After nearly a year of debate, the film adaptation of Robert Vuijsje’s controversial novel Alleen Maar Nette Mensen (Only Decent People) is gearing up to his theaters in the Netherlands next month. The book follows a well-off Jewish college student who realizes he has “craving for black beauties with huge boobs and bum.” The young…
For years we’ve reminisced lovingly about our favorite black RomComs of the ‘90s and early 2000s and wondered when we’d see more on screen. Despite several qualms over the book, Think Like A Man impressed audiences across the country, raking in $100 million at the box office, and cracked the door open for Hollywood to…
Have you read Pearl Cleage’s Essence Book Club-featured novel, Babylon Sisters? How about her Oprah’s Book Club pick, What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day? Each story has love at its core. Each delves into the lives of successful black women and their approaches to relationships: professional, familial, and romantic. And each would make a great film….
Since word of Zoe Saldana’s casting of jazz legend Nina Simone hit the web, folks have had a lot to say. While some thought Saldana was a good fit and could pull off the role, other’s balked at the idea of her bringing the High Priestess of Soul to the big screen. While we threw…
I have a confession to make. I’ve never read a Zane novel. Back in the day when folks were eating up her titillating tomes like it was hot water cornbread, I tried to read Addicted and just couldn’t stop myself from laughing. The plot turns, the too-unrealistic twists, and the explicit sex scenes were a…
This is a story that needs to be told. Back in 2006, four New Jersey women got into a violent altercation with a man in New York’s Greenwich Village. According to the women, they were merely defending themselves after being harassed by Dwayne Buckle. The attack left Buckle with a stab wound and the women…
I ran across a write up of the Japanese film Afro Tanaka on film blog Shadow & Act. Although the film debuted in Japan last year, it’s gearing up for its North American premiere at the Fantasia Film festival this month. Like many coming-of-age comedies, Afro Tanaka is a quirky film. According to the synopsis,…
After nearly two years of delays, questionable casting choices, and a new distributor (megachurch pastor T.D. Jakes), Winnie, the biopic of Winnie Mandela, is gearing up to hit theaters this fall. The film stars Jennifer Hudson in the title role and casts her alongside Terrance Howard, who stars as Winnie’s husband, Nelson Mandela. Many, including…
After nearly a year of conversations about Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming film, Django Unchained, which follows a former slave who sets about getting revenge on slave masters in an effort to find his wife, we now we can really start talking. While many wondered how (and why) Tarantino would pull off a film that is billed…
Well, summer is almost here, and in addition to the warmer weather, backyard BBQs, and cut-off shorts, we can also get ready for the onslaught of big budget pictures. Last week marked the official start of Summer Blockbuster season with the release of Will Smith’s Men In Black III, and this weekend another contender hits…
