Q-Tip Plans to Release 25th Anniversary Edition Of ‘The Low End Theory’
Q-Tip chats with BBC about new music, forthcoming TV series and 25th anniversary edition of the Low End Theory.
Category: TV/Film
Blaxploitation Friday: ‘Across 110th Street’
Across 110th Street, 1972 (Sorry, couldn’t find a better poster) Plot summary from imdb: This is a violent urban thriller about a corrupt old white cop and an honest young black cop chasing three black robbers-cum-murderers who ran away with $300,000 that belonged to the Italian mob. The police must find them before the sadistic […]
Vikter Duplaix Chats Master Of The Mix, Teddy Pendergrass, New Album
If the name Vikter Duplaix doesn’t ring a bell, you’ve probably still heard his music. The DJ, singer, songwriter, producer and instrumentalist and has worked with Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, The Roots, Faith Evans, Teddy Pendergrass and more. The Philadelphia native also found time to release his own albums. His third studio LP, Love Machine […]
The New Disney Princesses Make For Less Jaded Women
Children’s fairytales of yore are the stuff that jaded adults are made of, especially women. As children we’re fed that beautiful princess being rescued by Prince Charming and living happily ever after garbage and then we grow up and get slapped repeatedly by harsh reality checks, but I digress. I didn’t mean for that to […]
Blaxploitation Friday: ‘Claudine’
1974 I decided to bring this series back. I’m starting over from the beginning. Here’s the backstory: I transferred my blog from Blogspot to WordPress earlier this year and for some reason my blogger posts don’t want to budge automatically. What I mean by that is, on my WordPress backend, there’s a function that allows […]
Tyler Perry’s ‘For Colored Girls:’ Pros and Cons (A Review)
I’m not a Tyler Perry fan but contrary to a lot of his critics my aversion isn’t extreme. I don’t think all of his work is coonery (some of it is, but that’s another blog) but two of my major problems with him are dialogue and cliches. His work is rife with them. Ntozake Shange’s […]
7 Black Horror Films For A Halloween Movie Night
This is a list I compiled for The BVX. Check it out here! Enjoy your costume day.
The Seven Harry Potters [New Deathly Hallows Trailer]
![The Seven Harry Potters [New Deathly Hallows Trailer]](http://gangstarrgirl.com/wp-content/themes/wp-ellie204/images/def-thumb.jpg "The Seven Harry Potters [New Deathly Hallows Trailer]")
I love the Harry Potter books (yeah, I’m hardcore) but I’ve been disappointed with the movies since Order of the Phoenix. However, the new trailer for part one of the finale looks AMAZING! Uh. Maze. Ing. Check it out while I clean up my drool. Despite splitting this movie into two parts and spacing them […]
For Colored Girls Trailer (Tyler Perry Done Good This Time?)
I. Cannot. Wait. To see this. At first I was nervous when I heard that Tyler Perry (one, a man; two, a sometimes suspect director) was adapting it for film but the trailer looks great! Plus, I spoke to the publicist for the film and she gave it glowing reviews–not just because she was the […]
Mics Do Sound Nice But Some Still Don’t Hear It
BET premiered My Mic Sounds Nice: The Truth About Women in Hip-Hop last night and it was good, really good. I was actually surprised at how good it was. The filmmakers did a superb job conveying the tremendous impact of those of the xx variety on the culture. I didn’t learn anything new but it […]
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