In anticipation of the remake of the 1976 girl-group melodrama Sparkle -- Whitney Houston's posthumous film appearance and her return to movies after a 15-year absence -- we look back at the handful of celluloid performances by the woman once known as "the Voice." Houston's pipes certainly get a w ... More >>
For many, especially black people who see in her a mockery of our own grandmothers, Tyler Perry's Madea is little more than a mammy -- an insult to the matriarchal community figure that Perry claims to celebrate. And unforgivably, when compared to Flip Wilson's Geraldine or even Martin Lawrence's Bi ... More >>
Tyler Perry is on the outs with everyone — except Oprah and Barack
The facilitator talks Obama, art, the DNC and Fairey's Denver arrest
Straight out of Shakespeare
Also Superhero Movie, Flawless and more
SHUTTER Toshio, that malicious, pale little boy from The Grudge, will follow you home with his pissed-off mother in tow and maybe rip your jaw off. Ringu’s watery witch Sadako will reach out from your TV set and paralyze you with her stare of doom. Megumi (Megumi Okina), the roving angry spirit at ... More >>
Also Shutter and Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns
Sixteenth annual event circles the globe
Also, The Hills Have Eyes II, Air Guitar Nation and After the Wedding
How Fences divided a community
August Wilson's Fences, Buddy and this week's pick, Because They Have No Words
This week's theater pick. Also reviews of Fences and This is Our Youth
For the week of April 28 - May 4
Why is Hollywood so full of whores?
TV in black and white
Dylan's visions, Lequizamo's Freak, Debbie Reynolds among the demons, Africans in America
Men, money and Terry McMillan
