Quick Spoiler Free Thoughts On Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’
Us is a comedic-suspenseful-horror film adding to a body of work that could be the beginning of Jordan Peele’s reign as ‘Master of Horror’. Following up the racially charged hit Get Out, Us feels a bit more expansive and if you’ve seen the trailers you already know…
That Time Orson Welles Got Drunk Filming a Commercial
This addition of Throwback Thursday features Orson Welles. Welles is best known for his legendary career (in front of / behind the camera) in film, theater, television and in radio. From his 1938 broadcast of “The War of the Worlds” to what many consider one…
Why I’m Not Fucking With Amanda Seales Any More
You will see many headlines on blogs and on Youtube calling Amanda Seales a liar due to the allegations she made against former NFL player now neurosurgeon Myron Rolle. Rolle’s inspirational journey as NFL player to medical students has been highlighted in many news outlets over…
The Stigma Attached To Sexual Fluid Male Porn Actors
We are familiar or have heard the term “gay for pay.” This is when straight male porn actors are paid to perform in scenes with another male. The other male could be straight or self-identified as gay. In keeping with the fluidity of sexuality there…
Throwback Thursday – Revisiting The Short Film ‘Slow’
For Throwback Thursday we revisit one of our first short films we featured on the site (over 7 years ago) which happens to also be one of our favorites exploring the act of ‘hooking-up’. I remember when I first watched the short and the feeling…
That Time Shannon Sharpe Shut Jenny Taft Down On Her Double Standards
Last year video was released of Kansas City Chief’s Kareem Hunt assaulting a white woman. While under the influence Hunt can be seen in the footage (below) getting into a verbal altercation with the women (whom nobody knew) while she was outside of his and…
Attempting to Decipher J Cole’s Middle Child Video
While 21 Savage’s A Lot video is my favorite rap video so far this year, J. Cole’s Middle Child is my favorite rap single this year. So of course I was hotly anticipating his video release for the track. Coming off the heels of momentous hip…
Image Comics Presents ‘Excellence’
While I haven’t actually purchased comics in a 4 years, Image comics will always hold a special place for me due to it being the home of my favorite character ‘Spawn’. Before Black Panther gained mainstream name recognition, Black protagonist Al Simmons (Spawn) was the…
Damned If You Blue, Damned If You Don’t
When Disney first dropped their live action adaptation of Aladdin featuring Will Smith as ‘Genie’, folk were upset because he was not blue. Being that the animated version included a blue genie voiced by Robin Williams…folk don’t like change or studios fucking up their nostalgia….
MA – Starring Octavia Spencer
Don’t you hate it when you feel a trailer gives away the whole dame movie? I feel like the trailer for ‘MA’ does just that. From what I can tell the film is a thriller set in a small town. It features MA who appears…
Collector’s Edition of Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys
Some of you may be familiar with the African Spider god Anansi brought into mainstream media by the Starz television series American Gods. American Gods is a novel by Neil Gaiman which mixes mythology and fantasy revolving around ex-convict Shadow. In the television series we…
Can We Just Acknowledge That J. Cole’s ‘Middle Child’ Is the Truth?
I mean…them horns nigga! Producer T-Minus laid that foundation but Cole sealed the deal. You good, T-Minus? Niggas been countin’ me outI’m countin’ my bullets, I’m loadin’ my clipsI’m writin’ down names, I’m makin’ a listI’m checkin’ it twice and I’m gettin’ ’em hitThe real…
Tarell Alvin McCraney’s ‘David Makes Man’
Premiering on the OWN network; David Makes Man centers on a very intelligent 14yr old from the projects who is grappling with the death of his closest friend. He has to make a decision to embrace the streets or his education, which could provide a…
21 Savage Was #1 trending, arrested days later
I had just watched 21 Savage’s video ‘a lot’ featuring J. Cole a couple hours earlier and knew I wanted to do a quick post about it. The video has the dope ass ‘phantom’ J Cole verse. It’s directed by Aisultan Seitov and the backdrop…
Bravado & Action are on tap in Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw
I’m not a huge F&F fan, as such, I haven’t seen one of the films in a couple of years. The last one I believe I saw (months after its debut) was F&F 6, which Cypher Ave co-founder Nick Delmacy did a review when it…
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