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Terminator Salvation: Quick Review

wordlife — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:22:58 +0000

Common's new film, Terminator Salvation brought in $43 million over the past weekend, coming in second behind Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian's $53.5 million.

...For the most part, it just seemed like Common dressed up in some post-apocalyptic army gear, acting out the part, but not becoming Barnes.

Review: Notorious

wordlife — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:35:23 +0000

Notorious is a pretty good film. It did what was necessary; it told the story of whom many consider to be the greatest rapper of all-time the Notorious B.I.G. And it did it in a BIG way. There were plenty of things in the film that I thought were excellent and just a few that [...]

Reviews for Notorious Coming In

wordlife — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:26:47 +0000

The reviews for the Notorious B.I.G. biopic, Notorious are coming in. Right now it has a 53% at rottentomatoes.com. Click the links below to read several reviews. fhh will have a review up this weekend. New York Times: So “Notorious” settles into a curious comfort zone; it’s half pop fable, half naturalistic docudrama. Not a bad [...]

Review: I Am Legend

wordlife — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:09:50 +0000

Will Smith has come a long way from his early acting days on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Don’t get me wrong, Fresh Prince was the dude that every cat in high school in the late 1980s wanted to be like, but let’s not forget, you can actually catch will mouthing the lines of his [...]

Common – Testify – Short Film

wordlife — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:09:13 +0000

Yo, the full video (or short film) for Common’s “Testify” from his 2005 release Be has been leaked and is available on youtube. The film stars Taraji Henson, Wood Harris, Steve Harris, Kenny Burns and Kevin Black and was directed Anthony Mandler for Boxfresh Pictures. The film was nicely done, following the story of a [...]

Video: Jay-Z (featuring Pharrell) – Blue Magic

wordlife — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:04:21 +0000

Jay dropped the new video for the first single from his upcoming CD, American Gangster (Due Nov. 6). Looks good, I feel a little better about the song after seeing the video. Hype Williams did a great job keeping it raw and dark, to match the feel of the single. What do you think? Share [...]

Jay-Z’s New Video Trailer for ‘Blue Magic’

wordlife — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:13:28 +0000

So, unless you’ve been under a rock you know that Jay-Z is getting ready to drop a new CD, American Gangster, a musical interpretation of the film by the same same (starring Denzel Washington, Russel Crowe, Common, T.I., and RZA). Jay-Z is using this CD to return to his early days of emceeing about his [...]

Video: Kanye West – Stronger

wordlife — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:26:39 +0000

Kanye’s second video off of his upcoming Cd, Graduation. Under the direction of the video extraodinaire, Hype Williams, this joint is definitely not the typical hip hop joint (and that’s a great thing!). The visuals are tight and really bring a lot out of the song (which is a sample of a Daft Punk) song. [...]