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“Year of the Fish” is a heartwarming (and heartstring-plucking) tale

March 19, 2011
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“Year of the Fish” is a heartwarming (and heartstring-plucking) tale

credit: Bazan PR Plot: An updated version of “Cinderella”, “Year of the Fish” follows Ye Xian (An Nguyen), a nice, mousy, unassuming, yet highly beautiful girl who is sent to New York to make money for her ailing father. She’s taken in by massage parlor madam Mrs. Su (Tsai Chin). When she refuses to...

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Black History Month!

February 18, 2011
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Black History Month!

Nefertiti, the one of the two most famous Egyptian queens, as well as part of black history. Credit: Giovanni (Creative Commons license), Wikipedia As I stated in this month’s piece for Goodkin, I’d be completely remiss if I didn’t talk about Black History Month, seeing as how I am an African-American. Since I do talk...

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REVIEW: “Speed-Dating” is hilarious, fun movie about love and craziness

February 14, 2011
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REVIEW: “Speed-Dating” is hilarious, fun movie about love and craziness

As promised, here’s the review of Speed-Dating. Three friends are at the heart of this story; the funny, but lazy guy Dog (Chico Benymon, Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story) and is-he-gay-is-he straight wallflower Beaver (Leonard Robinson, Nick Cannon Presents: Wild ‘N Out) own a failing nightclub that needs to come...

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Birmingham, AL to be a zombie wasteland thanks to local indie filmmaker

February 5, 2011
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Birmingham, AL to be a zombie wasteland thanks to local indie filmmaker

Participant in aNew Jersey Zombie Walk. credit: Bob Jagendorf, Creative Commons licence/Wikipedia If you have been following this site for a while, you would have seen that I recently held a live chat with upcoming indie director John M. Ware. His film, Thr33 Days Dead, will be his first foray into the world of...

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“Dark Metropolis” is a moody, sci-fi take on the classic “Hero’s journey” storyline

December 15, 2010
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“Dark Metropolis” is a moody, sci-fi take on the classic  “Hero’s journey” storyline

I hate that I had this movie for so long in my “to watch” queue, but I finally got around to watching sci-fi indie film Dark Metropolis, distributed by Indican Pictures. This film, written and directed by Stewart St. John (writer for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers as well as writer/voice director for King of the...

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“Savage County” will air only if 100K demand it

August 10, 2010
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“Savage County” will air only if 100K demand it

MTV is teaming up with Eventful to experiment with a social media campaign that will allow folks to vote if they want to see the indie horror film, Savage County, on MTV2. Directed by up-and-coming filmmaker David Harris, Savage County follows a group of teens that collide with their towns dark past when a...

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“The Kids Are All Right” might help gay marriage discussion

July 1, 2010
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“The Kids Are All Right” might help gay marriage discussion

The indie film The Kids Are All Right, which is coming out July 9, might be one of the stepping stones toward people becoming more at ease with gay marriage and gay families, says Sean Griffin, associate professor and chair of cinema-tv from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. “The movie might help with...

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GUEST REVIEW: “The Human Centipede” is gross, but not scary

May 6, 2010
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GUEST REVIEW: “The Human Centipede” is gross, but not scary

Written by Stacie Ponder of Final Girl Oh, Human Centipede. You’re perhaps the most anticipated film in recent memory, solely based on your freakshow concept. An eeeevil surgeon grafts victims’ asses to other victims’ mouths to fulfill his insane vision: to create a human centipede…say whaaaaat? I think reactions to the concept went something...

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REVIEW: Fantastic Mr. Fox is a unique, terrific riot

November 29, 2009
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REVIEW: Fantastic Mr. Fox is a unique, terrific riot

I thought the commericals were funny, but I wasn’t expecting to laugh as much as I did while watching  Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox. Almost every other line in the movie was some unique joke that was written in such an offbeat way that it seemed that the structure of the sentences added to...

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