Precious […]
Chris Rock to Make “Will You Be My Black Friend?”
Chris Rock has signed on to be the star of Will You Be My Black Friend?, which could go down as possibly the funniest film title I’ve ever read. The concept looks interesting, but I’m afraid that in our all to PC culture that someone is going to get offended. I can’t help but think […]
