The J. Cole hype couldn’t be greater right now after the 4th major album release from J. Cole, For Your Eyez Only. Many are expecting it to be album of the year with only 2 songs released. They are also expecting it to be “another classic” [See Social Media] and it made us think. What […]
Horror Movies: How Have They Changed?
Since the early 1930s, after the release of the first talkies movie, monster movies became a major hit. Films like Dracula and Frankenstein set the president for horror films during this period. Here’s a look back at a few of the original “monster” movies and how these supernatural creatures were portrayed during the 1930s/1940s in […]
Disney Channel Original Movies: Have They Changed?
Being a kid in the 90s and watching disney channel at least 50% of the time, I also grew up loving disney channel original movies. So obviously, I started to binge watch as many dcoms as I could when I noticed they were on demand. Here’s a list of the top 6 Disney Channel Original […]
‘Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising’: Comedy sequel that works
Some years have past since the Radner family first battled with exploding couch air bags with the fraternity that moved in next door. Now Mac (Seth Rogen) and Kelly (Rose Byrne) with baby number two coming have decided to sell the house and move out to the quite suburbs. While this is going on we […]
Lupita Nyongo, more Brown girls we’d cast in Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’
Lupita Nyong’o, best known for her Academy Award-winning performance in 12 Years a Slave, is on track to play the love interest opposite Chadwick Boseman in Marvel’s Black Panther. The Mexican-born Kenyan beauty is in talks to take on the unspecified role, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Should she sign on the dotted line Nyong’o […]
[Review] ‘Green Room’ an unforgettable punk rock horror film
Independent director Jeremy Saulnier brings this twisted unforgettable tale of a momentous punk rock attitude crashing into the world of shock and uncertainty in Green Room. Inspiring and struggling hardcore punk rock band members Pat (Anton Yelchin), Tiger (Callum Turner), Sam (Alia Shawkat), Reece (Joe Cole) are delusional punk rockers named the Ain’t Rights. [youtube id=”Q8XSARX3DQg”] Low […]
[Review] The Smart Studios Story
The Smart Studios Story Director: Wendy Schneider Rating: N/A Release Date: March 16, 2016 The Chicago International Movies & Music Festival (CIMM Fest) opened last night with the first Midwest screening of The Smart Studios Story, at The Music Box, and it did not disappoint. The documentary revisits the legendary Madison recording studio that helped birth the […]
[Review] Deadpool
Superhero fatigue: It’s a very real thing, especially at the beginning of a year in which we’ll see Deadpool, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America: Civil War, X-Men: Apocalypse, Suicide Squad, and Doctor Strange representing the superhero film genre. By now, we’ve grown tired of the standard Marvel formula, as showcased by the less-than-stellar reviews of Ant-Man and Avengers: Age of […]