GET ON UP (2014) Starring Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd, Viola Davis, Jill Scott, Craig Robinson, Keith Robinson, Octavia Spencer, Brandon Smith, Lennie James, Fred Melamed, Josh Hopkins, Tika Sumpter, Aunjanue Ellis, Tariq Trotter, Aloe Blacc, Nick Eversman, J.D. Evermore, Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, John Benjamin Hickey and Allison Janney. Screenplay by Jez Butterworth and … Continue reading
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In This Cinematic Telling Soul Godfather James Brown Taught Us How to Get On Up
In This Cinematic Telling Soul Godfather James Brown Taught Us How to Get On Up by Brad Balfour Though by no means a perfect film or conventional biopic, the recently released Get On Up wrangles with the complicated life of one of pop music’s pioneers and enduring legends: James Brown, the Godfather of Soul. If … Continue reading
Fading Gigolo (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
Fading Gigolo It’s not very often that you find a movie which explores both male prostitution and Hassidic Judaism. It is even more rare when both of them come out looking kind of charming. But that is where this wistful comedy finds itself. And it is all the more amiable for it. Written and directed … Continue reading
Baggage Claim (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
Baggage Claim It is so rare to find a really good romantic comedy these days that you want to forgive Baggage Claim’s faults. And maybe the movie is just catching me in a good mood, but I think I will. It is hardly trailblazing, trolling in rom-com clichés and some shallow characters and a rather unlikely storyline. We … Continue reading
Kem – Intimacy Never Sounded So Good
Kem Intimacy Never Sounded So Good by Abraham Kuranga In the crowded arena of R&B voices, the artist Kem seems to stand out. He wouldn’t have it any other way. This Detroit native came, unexpectedly, from the depths of poverty and hardship to become one of the most recognizable voices in Adult R&B/Jazz today. Bolstered … Continue reading