Monday, April 27 2009
Summer of Same: May 2009
May's titles include the fourth films in two aging franchises, more Pixar perfection, and the reboot of a TV series from 40 years ago. And they say there are no new ideas.
Friday, February 8 2008
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
There's a not bad movie inside of Welcome Home, briefly visible in the quiet center provided by Margaret Avery, especially.
Thursday, November 29 2007
Talk to Me
Vibrant, exuberant, colorful and irresistibly alive, Talk to Me is a celebration of a lifestyle as much as a life -- the thumping funk, soul and R&B of the late '60s, early '70s.
Friday, September 21 2007
Resident Evil: Extinction
Carlos (Oded Fehr) matches Alice's not-so-interesting self-importance with a wry, almost-alternate perspective, self-aware and even sometimes unexpected.
Friday, July 13 2007
Don Cheadle gets the word out about ‘Talk to Me’
“You do what you are able to do,” says Cheadle. “That’s my responsibility as a human. But as an actor, you know, I don’t always want to represent all that is good and noble. Sometimes you just want to, you know, get down a little bit.”
Talk To Me (2007)
Part biopic, part portrait of an era, Talk to Me presents an ongoing dilemma -- what does it mean to be "black enough" and how does "talk" shape the question and answers?
