“Deadpool” Is A Dead Ringer For Success

If you think that it is mysterious that you haven’t heard anything bad about “Deadpool”, there’s nothing more to be said about it except that the movie is just that good in it’s own very special p#### mouthed way. As a counterculture masterpiece, it works studiously well in spite of what most would call the […]

"Deadpool" starring Ryan Reynolds. Photo credit Joe Lederer courtesy of 20th Century Fox.

“Triple 9” Promises Big But Comes Up Light

At first glance, “Triple 9” has everything going for it as a made to order cops and crooks morality to morass type of tale. The cast is bananas, starting with no less than Chiwetel Ejiofor, Casey Affleck, Anthony Mackie, Aaron Paul, Norman Reedus, Woody Harrelson and Kate Winslet rounding things out in a close to unrecognizable […]

"Triple 9" Movie Poster courtesy of Open Road Films

Zoolander 2: Less Than Picture Perfect

To the credit of it’s creators and press team, “Zoolander 2” has had an incredible social media campaign leading up to the release of the actual movie itself this February 12, 2016 in advance of Valentine’s Day weekend. Indeed the intricacy and spot on nature of the campaign is a wholly self sufficient and brilliantly satisfying […]

Left to right: Owen Wilson plays Hansel, Penelope Cruz plays Valentina Valencia and Ben Stiller plays Derek Zoolander in Zoolander No. 2 from Paramount Pictures.

“How To Be Single” Gives Good Valentine

Going into this Valentine’s Day holiday weekend, “How To Be Single” does something that is refreshingly different from your typical Valentine’s Day Chick Flick movie fare. Rather than staying inside it’s box via delivering come cute laughs and an obligatory good cry scene about the difficulty of being alone, “How To Be Single” actually investigates […]

"How To Be Single" Dakota Johnson and Rebel Wilson, courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

Golden Boy’s Next Big Fighter? Julian Ramirez

It would appear that Golden Boy Promotions is betting big on Los Angeles boxing prospect Julian Ramirez.  With a perfect record of 15-0, with 8 of those wins via KO, Ramirez is set to fight his greatest opponent yet as the headliner against Chris “the S.D. Kid” Martin (28-6-3, 9 KOs) for the vacant WBC […]

Golden Boy Prospects Abraham Lopez, Julian Ramirez and Pablo Rubio Jr. Photo credit Kylie Krabbe for Whyufight

Killing The “American Dream” Of #OscarsSoWhite

Call me crazy, but from a pragmatic point of view maybe this whole #OscarsSoWhite situation isn’t so bad.  Yes, it’s terrible that people of color would seem to be chronically if not systematically underrepresented by The Motion Picture Academy when it comes to the bestowing of Oscar nominations, as well as the actual Oscar award […]

"Barbershop: The Next Cut" Sneak Peak Preview

Opening nationwide on April 15th, Warner Bros. Pictures in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures  and New Line Cinema is coming out with the third installment of the beloved “Barbershop” movies with “Barbershop: The Next Cut.”  In this continuation of the story that we have come to know and love, the streets may have changed for the […]

Barbershop The Next Cut. Nicki Minaj. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

Beyonce Crashes Tarantino And Tatum's "Hateful" Lip Sync Battle

Never one to fail pull out all of the stops when it comes to a thoroughly modern means of promoting a movie, especially when it’s a nontraditional retelling of America’s checkered past with post civil war race and gender relations, Quentin Tarantino was up front and center when Channing Tatum, his “secret” “The Hateful Eight” star, was dueling it out against wife Jenna […]