Tweet …Unless it’s like the movies after the jump. Originally published on Splice Today. God bless her, but Ana Ortiz is getting us Ugly Betty fans excited for nothing! The actress, best known for playing America Ferrara’s sister on the once-hit ABC series, claims the cast and producers have been “talking” about a movie, continuing a tradition [...]
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Why Your Favorite TV Show Will Never Be A Movie (Probably)
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on April 28th, 2010
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The Life of Films: Black People Watched “Traitor”! Sophisticated Urbanites Heart “Milk”!
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on January 10th, 2010
Tweet Thanks to Racialicious for reposting this! The New York Times has an interesting interactive feature out that maps the top 50 rentals for 2009 based on the Netflix queues from a dozen US cities: New York, Boston, Chicago, Washington, Milwaukee, Dallas, Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Altanta, Seattle and Denver. The list is a [...]
Where the Wild Things Are…For Hipsters, Kids, Cinephiles or Everyone?
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on October 16th, 2009
Tweet UPDATE: The New York Times has a piece about whether the movie is appropriate for children. After seeing Where the Wild Things Are two nights ago, I suspected I would awaken Friday morning to check Metacritic and see a big ol’ 80+ rating on the film from critics. Not so! Okay, it’s a 70. [...]
Big Movies: Bad, Bland, or Misunderstood?
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on July 24th, 2009
Tweet Original over at Splice! UPDATE (12/11): As we approach the Oscars, Avatar‘s chances at a nomination are looking up. Critics aren’t hating on the movie; some are loving it! If you haven’t heard of Avatar, James Cameron’s upcoming monster of a movie—not monster movie—then you will soon enough. Avatar is a sci-fi picture starring [...]
Money Money Money: Slumdog Millionaire Still in Theaters
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on May 14th, 2009
Tweet UPDATE: Two weeks after this post, Slumdog closed in theaters; it made about $10 million more in those two weeks (if you believe, BoxOfficeMojo). Now if only those kids can get paid! Just browsing BoxOfficeMojo, found out Slumdog is still in theatres (where?) and got an update on all the piles and piles of [...]
Holy Box Office!
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on March 9th, 2009
Tweet Madea Goes to Jail and Taken are raking it in! Madea has made $76 million and Taken nearly $200 million since being released. Those are crazy numbers for what are essentially small blockbusters – Madea catering to a black audience and Taken a French-directed film with a British star. Can I also mention that [...]
SAW, the Indie
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on August 12th, 2008
Tweet Am I the last to know that the Saw movies are indies? Note: There’s a reason this isn’t a “Watching” post. I’ve never seen a Saw, and I never will. I really can’t stand the vast majority of horror movies. From the brief plot summaries of Saw I’ve heard from friends, there is no [...]
