Confessions of a Shopaholic

PG | 1 hr 52 mins | Comedy, Drama Movie
A girl wanted a job as a journalist in New York City to support her shopping addiction.

Synopsis: In the glamorous world in New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is very good in the shop - a little too good, perhaps. She wants to work for her favorite fashion magazine, but she does not get it until she got a job as a financial advice columnist for a magazine published by the same company. Like a dream that she finally came true, she went to the ever more extreme efforts to keep her past from ruining her future.

Director: P.J. Hogan
Starring: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Joan Cusack, John Goodman, John Lithgow, Fred Armisen, Julie Hagerty, Krysten Ritter, Kristin Scott Thomas, Leslie Bibb, Robert Stanton, Christine Ebersole, Clea Lewis, Wendie Malick, Stephanie March

Movie Trailer Confessions of a Shopaholic

Sin Nombre: In The Searching For American Dream

There is a little independent Spanish-language movie which likely is very worthy to watch and talk about. The title is “Sin Nombre” (directly translated: “without name”) and it will release limitedly in U.S. this March after previously has accepted the cinematography as well as directing awards, also loads of critical praise at the last Sundance Film Festival. The epic dramatic thriller was written and directed by Student Academy Award winner Cary Joji Fukunaga in his

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When Oscar Fall In Love With Slumdog Millionaire

The 81st Academy Awards show has been safe and soundly held last night from Kodak Theatre and was being televised live by the ABC Television Network. The most prestigious award in Hollywood was hosted by Hugh Jackman who’s taking us on an Oscar’s journey like we've never seen before. And the movie that hauled in the most golden man statues last

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Random Movie News....

Even tho the Oscars annoy the beejesus out of me, I wouldn't be a proper film blog without at least mentioning it, and the two Black actresses nominated, Taraji P. Henson and Viola Davis. One, I've never been a fan of and her tired, overacting style, and the other--well let's just say I saw her on a talk show recently and found her to be wonderful; intelligent, humorous---a serious actress worthy of nomination and more high profile roles. I'll let you guess which is which.

Sergio televised his Oscar predictions below. I have none, cause if it has nothing to do with Mickey Rourke or "The Wrestler" I really don't have much to say on it. Even the clothes don't interest me this year. Here is Sergio--check him out:





Did you know John Singleton directed the Oscar promos this year? I guess he might as well be directin' somethin', cause as of late, it sho ain't movies. What's up, John? And yes, that is Taraji with him in the picture above. What she is wearing I can't even venture to guess...


Martin Lawrence will be starring in a kind of reverse "Coming To America". No title yet, but the plot is described as this:

'The film centers on a working-class man from Queens who discovers he is heir to the throne of an African country and travels there to claim his birthright'.

From IW: Martin is obviously not interested in breaking new ground, but I ain't mad, that mortgage is staying paid. And at least it's not what I blogged about a couple years ago--a big screen remake of his TV show "Martin". Someone must have finally woken up and put the brakes on that wonderful (not) idea.


Happy Birthday to Danny Glover's Robey Theatre company, turning 15 this year. Robey "Is a professional theater dedicated to developing and presenting plays that raise the social consciousness of audiences with work that explores the global Black Experience."

All my folkses in the L.A. area, please try to support Danny and his endeavors. He never gets enough props for dedicating himself to our art and community for decades, imho.


Barry Michael Cooper, writer of New Jack City among other things, who I interviewed for this blog, let me know that he has a new film, "Blood On The Wall$", which you can view in the form of 21 webisodes....perfect viewing while the boss is not looking at work! lol

Make sure you scroll down to see all of the webisodes...you can begin watching this gritty drama HERE.


This is old news now, but Halle Berry might finally do something interesting, while maybe proving once and for all that she actually has acting talent:

'Halle Berry has become attached to star in the Eunetta Boone-scripted film, "Who Is Doris Payne," based on real events. Berry will star as the title character, Doris Payne, an international jewel thief whose career spanned five decades.'

From IW: This is the story of a Black woman who stole fine jewels for decades, at a time when just being Black and in a store that sold them was cause for intense suspicion. The plot sounds fabulous--I hope Halle can pull it off. For a great post related to this film, click HERE for Obenson's thoughts.


Did you know that Preston Whitmore has been financing up and coming filmmakers? One of the films has made it to BET:

'BET has acquired broadcast rights to"Dough Boys," the debut film from Preston Whitmore's Give Back Raise Up Program wherein he finances and produces low budget pictures to give newcomers in front and behind the camera an opportunity to showcase their talent. BET will air the film in May. Paramount Home Video will distribute the DVD.'

From IW: Nice. And speaking of newcomers, received this in my email:

"Good afternoon! My name is Princeton Holt, and I decided to contact you humbly and see if you would at least be interested in seeing my first feature, "Cookies & Cream".

Cookies & Cream is a character piece about a racially mixed single mother, who maintains an adult entertainment job in order to take care of her daughter and herself. The film has seemed to make male audiences feel a bit helpless, which I think has a lot to do with a subtle sexism in the sense that love from a man alone is not enough to dictate this female character's destiny, which I think has been unsettling to several male viewers, although the overall reception from men has been favorable. I would be very interested in hearing a female reaction to this subject.

Again, I really appreciate what you are doing; it is necessary for the survival of true art films about our past, present and future generations. Thank you for your work, as well as your time and consideration. "

From IW: Hmmmm.....it was shown at "The Sexy International Film Festival" (whatever that is), so at the very least, it must be sexy, haha. Here is the teaser:




Last but not least, I really will be reviewing Diary Of A Tired Black Man later today. I was going to do it last weekend, but it really wasn't Valentine's Day fodder. I have to admit, I've been watching and rewatching a lot of stuff on TV lately....did anyone catch the mini movie marathon on TV One yesterday? "Double Take "(blech) with Eddie Griffin, "Hollywood Shuffle", and a low budget independent film called "Traci Townsend" which involves a reporter (Jazsmin Lewis) examining her failed relationships. The movie is trite, and as as I've said before Jazsmin Lewis' acting skills seem to be limited to her innumerable hairstyles, but it is a good segue to my review later. **sigh** A lot of Black male/female relationships seem to be on permanent "fail" lately.....more on that later....



Oh sh*t! I almost posted this without putting this in (thanks sergio). There is an on-line petition against Sasha Fierce playing Angela Davis. For those commenters on my last post, and for the lurkers who also feel that even the mere thought is beyond ridiculous, you can click and sign HERE.

The Pink Panther 2

PG | 1 hr 32 mins | Comedy, Crime, Sequel, Mystery Movie
Inspector Jacques Clouseau is trying to stop a globetrotting thief steal specializes in the historical artifacts.
Synopsis:
When the legendary treasure of the whole world is stolen, including the priceless Pink Panther Diamond, Chief Inspector Dreyfus is forced to entrust bumbling French police detective, Inspector Jacques Clouseau in joining international Detectives team of experts to catch the thief and retrieve the stolen art.

Director: Harald Zwart
Starring: Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Andy Garcia, Alfred Molina, Emily Mortimer, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Lily Tomlin, John Cleese

Movie Trailer The Pink Panther 2

Just Get Closer To Uncover The Duplicity

Tony Gilroy has proved himself a good writer with the Bourne trilogy and as a director, he also came in as a top-notch filmmaker to boot with his critically praised film, “Michael Clayton,” which has garnered seven Academy Award nominations in its time. This year, Gilroy is back to show us which he’s still got those promising talents or not, with the corporate espionage drama “Duplicity.” The plot of the film is about two corporate spies who team up to manipulate a corporate race to corner the market on a medical innovation that will

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Another Hauntingly True Story From Connecticut

Does it matter whether or not a (horror) film is based on a true story? Probably for some it matter, but for me, it makes little to no difference in terms of my enjoyment of the film. Actually, it isn't any more or less scary if their plot is "ripped from the headlines," don’t they? Unless you lived it yourself, how do you actually know what happened? So many made-for-entertainment movies are guilty of stretching reality so thin that it's difficult to

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Whoever Wins In Monsters vs Aliens Battle, We Laugh

There’s always a first time for everyone, if previously it was Disney Animation that brought out their first time effort engaged with 3D technology in “Bolt,” and as you know, recently the master of stop-motion animated film Henry Sellick also attached the gear in his last film, “Coraline,” next, it’s gonna be the time for DreamWorks Animation to occupy the same platform. As well with its competitor, Dreamworks experiencing the

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The Disaster Flick Knowing By Numbers

Summit Entertainment is a previously underrated studio that now has blossomed because of their correct decision to produce big screen adaptation of Stephanie Meyers’ best selling novel “Twilight.” But, will they able to rewind the luckiness with heroes wannabe “Push” and this Alex Proyas directed Sci-Fi, “Knowing”? Summit took on the responsibility to fully finance and distribute “Knowing” that went into turnaround at Columbia Pictures previously. And they

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Two Lovers

R | 1 hr 40 mins | Drama, Romance Movie
A Brooklyn based bachelor is torn between the family friend his parents wish he would marry and his beautiful but volatile neighbor.
Synopsis:
In the insular world of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, Leonard, a charismatic but troubled young man, moves back into his childhood home following a recent heartbreak. While recovering under the watchful eye of his parents, Leonard meets two women in quick succession: Michelle, a mysterious and beautiful neighbor who is exotic and out of place in Leonard's staid world, and Sandra, the lovely and caring daughter of a businessman who is buying out his family's dry cleaning business. Leonard becomes deeply infatuated by Michelle, who seems poised to fall for him, but is having a self destructive affair with a married man. At the same time, mounting pressure from his family pushes him towards committing to Sandra. Leonard is forced to make an impossible decision between the impetuousness of desire and the comfort of love or risk falling back into the darkness that nearly killed him.

Director: James Gray
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw, Isabella Rossellini, Elias Koteas, Moni Moshonov

Movie Trailer Two Lovers

Dis N' Dat....

Yeah, I know, spotty posting. What can I say? If I was paid to blog in a real way, I'd blog every day...I just don't have the wherewithal like someone like The Black Snob...I'm a slacker and semi-proud of it!

For terrific movie news, join Tambay Obenson at the "Obenson Report", which had a veeery interesting dustup on Black Film Festivals HERE (be sure to read the comments), or hop on over to the great Black Cinema blog "Black Film Academy" which also faithfully lists calls for submission for filmmakers and screenwriters.

Onward....

Some of this you probably heard already, but you know I must always add my two cents.

Y'all know how I feel about Bey, so there is nothing more I can add to that. But Beyonce as Angela Davis? Just plain wrong. And Stupid with a capital "S".

What I do want to see is Wesley as James Brown in Spike's bio-pic. Me no likey Mr. Snipes for the past few years, but I am extremely intrigued to see what he and Spike will come with.

A friend of a friend of mine Cheo Hodari Coker, who wrote "Notorious", is now penning the bio-pic for Run DMC. Hmmm...all I know is that going to Stanford University seems to open a lot of doors, no matter what you choose to do in life.

This just in from Planet Duh: Will Smith is now officially the most valuable and highest paid actor in the business, in the world. Who woulda thunk?

Saw this clip of Gabourey Sidibe's audition for the movie"Push", by Lee Daniels, and thought it was interesting. What I don't find interesting, however, is that the film is being fought over by Lionsgate and the infamous Weinsteins. Just give it to Lionsgate you greedy fuckers and let us see a decent Black film for once!



I have been on deck to interview one of the film's producers and Lee's partner, Lisa Cortes, for some time now...I guess I'll have to wait for the final verdict to do it.

Am trying to stay out of the Rihanna/Chris Brown fray, but there is a lot of personal emotional involvement on the part of the general public. Should women be allowed to go ballistic on men with no consequences? How many breaks do you get being famous, even beating someone with the whole world watching? And so on. All I know is that this is just another sad case in Black male/female relationships, where there is already plenty of anger on both sides. Speaking of which, I will be reviewing "Diary Of A Tired Black Man" this weekend.



And speaking of relationships, lovely reader Ms. Lady Deborah (email me your address, girl) wins a copy of "A Good Day To Be Black And Sexy" (I will be interviewing the Director Dennis Dortch very soon so stay tuned). She thought the best Black Cinema love scene was Angela Bassett and Wesley Snipes love scene just holding each other all night after meeting in a hotel was terrifically romantic. She said: "When I think of what scene in a movie provided me with a realistic satisfying moment-it was in Waiting to Exhale. When Wesley and Angie met, cuddled and did not have sex. I believe that came across that way because the real need they had at that moment was being met."

I would tend to agree that sometimes the best sex is sexless. On second thought, maybe just rough and dirty talk sex. Ummm...Ms. Invisible will investigate and report back, haha!


Speaking of Angela Bassett, saw this on Obenson's blog:

Angela Bassett will be stepping behind the camera for the very first time, as director of a film based on a book by Percival Everett called Erasure, stating, "I always thought that I had a third eye, but it's frightening and I always wonder if I can pull it off... It's a good story. I've had opportunities in the past to direct smaller, independent movies and television shows. I never want to do it just for the heck of it."

Erasure has been sitting in my ever-growing pile of books to read for about a year now. It's about an African-American writer who "overcomes" his intellectual tendency to "write white" and ends up penning a parody of ghetto fiction that becomes a huge commercial and literary success.

From IW: Sounds great to me, with a tad of "Bamboozled" in it, it seems....now maybe Angie can give that strong jaw a rest for a while, lol.




thanks black market index and c&d for the bey, wesley pix

Are You Gonna Say Yes To I Love You Man?

Knowing that Paul Rudd (Role Models) and Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) names are yet in another comedy film, don’t we start to think that it has something to do with Judd Apatow again? But, particularly it’s not, although it features a lot of Apatow’s regular actors, but “I Love You, Man” is not one of those comedy that he produced. The Dreamworks production film is produced by Ivan Reitman and both written and directed by John Hamburg, the screenwriter of “Meet the Parents,” “Zoolander,” and “Along Came Polly” and director of “Safe Men” and “Along Came Polly.” For the time being, some reviews for this comedy according to several persons that have seen it at the special screening that was held by

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Saw The Bloody Horsemen

From Producer Michael Bay and his company known as Plantium Dunes, which produced some horror titles like “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and its prequel, “The Amityville Horror,” and also “The Hitcher” which all were count as a remake film, here comes the first “original” work but somehow a rather slowly gaining buzz new horror thriller that is directed by Swedish video music director Jonas Åkerlund, the film called “The Horsemen.” Åkerlund directorial debut was on a little film titled “Spun” back in 2002, means this is his second feature film. The screenplay was written by Dave Callaham, of “Doom” previously as well as

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My Bloody Valentine 3D

R | 1 hr 41 mins | Horror, Remake Movie
A deranged murderer kills amorous couples on Valentine's Day.
Synopsis:
Ten years ago, a tragedy changed the town of Harmony forever. Tom Hanniger, an inexperienced coal miner, caused an accident in the tunnels that trapped and killed five men and sent the only survivor, Harry Warden, into a permanent coma. Then, exactly one year later, on Valentine's Day, Harry Warden woke up and brutally murdered twenty-two people with a pickaxe before being killed. Ten years later, Tom Hanniger returns to Harmony on Valentine's Day, still haunted by the deaths he caused. Struggling to make amends with his past, he grapples with unresolved feelings for his ex-girlfriend Sarah, who is now married to his best friend Axel, the town sheriff. But tonight, after years of peace, something from Harmony's dark past has returned. Wearing a miner's mask and armed with a pickaxe, an unstoppable killer is on the loose. And as his footsteps come ever closer, Tom, Sarah and Axel realize in terror it just might be Harry Warden who's come back to claim them.

Director: Patrick Lussier
Starring: Jensen Ackles, Jaime King, Kerr Smith, Betsey Rue, Edi Gathegi, Tom Atkins, Kevin Tighe, Megan Boone

Movie Trailer My Bloody Valentine 3D

Coraline: Magical Antique World In Every Dimension

Visually inventive, and with Neil Gaiman's able storytelling behind it, “Coraline” is one of those kids films that will have a lot to offer adults as well as kids, although it's likely too intense for some of the child viewers. Henry Selick is also repeating his slick experience when handling “The Nightmare Before Christmas” some years ago with this 3-D stop-motion animated film that was over three years in the making. Adapted from Gaiman’s best selling and prize-winning young-adult novel with the same name, “Coraline” is an unusual fantasy adventure story that contained odd and macabre sense of humor, also

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Hottest ringtone for your cellphone

Handphone has become a part that cannot be separated from our daily life. Now we can communicate easily. If this technology is already found since a long time ago, scenarios of "Gone with the wind" should be replaced. In that film, the communication is very difficult if you want to call someone.
Today cellphone not only function as tool to contact someone and send SMS but we can also see the movie and hear the mp3 from our telephone. Today handphone also equipped with a camera so you can take photos from your mobile phone. When first released, mobile phones have only a mono ringtone. Then polyphonic ringtone and now we can use a song as ringtone. Today, one of the most people like to do with their cellphone are replacing their mobile phone ring tones.
Many people find new ringtone from the internet. Indeed, many sites on the Internet provide ring tones. There are providing paid ringtones or free ringtone. If you include people who like to change mobile phone ringtone or wallpaper, you can search through a search engine to find where to download the hottest ringtone available online. Find mobile phone Ringtones
and get the newest tunes on your cell phone today.

Sepuluh-Film Indonesia

Indonesia Drama Movie
No need the perfect life to find the perfect love. Young Director Henry Riady try to send this message in his first movie; Sepuluh (Ten).
Synopsis:
Yanti (Rachel Maryam) was lost her daughter and being trap by her husband in prison ten year ago. She met a child named Mongky (Yofana) who was forced by Dargo (August Melasz) as a beggar in the street of Jakarta. Meanwhile, Thomas (Ari Wibowo) is a widower who had to buy a kidney illegally for David, his son. The only way to save David is doing with kidney transplants. He wants to buy from Dargo. Dargo choose Mongki as a kidney donor for David. Yanti know that Dargo make exploitation of children and sell their organs illegally. Yanti realize many children are missing, and she was afraid if Mongky will also be lost. Before surgery is done, a secret from the past revealed.

Director: Henry Riady
Starring: Ari Wibowo, Rachel Maryam, August Melasz, Keke Harun, Yofana, Gesar, Prana, Donny, Mario Tanzala

Movie Trailer Sepuluh ( Ten )

Our Mission is to Watch Over The Watchmen

When “The Dark Knight” opens our eyes with a new way to watch a superhero films, in their more realistic world and forms, it soon become somewhat a flux in this genre that seemingly will be still going on, especially with the release of the next film in the enthusiasm of comic book adaptation, “Watchmen.” Offering a complex, multi-layered mystery adventure of band of superheroes, “Watchmen” graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons was fist published in 1986 and has had a huge influence on both the comics media and popular culture, although it’s quite unfamiliar to the general public. In 2005, Time magazine placed "Watchmen" on

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Movie Review: Black, Sexy, Love--- Finally!

It has been discussed on this blog several times how Black sex/love/intimacy is rarely shown in films, especially in a realistic way.... really maybe not since the Blaxploitation of the 70's. Well, the film I am reviewing in this post certainly leaves those longings in the dust.

Had the pleasure of seeing "A Good Day To Be Black And Sexy", and wowee. I. Freaking. Loved. It. I don't even know where to start.

It is a series of vignettes that show the perils and beauty of love and sex with several Black couples; the adulterous situation, the selfish lover, the love relationship that hits you out of the blue.

It opened with an "O" face shot, and a scene I wasn't too crazy about called "Reciprocity", in which a woman gets hers (downtown ifyaknowwhatimean) and doesn't want to reciprocate. "Oh boy, here we go", I thought, rapidly losing interest and thinking that this must be a typical, low budget outlook on Black male/female relationships...but after that--just wow. The next story, called "Her Man", involves a couple--the man being married, and the woman--being the mistress--making the mistake of starting to care too much, and making the inevitable demand for him to spend more time with her and being jealous of wifey. It is so real, so natural, and rang so true you it makes you think "damn, they really got this". It made me super curious to see the rest....and no matter who you are, you will find a strong affinity for at least one of these vignettes.

Some of the movie shows the beautiful, powerful side of Black love, some of it shows the ugliness, which is just as powerful, sometimes even more so if you let it be so. It is intelligent, humorous, and yes, sexy and erotic. Sometimes it was so sexy that it made Ms. Invisible hot in her seat, but I won't go much further into detail as sometimes Poppy Invisible, my father, peeks in here once in a while. My favorite is the story "Tonight, Part II", and I immediately had an hour long crush on both the male and female leads. It was absolutely affecting in it's magnetism...it shows how the power of silent, unknown attraction can be so mighty in it's power and emotion, it just makes all logic go out the window. You are completely out of your realm and comfort zone, but you are almost Zen in your focus that all you want is this person, and nothing else is really as important.

It made me remember one comedian, who I was meeting for the first time to set up a styling session, was at a radio station giving an interview. While I was sitting there in reception listening to him talk, I found myself becoming immensely attracted to him, I don't even know why. He looked out of the glass a couple times, but nothing seemed to register on his face--I didn't even think that he saw me. When the interview was over, he promptly came out, walked straight over and laid his body on the back of the sofa I was sitting on, and just started touching my neck and arm, real soft. In a normal situation that would have completely freaked me out, but at that time it felt like he should be doing it--and he did it before he even said hello to me.


"Tonight, Part II" is a story like that, and you drink in all of it with all of your senses. Director Dennis Dortch has one hell of an amazing eye for just beautifully sensual shots, focus, and colors that make you just feel it in your bones. Even the sound of beads clicking in someone's cornrows, or the way someone's t-shirt fits looks/sounds/feels sexy. You smell the leather in the seats of someone's car, feel the texture of the sheets on the bed. Even the music is completely on point. The characters were all amazing, in natural acting ability and to look at. I just hate when some people say "oh, they're light, or have good hair, or whatever else, so they must be 'mixed'". Black people are the most diverse in looks on earth, sometimes even in the same family, and Dortch shows us in every shade, color, and hair texture, which I loved. The girl in "Tonight", Mylika Davis, was particularly beautiful to me; young, petite, with a perfect jewel of a dark brown face. Her love interest, Jerome Hawkins, just might be my sixth husband :-)


The last vignette "American Boyfriend", focusing on interracial Black and Asian culture, was sort of a weak finish, but is still miles ahead of any Black Cinema I've seen for months. From what I've read, the stories are supposed to take place in Los Angeles, but everything had the look, feel, and flavor of New York to me.

This is a breath of fresh air movie about real Black love and sexual situations, sometimes almost graphic in it's rawness. It opens you up like a flower, and makes you think about past, present, and future love/lovers. Unless you are just the biggest prude ever, once you finish watching this movie you will be ready to smash anybody with a pulse, haha! It was released yesterday on DVD, Ms. Invisible says check it out, stat.




ANNOUNCEMENT: Black Cinema At Large is giving away a bootleg-free DVD copy of "A Good Day To Be Black And Sexy" in a little, bitty contest. Tell me what you think is the sexiest Black Cinema scene ever and why--my favorite will win this wonderful movie (we may have to vote!) just in time for Valentine's day. Leave it in the comments folkses-contest ends Saturday at midnight, PST!

The Uninvited (2009)

PG-13 | 1 hr 27 mins | Horror, Remake Movie
After being in a psych ward, a teenager returns home to her cruel stepmother, aloof father, and the presence of a ghost in their home.
Synopsis:
A deadly battle of wills begins when Anna returns from a psychiatric facility and investigates the circumstances surrounding her mother’s suspicious and untimely death. While Anna recuperates from the tragedy, her father becomes engaged to Rachel, her mother’s former nurse, and moves her into their home. Anna’s dismay quickly turns to horror when she is visited by her mother’s ghost crying out for revenge and pointing an accusing finger at Rachel. When her father refuses to heed their warnings, Anna and her sister, Alex, look into Rachel’s questionable past. But Anna may be underestimating Rachel and perhaps fatally so.

Director: Thomas Guard, Charles Guard
Starring: Emily Browning, Elizabeth Banks, Arielle Kebbel, David Strathairn

Movie Trailer The Uninvited (2009)

Let’s Celebrate The Season of Love

We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
- Sam Keen, from To Love and Be LovedFebruary is the month for love. With Valentine's Day just right around the corner make it’s so traditional to celebrate love this month. But for me Valentine is not just a day to show the love I have for my better half but to show my appreciation, affection and good feelings I carry for my friends, family and the special people around me. Although I do not need a special day to remind me of that, but having a specific day is a perfect opportunity to celebrate these feelings. The images of love we start to see everywhere are ones of diamonds, chocolates and flowers. These things are easy to associate with affection, aren't they? But somehow,

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Really, Vivica?

Is there ANYTHING this woman won't do for a check? No one can have this many bills to pay...just damn.


Update: Michael K. from D-Listed says this:

"In the meantime, maybe Vivica can ask one of her Psychic Friends where her damn hairline went!"

LMAO!


UPADATE #2 from Sergio:

NEWSFLASH!

Viv now has important announcement regarding the video:

"After an infomercial video and flyers for her alleged campaign with The Psychic Friends Networks hit the web on Monday, actress Vivica A. Fox contacted BV Buzz exclusively to address the matter.

In a statement that the star of ‘Two Can Play That Game’ and ‘Soul Food’ sent via e-mail late Monday night, she declared: “Vivica A. Fox is no friend of The Psychic Friends Network.” Fox is alleging that the footage circulating online “is using her unauthorized likeness, footage, voice and photographs as an endorsement of their service.” Additionally, the actress is demanding that The Psychic Friends Network “cease and desist immediately” with use of the video and images.

Details about why the video was shot or how the images were obtained by The Psychic Friends Network were not explained. In the early 1990s, The Psychic Friends Network was a telephone psychic service hosted by Dionne Warwick that offered a call-in service where viewers could call psychics for $3.99 a minute. The parent company, Inphomation, took in profits of over $100 million within the first few years of the Network’s operation. In 1998, profits for The Psychic Friends Network had plummeted substantially and the company filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy before ultimately closing."

So I'm confused. Is she saying that she didn't make the video and that somehow they took footage of her from something else and put it into this video

OR...

Is she simply embarassed by all the comments she's been getting about how low her career has slid and is trying to regain some diginity?

What say you all?

New in Town

PG | 1 hr 36 mins | Romantic Comedy Movie
A business woman adjusts to her new life in a tiny Minnesota town.
Synopsis:
Lucy Hill is an ambitious, up and coming executive living in Miami. She loves her shoes, she loves her cars and she loves climbing the corporate ladder. When she is offered a temporary assignment in the middle of nowhere to restructure a manufacturing plant, she jumps at the opportunity, knowing that a big promotion is close at hand. What begins as a straight forward job assignment becomes a life changing experience as Lucy discovers greater meaning in her life and most unexpectedly, the man of her dreams.

Director: Jonas Elmer
Starring: Renee Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr., J.K. Simmons, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Frances Conroy, Mike O'Brien, Rashida Jones

Movie Trailer New in Town

See you idol in action at concert

Do you like the concert and want to come directly to the concert? Many people prefer to come directly to the concert to see their idol than only see through television. The atmosphere at the concert is very different than at home. You can feel and react directly with your idol in concert. Hence it is not surprising if many people willing to queuing for hours to get their tickets.
If you include one of the people who like to come to a concert, you can buy cheaper tickets with the purchase through a broker. You can have advice, and provide expertise from professional ticket broker.
Give it a try and get the lowest possible ticket prices when you see you idol in action at concert!

This N' That....

I have a lot to talk about, but will only post about a few things, cause I don't wanna spend 3 hours on a post.

Did you know that Idris Elba was joining "The Office"? From Eurweb (thanks Sergio):

"While details are being kept under wraps, NBC did say the actor will play a no-nonsense hire at Dunder Mifflin's corporate office who rankles Scranton branch manager Michael Scott, played by star Steve Carell."

From IW: Considering the unfortunate film choices Mr. Chocolate makes, maybe he should make TV his home. We'll see how he does on the small screen again. Here is the tired poster for "Obsessed":



For those of you that are curious to see "Medicine For Melancholy", a film I reviewed and in addition did an interview with the director, Barry Jenkins, here is some news:

'IFC Films is still working out the details of our theatrical release. We open in New York on January 30. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Detroit and Seattle will follow in February. Check our website in the next couple weeks for details. You can also catch M4M at home with IFC In Theaters (Video on demand) starting Feb. 4.'

From IW: If you've had the blues regarding the state of Black Cinema, you must see this movie. This week I will also be posting about 2 other indie Black films, "Diary Of A Tired Black Man" and "A Good Day To Be Black And Sexy". To read Sergio's reveiw of Medicine For Melancholy from Ebony/Jet.Com click HERE.


I want to get serious for a moment and say a peaceful journey to the founder and director of The San Francisco Black Film Festival, Ave Montague (that's her in the middle in the picture above). She passed away last week. For a very, very, very brief time, I was the Assistant Director of this festival. While Ave faced many personal challenges, she genuinely lived her life trying to give exposure to little known Black Cinema, as well as giving awards and accolades to our established greats. I hope the festival will be able to carry on, as Ave was the festival....I wish it well.


On to some other type of fodder. Here is the trailer for Eddie Murphy's new one...the story is described as this:

"Eddie Murphy stars as a successful financial executive who has more time for his blackberry than his seven-year-old daughter (Yara Shahidi). When he has a crisis of confidence and his career starts going down the drain, however, he finds the solution to all his problems in his daughter's imaginary world."



Sergio said this about the trailer: "maybe I'm getting senile in my old age but this one looks like it might be cute. I recall the original title was Nowhereland and it was shot almost two years ago".

Ms. Invisible says no comment. But that little girl is all kindsa cute.


And finally, thank you ever so much to Ugly Black John who gave me a helping hand award (as well as 6 others). Mine was for helping him to understand Black Cinema...hmmm...UBJ seems pretty smart to me--I don't think he needs my help. By the way, I am curious to know just how Black and ugly this John really is...I have the sneaking suspicion that he's not so very ugly at all, haha :-)