Category Archives: film

If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise

Posted on 25 August, 2010 by

Hey everyone!  In addition to blogging here and on my book blog, I’ve been invited to blog over at PostBourgie too!  Good times. My first post is up now: I recapped the second installment of Spike Lee’s documentary, If God … Continue reading →

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Gratuitous Michelle Rodriguez post

Posted on 20 August, 2010 by

Just because I have a crush on her, and I can’t wait for Machete, and George rocks: Favorite part (at 9:35): “If you don’t rip off your clothes in a flick, you know, they don’t know what to do with … Continue reading →

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Judging a movie by its poster: The Expendables

Posted on 18 August, 2010 by

This weekend, the plan was to go see Eat, Pray, Love with my mom. Say what you will; I fully intend to see that movie.  Unfortunately, we didn’t get a chance to go. My mom had a rare day off … Continue reading →

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Weekend Link Love: SATC2 Edition

Posted on 30 May, 2010 by

I’ll admit it: I went and saw Sex and the City 2 last night.  Although I loved the series, I was really apprehensive about SATC2 after the first movie left a bad taste in my mouth.  Just knowing that it … Continue reading →

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Weekend Link Love

Posted on 23 May, 2010 by

Haven’t done one of these in a long while… Race in America: What a 13-Year-Old Can Teach AZ Lawmakers About History Last year, my nephew lamented to his grandmother that we (the descendants of enslaved Africans) were “from nowhere.” “It … Continue reading →

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Noooooooo, Agnès!

Posted on 14 May, 2010 by

Roman Polanski continues to get the love of his fellow directors.  There’s yet another petition circling at the Cannes Film Festival calling for the Swiss to disregard everything they are being told by the Americans regarding Polanski’s case. So far, … Continue reading →

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Machete’s Cinco de Mayo Message for AZ

Posted on 5 May, 2010 by

No comment on Alba. For now.

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Quote of the Day

Posted on 30 April, 2010 by

Roger Ebert on the uselessness of 3D movies: 3-D is a waste of a perfectly good dimension. Hollywood’s current crazy stampede toward it is suicidal. It adds nothing essential to the moviegoing experience…It is driven largely to sell expensive projection … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on 20 April, 2010 by

America Ferrera, on Latina stereotypes in Hollywood: The thing about entertainment is that people want to label you right away, because it’s easier for them to say, O.K., my brain now knows what you are. Latinas have struggled in Hollywood … Continue reading →

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Lost Souls (Animas Perdidas)

Posted on 23 March, 2010 by

Premiering tonight on PBS: via Independent Lens: Augie and Gino were living the American dream — raised and educated in the United States and proud veterans of the military. But in 1999, these two brothers were forced to leave the … Continue reading →

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