Thursday, December 22, 2022

Happy Birthday Basquiat

 On Jean-Michel's birthday, December 22nd, I decided to tweet a thread of my tweets about him. Check them out as well as an Instagram post I made about him below.

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Spider-Man: No Way Home - Audience Reactions

 πŸš¨Spoiler Alert 🚨 


If you’re here I hope you have seen Spider-Man: No Way Home so below is the list of the biggest audience reactions I noticed at the screening I went to. 

Saturday, December 18, 2021 IMAX theater in Manhattan, New York. 

I saw the film at a mostly sold out—9AM screening. It is only the THIRD in theater movie I’ve seen since the pandemic started in March 2020 and it’s definitely the biggest audience I have been in. 


Below are the biggest audience reactions. 


πŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒThe appearance of CHARLIE COX as “Matt Murdock” 

and then πŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™Œ when he caught the brick 🧱 

πŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒThe appearance of DOC OCK

πŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒThe appearance of GREEN GOBLIN 

 

πŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒThe appearance of WILLEM DEFOE (mask off) 


About the older actors, as I stated in my Review “I must say that the “de-aging” technology was really outstanding.” 


πŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒThe appearance of ANDREW GARFIELD

 

πŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒThe appearance of TOBY MAGUIRE 


πŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™Œ When all three Spider-Men πŸ•·πŸ•·πŸ•·, masks on, were swinging and landed together  


πŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒWhen JAMIE FOXX said “I thought you were black” to ANDREW GARFIELD. An allusion to MILES MORALES. 


πŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™Œ When ANDREW GARFIELD saved MJ (ZENDAYA) πŸ₯²πŸ₯²πŸ₯²


When the three Spidermen hugged πŸ₯²πŸ₯²πŸ₯²


πŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™Œ In the POST CREDIT scene of the Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) TEASER when ELIZABETH OLSEN appears as WANDA/SCARLETT WITCH 


There probably were a few that I missed, but those were the biggest reactions from the audience I saw the film with.


In reviewing this film, movie critic Sean Chandler said that there’s something about the shared experience of seeing a movie in theaters versus watching them at home. 

As he said “If you watch that at home, it’ll be great to see ‘em. It’s not the same thing as experiencing that with a room full of people that are just as excited as you. It’s not the same thing.” 

I agree. 

Friday, March 22, 2019

Black Animated film 'Hair Love'

I donated to the Kickstarter (fundraiser) for this film. You can read more about that below and more about this film and the other films I donated to at the 'Nother Brother Entertainment blog at the bottom.




#TBT From AUGUST 2017 my post about HAIR LOVE that was just announced yesterday as being picked up by SONY PICTURES ANIMATION.πŸ™ŒπŸΎπŸ–€ You can read more about that @ the new link @ the bottom and also @ the Link in my BIO☝🏾 REPOST: When the short film #HairLove was announced a month ago I knew I had to be a part of it.❤️ 'Hair Love', is a 5 minute animated short film that centers around the relationship between an African-American father, Stephen, his daughter, Zuri and her hair. It's a story about an African American father trying to do his daughters hair for the first time. As the creator of this project @matthewacherry put it, "I've had the idea for this project for a couple of years now, but it wasn't until I recently started coming across a lot of viral videos of black fathers interacting with their sons and daughters online that I finally had the confidence to try and make this a real thing." See this story is ALL TOO REAL to me. One morning☀️before school, I TRIED to do my daughter's hair and it was an EPIC FAIL!🀦🏾‍♂️ I tried to do her hair the way I'd seen her mother do it dozens of times, but I was failing miserably and her school bus 🚌 was due to arrive soon.πŸ™‡πŸΎ I eventually put something together, but I wouldn't call it a hairstyle or "done". 🀦🏾‍♂️ She made her bus, but I felt so bad for her that day.πŸ˜₯πŸ˜” After that, the only thing I did with her hair was grease her scalp after it was braided (pictured, top left) and I did that WELL! πŸ‘ŒπŸΎLOL On a last note: Any resemblance between the shirt color of the animated father and mine I'm sure is pure coincidental. LOL πŸ˜‚ Because of almost 5,000 people that backed 'Hair Love' it surpassed its initial goal of $75K and is currently the most funded short film in the history of @Kickstarter raising $284K, 378% of its goal.πŸ™ŒπŸΎ πŸ”·NEW LINK: “Sony Animation Picks Up ‘Hair Love’ Short From ‘BlacKkKlansman’ EP Matthew A. Cherry” https://deadline.com/2019/03/blackkklansman-executive-producer-hair-love-film-matthew-a-cherry-sony-pictures-animation-kickstarter-1202579320/ also @ the Link in my BIO☝🏾
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MARCH 20, 2019
Sony Animation Picks Up ‘Hair Love’ Short From ‘BlacKkKlansman’ EP Matthew A. Cherry



Click the titles below

Why I Donated to AFFRM


Why I Donated to Spike Lee’s Fundraising Campaign



Friday, March 15, 2019

'Marshall' movie review

BELOW is my Instagram review of the 2017 film Marshall, starring Chadwick Boseman, reposted by the film's director on HIS Instagram.

 SYNOPSIS: Young Thurgood Marshall faces one of his greatest challenges while working as a lawyer for the NAACP. Marshall travels to conservative Connecticut when wealthy socialite Eleanor Strubing accuses black chauffeur Joseph Spell of sexual assault and attempted murder. He soon teams up with Sam Friedman, a local Jewish lawyer who's never handled a criminal case. Together, the two men build a defense while contending with racist and anti-Semitic views from those who deem Spell to be guilty.

 Release date: October 13, 2017 (USA)

 Director: Reginald Hudlin

 Read my review below.



#Repost @dankwa ・・・ #MarshallMovie Review: Straight up and down, I enjoyed this movie far more than I thought I would. The trailers did not do the film justice in my opinion and the full film is far better. Director REGINALD HUDLIN, who did a great job with the period setting, crafted this movie like a superhero tale. The hero is up against insurmountable odds and he has his trusty sidekick to help him out of this latest debacle. This is NOT a #ThurgoodMarshall BioPic, but a “case in the life”. In comic parlance, I’ve heard this called an “origin story” and that’s exactly what it was. What sold this picture for me were the performances. They were really good to terrific! The lead prosecutor played by DAN STEVENS, in a really good performance, didn’t come off as a mustache twirling racist and neither did the judge, played by the always brilliant JAMES CROMWELL. The “defense table” of CHADWICK BOSEMAN, JOSH GAD and STERLING K. BROWN each were terrific! I wanted to see this movie, but I kinda didn’t know what to expect. It’s really good and I think young and old will enjoy it.
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Wednesday, October 11, 2017

LYRICS UNCENSORED Eminem's BET Hip Hop Awards Trump Rap [VIDEO]

Lyrics from CNN, I just uncensored them. Watch the VIDEO below and below that, the lyrics.

"It's the calm before the storm right here
    Wait, how was I gonna start this off?
    I forgot... oh, yeah
    That's an awfully hot coffee pot
    Should I drop it on Donald Trump? Probably not
    But that's all I got 'til I come up with a solid plot
    Got a plan and now I gotta hatch it
    Like a damn Apache with a tomahawk
    Imma walk inside a mosque on Ramadan
    And say a prayer that every time Melania talks
    She gets a mou... Ahh, Imma stop
    But we better give Obama props
    'Cause what we got in office now's a kamikaze
    That'll probably cause a nuclear holocaust
    And while the drama pops
    And he waits for shit to quiet down, he'll just gas his plane up and fly around 'til the bombing stops
    Intensities heightened, tensions are risin'
    Trump, when it comes to giving a shit, you're stingy as I am
    Except when it comes to having the bitches to go against me, you hide 'em
    'Cause you don't got the fucking nuts like an empty asylum
    Racism's the only thing he's fantastic for
    'Cause that's how he gets his fucking rocks off and he's orange
    Yeah, sick tan
    That's why he wants us to disband
    'Cause he cannot withstand
    The fact we're not afraid of Trump
    Fuck walkin' on egg shells, I came to stomp
    That's why he keeps screamin' 'Drain the swamp'
    'Cause he's in quicksand
    It's like we take a step forwards, then backwards
    But this is his form of distraction
    Plus, he gets an enormous reaction
    When he attacks the NFL so we focus on that
    Instead of talking Puerto Rico or gun reform for Nevada
    All these horrible tragedies and he's bored and would rather
    Cause a Twitter storm with the Packers
    Then says he wants to lower our taxes
    Then who's gonna pay for his extravagant trips
    Back and forth with his fam to his golf resorts and his mansions?
    Same shit that he tormented Hillary for and he slandered
    Then does it more
    From his endorsement of Bannon
    Support for the Klansmen
    Tiki torches in hand for the soldier that's black
    And comes home from Iraq
    And is still told to go back to Africa
    Fork and a dagger in this racist 94-year-old grandpa
    Who keeps ignoring our past historical, deplorable factors
    Now if you're a black athlete, you're a spoiled little brat for
    Tryina use your platform or your stature
    To try to give those a voice who don't have one
    He says, 'You're spittin' in the face of vets who fought for us, you bastards!'
    Unless you're a POW who's tortured and battered
    'Cause to him you're zeros
    'Cause he don't like his war heroes captured
    That's not disrespecting the military
    Fuck that! This is for Colin, ball up a fist!
    And keep that shit balled like Donald the bitch!
    'He's gonna get rid of all immigrants!'
    'He's gonna build that thang up taller than this!'
    Well, if he does build it, I hope it's rock solid with bricks
    'Cause like him in politics, I'm using all of his tricks
    'Cause I'm throwin' that piece of shit against the wall 'til it sticks
    And any fan of mine who's a supporter of his
    I'm drawing in the sand a line: you're either for or against
    And if you can't decide who you like more and you're split
    On who you should stand beside, I'll do it for you with this:
    Fuck you!
    The rest of America stand up
    We love our military, and we love our country
    But we fucking hate Trump"

    Thursday, April 27, 2017

    Do The Right Thing Way

    When I found out this was going down (August 29, 2015), I was like "Hey, I should be there!" 

    Of course I posted on social media about it and below 



    [VIDEO] #Rp @40acresandamulefilmworks Mad #MadProps 2 @djspinna #BKLovesMJ #DTRTway #BlockParty. #DJSpinna on the 1s & 2s was pure fireπŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ When I got there he was STR8 KILLING the #MichaelJackson song mixes—and THEN after they unveiled the #DoTheRightThingWay sign yo played like every #Brooklyn MC ever. LOL Of course we had #JayZ #Biggie, #BigDaddyKane, but yo put on dat #MCLyte, dat #AudioTwo (the Two audio) #LilKim—it was ill! Suffice it to say #NowFollowing!πŸ‘ŠπŸΎ I agree pretty much with everything by this next dude #Repost @iamdeanedwards: 
I gotta send a special shout out & #SALUTE to my man 50 Grand, @djspinna & @keistarproductions for holding #BROOKLYN & The #BrooklynLovesMJ party down for over 6 hours. Go follow one of the #iLLest DJ's & nicest dudes that I know & make sure you catch him live when he's throwing one of his #StevieWonder aka #WONDERFull or #MJvsPrince tribute celebrations. #BrooklynsFinest #SupportRealDJs #PolyRhythmAddicts
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    LOTS of great PHOTOS of the day at Gothamist HERE 

    The prior year I went to

    'Do The Right Thing' 25th Anniversary in Brooklyn [VIDEOS]

    Click the link above to read what I wrote

    Friday, April 7, 2017

    The 'Get Out' TV Miniseries

    Arwork: Taj Tenfold
    Maybe I watch too much Law & Order and The X-Files, but I would like to see more of the stories introduced in the blockbuster film Get Out further explored in some type of investigative police procedural.

    FIRST, I have to give some background on the film. This next part is VERY spoiler filled so…


    BACKGROUND ON THE PLOT IN GET OUT 


    The film in a nutshell is when Chris (Daniel Kaluuya, pictured above left) goes home with his white girlfriend Rose (Allison Williams, pictured above right), he is apprehensive as she hasn't told her parents that he is black. Once they get there things turn creepy. Things turn creepy because of the The Order of The Coagula (TOOTC).

    Pic: FoundFlix
    The Order of The Coagula is the cult founded by the mad scientist grandfather of Rose, Roman Armitage (the one who placed second to Jesse Owens) who started the “mad procedure” of extended-life through brain-transplantation.


    Rose’s parents Dean and Missy Armitage (pictured above) who turn out to be “mad scientists” their damn selves have furthered TOOTC experiment through Dean’s surgeon skill and Missy’s hypnotic skill. Part of their new procedure is to keep the original consciousness of the victim as it remains in a void called the Sunken Place.

    Pic: FoundFlix
    The Sunken Place keeps the original consciousness of the victim and allows the new transplanted person to retain the skills of the original person.

    Andre Hayworth
    Basically, like one of the featured victims in the film Andre Hayworth, a jazz musician, played by LaKeith Stanfield, had his body taken, the brain of an older white man put into his body, but retains his ability to play jazz. Chris’ body is selected for a blind man because of his artistic eye as a photographer.

    Pic: FoundFlix

    Near the end of the film Chris finds a box of photographs of his girlfriend Rose and several other black men. There’s also a picture of her and her parents employee Georgina, but Georgina looks very different than she does now.

    Without giving too much more away, Chris gets away from the crazy family and at the end is rescued by his cousin Rod.

    The thing is though, what happened to the other victims of The Order of The Coagula procedure? That’s what I WANT to know.

    THE MINI-SERIES © 

    Let me start by saying I DO NOT want to see a sequel or a regular television series. Even my beloved Law & Order and The X-Files ran out of ideas eventually.

    I can see the government forming a special task force to investigate not only The Order of The Coagula (TOOTC), but their victims. There have obviously been several victims of TOOTC procedure and are living new lives. Much like Andre Hayworth who is now living as Logan King, husband to Philomena King.

    Philomena and "Logan" King

    I would like to see a federal task force something akin to The X-Files led by none other than Detective Latoya played by Erika Alexander in Get Out.

    Erika Alexander

    She can Co-Lead the task force with some federal agent who’s a skeptic of course. She by now is totally invested in the case having been fingered as the detective who ignored it in the first place. She has a lot to prove. Of course you have to add some type of doctor/neurosurgeon to the task force to explain certain scientific things. To add levity to the team you can add Lil Rel Howery reprising his role of Rod Williams from Get Out.

    Lil Rel Howery
    It appears Chris is still too traumatized to participate and Rod is their closest attachment to the case. He knows as much about the case, maybe more, than Detective Latoya.

    Graphic: Black Girl Nerds

    Their immediate task is to find “Patient Zero”, the first successful TOOTC transplant. Each episode they find other “transplants” as they call them and no one seems to want to cooperate. Some even become dangerous. I would also like to see what it might take to prosecute some of these people. What would the charges be?

    I think the potential storylines are RIPE with possibilities. Basically it’s–whatever happened to the other victims of this nefarious plot?

    That’s all I have, or are willing to develop for something, that probably will never happen. I just thought it was a fun exercise like the one I did for the non-existent sequel Set It Off 2, the number of hits to that idea to date is over 60,000. Whodathunk that?

    If anything, Get Out has got me looking at my black horror movie I wrote back in 1998...



    On the 'Nother Brother Entertainment blog I wrote a full review of Get Out HERE