Blallywood Film Review: 12 Years a Slave
The year is 1841. Solomon Northup is a free black man living in upstate New York. He is a gifted musician- articulate, bright, and sophisticated. He is a romantic husband, trusting friend, and doting father. He is well respected by black and white acquaintances alike. But, when he meets two travelling “businessmen” on the lawn […]
Watch 12 Years As A Slave’s Haunting Film Featurette
An very haunting 5 minute long featurette has been released for the film 12 Years As A Slave. The film stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup, a free black man living in the North who is abducted, sold into slavery, and shipped down South. The film is based on the real life memoirs of Solomon Northup. […]
Lifetimes 2012 Adaptation Of Steel Magnolias On DVD This May
Lifetime’s Steel Magnolias will finally be available for fans to watch anytime. The DVD will be available for purchase from retailers on May 7 , according to Broadway World. The miniseries stars Queen Latifah, Phylicia Rashad, Adepero Oduye , Condola Rashad , Jill Scott, and Alfre Woodard who actually won a SAG Award (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television […]
Ava DuVernay Directs Short Feat. Gabrielle Union, Adepero Oduye, Alfre Woodard & Emayatzy Corinealdi
Ava DuVernay, the first Black woman to win the Best Director Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, has directed a short starring a few relatively well known Black actresses. The short is merely a vehicle to promote the products of Italian fashion brand Miu Mi. However, its well done in spite of this purpose. It […]
Blallywood Film Review: Steel Magnolias (Perspective 2)
“There’s nothing new under the sun,” the familiar phrase of cynics across the world who have lost faith in creative ingenuity. It seems, however, that the black community has embraced this sentiment by setting a recent trend of remaking all-white classics into all-black updates. Tennessee Williams’ classic plays Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and […]
Blallywood Film Review “Steel Magnolias”
I’m going to admit the unimaginable. I have never seen the original version of “Steel Magnolias”. I know, I know. You all can crucify me later. Why do I feel like I’m the only one in the world who actually liked the remake? The anticipated arrival of the remake of the southern classic movie “Steel […]
Watch Preview of Lifetime’s Steel Magnolias “Black Remix”
Lifetime has released a new clip promoting the Steel Magnolias Remix, which debuts on Sunday, October 7th and 9/8c on the Lifetime channel. The film stars Queen Latifah, Alfre Woodard, Phylicia Rashad, Jill Scott, Adepero Oduye and Condola Rashad. They play a group of women dealing with life’s difficulties. Here’s a preview, and below it is […]
Lifetime TV Movie Spin On Steel Magnolias
A remake of Steel Magnolias, a 1989 film as well as a play, will air on the Lifetime television network sometime this fall. It features an all black cast Queen Latifah as M’Lynn Alfre Woodard as Ouiser Phylicia Rashad as Clairee Jill Scott as Truvy Condola Rash?d as Shelby Adepero Oduye as Annelle […]
Steve McQueen’s Twelve Years a Slave And It’s Epic Cast
Many movie goers are anticipating this year’s upcoming Civil War era slave story, Django Unchained. The film has picked up buzz and the marketing deserves credit. However, there’s another American slave story that’s flying under the Hollywood radar. It’s scheduled for release 2013, and looks just as worth of anticipation as Django Unchained. What’s so exciting […]
