The Avengers Age of Ulton Trailer has been released and I keep watching it over and over again. I have not been this excited about a film since the first Xmen movie was slated to be released years ago.
I just want any world order event like an Eboli outbreak to be post poned long enough for this film to be released. Yes I am comic fanatic!
The Avengers Age of Ulton Trailer movie trailer boast a roller coster ride of action and thrills but the real reason I am so psyched about this film is they are finally bringing forth one of my favorite characters the sexy, red haired, vixen of spells and probability, The Scarlet Witch!
You guys know I love me some Divas so I am so glad we get to finally see the Scarlet Witch! She will be joined by her white haired speed demon brother, Quicksilver.
They have been prepping us for Scarlet Witch in both Xmen Last Days and the last Captain America film.
Hey guys I usually do not get into Disney films at least not since I was a kid and started with Fantasia but something about the Maleficienttrailer intrigued me.
So I went to see Maleficient today starring her royal fierceness Angelina Jolie.
Before I get started you know I always have to share my movie pet peeves. Folks who get to the film late and instead of finding a discreet seat on the side want to march and crawl over you to get to prime seats in the middle.
Also what is up with ushers who want to start cleaning while you are still watching the credits? Hey man I paid for this film so enough with the broom!
Rant over back to review.
Maleficient is a cinematic buffet of visual consumption that lay folks and film people will delight in seeing.
I am a fan of Angelina Jolie and unlike other folks I do not demonize her as a man stealing vixen cause really you can't steal a man who does not want to be taken.
Anyway Angelina Jolie gives such depth to the charachter Maleficient who has historically gotten a bad rap as the Mistress of Evil who curses the King's daughter in Sleeping Beauty.
Well the film Maleficient sets the record straight.
Maleficient is really an innocent fairy, one of the strongest of her kind and lives in a very cool fairyland but one day befriends this young boy who grows up to be a very trifling, backstabbling, no account man.
There are two rival kingdoms and the King wants all the resources of the fairyland. Typical greedy monarchies wanting to pillage other lands for their own greed.
Anyway the King attacks and gets a big old can of fairy whoop asshanded to him by Maleficient and some of her woodland posse.
The King wants to be avenged and who steps up but Maleficient's old boo.
This is where we see how old girl got her reputation but they left out the truth.
The trifling ex-boo basically roofies Maleficent and when she wakes up the next day instead of having her virtue compromised her wings have been severed and taken.
This ultimate betrayal justifiably turns Maleficent into a class "A", pissed off, Diva!
From this point on the story aligns itself with the more familiar tale of Sleeping Beauty but we do get to see that Maleficient begins to watch and nurture the growing child and takes on a motherly role in her life.
Who knew Disney could be so dark and edgy but I like this new look.
Maleficient is a very strong female role in that she vascillates between victim, villian and hero.
It is pretty cool to see a film where women do not need a man to save the day. This is all out girl power!
Disney has definitely flipped the script on their own historical formula. This is a great summer film!
I just saw X-men Days of Future Pastand I am still raw with sensory overload. You guys know how long I have been eagerly awaiting this film!
In X-men Days of Future Past we see "old school meets new school" as X-men teams from past and future work to prevent a war between humans and mutants. What is making this war all the more bleak is the presence of a robotic army of Sentinels. Sentinels were originally created to hunt down mutants but with all creations of mass distruction that is not enough, so humans are also eventually targeted.
I went to the first showing of X-men and let's just say I have been pretty spoiled seeing movies during the day. Who knew a first showing would be so crowded! I do not like people I don't know sitting right next to me; folks talking behind me; people who do not eat anything during the film are suspect and who gets up during the film and never returns except for a domestic terrorist, rant over!
Other folks will talk about the storyline and stuff but you guys know how I rate all of the X-men films and that is by how much screen time my favorite weather diva Storm gets in the film! Again not enough screen time but when she is on, she is fierce! Hall Berry returns (with a new wig) to what is becoming an iconic comic book role as the weather goddess Storm!
I am still waiting on when they will really let Storm kick some elemental special effects butt in one of these films. I saw more elemental havoc in the Into the Stormmovie trailer!
I have read the comic book series of X-men Days of Future Past and was aware of the theory of multiple timelines for the future. But being a staunch and loyal Storm fan I was not prepared for seeing her get taken out on the big screen. I doubled over in my seat! I think the guy sitting next to me thought I was having a stroke....lol.
If I have to give some props to a few new comers in the series then standout action scenes will go to the fight scene in the past as Quicksilver saves the day in an incrediblly, slow motioned, ballet inspired, comedic rescue. Who else added some incredible visual, special effects, flavor to the fight scenes in the future was the temporal displacing vixen, Blink!
Again other folks will cover different aspects of the film but let me just say this film gives you the most superhero eyecandy of any other series.
Yes it's time for an X-Men hunk role call!
First of all we get to see Hugh Jackman reprise his roll as the beefy and surly Wolverine.
I think somebody is on the juice...lol.
There is a shot of Wolverine in all his naked buffness that is worth the ticket price at the beginning. We have Colossus returning along with Iceman but we have a few more new hunks to add to the X-men Hunk calendar. Enter Warpath, Sunspot and Bishop which gives you a We Are the World of diersity version of New Mutant sexiness!
X-Ment Days of Future Pastconinues to explore the historical and complicated relationship of Professor X and Magneto. Just kiss each other and get on with it already guys!
The film also gives much more screen time to the character of Mysique played by Jennifer Lawrence. I understand that they love her character so much that rumor has it she might be getting her own film!
What?
Mystique is not even an X-man!
If one more person gets a film before Storm I am going to cut someday deep with a rusty blade...lol.
You do get to enjoy a kind of class reunion at the end of X-men Days of Future Past, where many of the old gang show up again including Cyclops, Rogue and even Jean Grey! God help us if I have to suffer through her chacter again. One of the only redeeming factors of X-Men Last Standwas that Jean Grey bites it at the end....lol.
Do not get me wrong I love Phoenix but Jean Grey gets on my nerves!
You can always tell the comic book film amateaurs who leave before the credits roll which always reveal some new film sneak peaks! Okay we have two references to Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch, both in X-men and the last Captain America film. I think something very cool is brewing!
Make sure you stay for the credits of X-men Days of Future Pastbecause there is a pretty cool reveal!
This was a great way to start a summer blockbuster movie experience!
Now who is down for starting a petition for a Storm origin film?
Captain America was not one of my favorite comic book heroes and really the only reason I got into him at all was when he was with the Avengers.
I was not aware of the origin of this movie from what comic book but it was still some good storytelling. I did not feel like I needed a lot of backstory to follow the plot.
First of all Captain America is mad buff in this film! Black Widow kicks some major butt in this flick.
But what I was really excited about is that we have two Black heroes in a big summer blockbuster in Nicky Fury and Faclon played by the equally handsome and hunky Anthony Mackie! Dude is really turning into a new Hollywood powerhouse.
This film starts off with action and pretty much keeps a steady pace throughout the film!
Sidenote you know you are a true comic book film fanatic when you realize you are the only one left after all the credits have rolled to reveal what is basically part of the comic book film formula, the final scene.
I could not suppress a comic book squeal when it was revealed that finally one of my favorite Avenger's, the Scarlett Witch was finally introduced along with her fleet footed brother, Quicksilver!
I am so giving a very loud comic book geek squeal. I know I prayed to live long enough to see the first Xmen trilogy but now I am amending that to include the new film in the Xmen saga, "Xmen Days of Future Past."
This film will allow us to see a young and future Professor X and Magneto. This looks like it is going to be an absolutely action packed thrill ride as the mutants battle Sentinels. We also get to see some new mutants added to the mix including Sunspot, Blink, Cable, Warpath and Quicksilver.
But enough about all of that the real reason I am stoked about this film is that we have a return of the Weather Diva herself, Storm!
After being very disappointed in how little they let Storm use her full power in the Xmen trilogy it looks like Storm is finally going to get to kick some elemental ass in this film!
According to Shadow and Act, there is apparently another film being directed by Euzhan Palcy, starring Fantasia Barrino.
Now I am not hating on Fantasia but I do not see her voice nor her acting chops paying appropriate homage to the Queen of Gospel music, Mahalia Jackson but Fantasia might surprise everyone.
Mahalia's voice is so distinctive, moving and authentic. She was an absolute God given talented singer. Mahalia Jackson was a christian woman and was committed to gospel music. She rarely sang in secular environments. The only film she ever did was "Imitation of Life" which still brings me to tears everytime I hear her sing in that film.
I dare you to watch Imitation of Life and try not to do the ugly cry....LOL.
I can see Queen Latifah pulling this off seeing as she can both sing and has some serious acting chops!
Another contender could even be my girl Kelly Price, that is when she is not walking around with a bag of timberlands and vaseline trying shank and beat down her reality co starts on "R & B Divas LA"....LOl.
It is about time a film was made that showcases the incredible talent and contributions of this amazing woman.
So you gospel and music fans who would you like to see playing the great Mahalia Jackson?
Since my corporate liberation last September, I have been looking for
work but have also been working on myself, and I believe I have found a
new purpose.
For someone who taught creativity in an academic environment for more
20 years, I feel as if I have been reborn by immersing myself boldly
and excitedly in the creative process. It is exhilarating to craft a
comprehensive story as an editor through the many trailers I have
created to promote our film.
The film is being co-written by yours truly, along with director
Narcel Reedus. I am also sharing producer responsibilities with Angela
Washington. The mission of ODIJ is to create more than a movie; we want
to create a movement of absent fathers taking that first step to
reconnect with their children.
The subject of absent fathers is a universal theme, as we have seen
this topic discussed on Oprah’s OWN network with special shows featuring
both Oprah and Iyana Vanzant. But we do not have to look outside our
own community to know that the plague of absent father’s has become an
epidemic.
I, along with our director and co-producer, were on a radio show
promoting the film, and I shared this observation: We have always dealt
with the concept of alternative family structure within the
African-American community. But he problem we are seeing today is that
many of our young folks are growing up not only without a father but
with a pool of male authority figures to support them in their
development.
Growing up, nearly all of my friends came from divorced homes. But
like me, their fathers were still very much a part of their lives. We
also had a plethora of other male figures from family, church and
community.
As an educator, I have had to step in and become that father figure
to so many young people. I took on that role sometimes at great
emotional cost to myself because, quite frankly, the needs were just so
overwhelming.
By making this film, we have an opportunity to send a clear affirming
message to not just fathers but to everyone involved that it is not too
late to step up and represent.
We must begin to redefine the notion of fatherhood. Mothers, no
matter how angry, should not hold their children hostage because a
father is not contributing what they feel they should financially. I do
not remember checks from my father, but I do remember Saturday outings,
fishing trips and basically time he spent with me.
I share all this to say that I have found something that makes me
want to get up every morning. I feel alive, creative and full of
purpose.
My evolution has brought many revelations, including that I must ask
for help when I need it. That is why I am asking those that have
supported me in my creative journey to support me and this film. Please
join our Kick Starter campaign.
We have only a few days left to raise funds so that we can make this
affirming film that challenges historical images of black men and
fatherhood.
I know many of you are members of churches, sororities, fraternities
or other organizations that have similar initiatives that mirror the
message of our film. Let us know how we can partner and support one
another.
We often complain that there is not enough positive or affirming
programming to view, so here we have an opportunity to not only support
local filmmakers but invest and be a part of not only a film but a shift
in consciousness as it relates to storylines for African-Americans.
On the site, you can view character trailers, fatherhood initiatives and contribute.
I spoke to my grandmother the other day, and she said she had been
praying for me. I told her that I loved her for that and that I had been
praying as well.
My new mantra is, “God has me,” and I hope my supporters have me as well…..smile.
Diva down! Diva down! I cannot believe we are seeing the anniversary of losing another Diva! Legendary actress and singer Lena Horne known for her timeless ballad "Stormy Weather" died at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, said hospital spokeswoman Gloria Chin.
Ms. Horne was legendary for her beauty and respected for the racial barriers she had to negotiate in an industry that was not always welcoming of folks from marginalized groups. She had to even wear dark make-up so that people would not think a "white woman" was appearing on stage with black musicians.
As blessed as she was aestetically Ms. Horne seemed to understand how her looks made her more palatble to a mainstream audience. She shared, "I was unique in that I was a kind of black that white people could
accept," she once said. "I was their daydream. I had the worst kind of
acceptance because it was never for how great I was or what I
contributed. It was because of the way I looked."
Horne found herself constantly confronting racism during her career.
I was always battling the system to try to get to be with my people.
Finally, I wouldn't work for places that kept us out. ... It was a damn
fight everywhere I was, every place I worked, in New York, in Hollywood,
all over the world," she said in Brian Lanker's book "I Dream a World:
Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America."
The famous and elite have all come out to pay tribute to this Diva.
"It's just a great loss," said Janet Jackson in an interview on Monday.
"She brought much joy into everyone's lives – even the younger
generations, younger than myself. She was such a great talent. She
opened up such doors for artists like myself."
Quincy Jones, a longtime friend and collaborator, shared that Horne was a "pioneering groundbreaker." "Our friendship dated back more than 50 years and continued up until
the last moment, her inner and outer beauty immediately bonding us
forever," shared Jones, who noted that they worked together on the film
"The Wiz" and a Grammy-winning live album.
I remember seeing Lena Horne in "The Wiz" when she delivers a soul stirring rendition of "Beleive In Yourself," to a quivering, crying character Dorothy played by Diana Ross.
Her 1981 one-woman Broadway show, "Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music,"
won a special Tony Award, and the accompanying album, produced by Jones,
earned her two Grammy Awards. (Horne won another Grammy, in 1995 for
"An Evening With Lena Horne.") In it, the 64-year-old singer used two
renditions – one straight and the other gut-wrenching – of "Stormy
Weather" to give audiences a glimpse of the spiritual odyssey of her
five-decade career.
Horne was not only a gifted singer, actress she was also a committed activist.
Horne used her celebrity status for the civil
rights movement, even once throwing a lamp at a customer who made a racial
slur in a Beverly Hills restaurant. She joined thousands of fellow protestors during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom when Martin Luther King
Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.
With all that this incredible woman accomplished I will remember and honor her talent, music and timeless beauty.
You can also check out more information about the film, filmmakers,
characters and support the film through donations on the sitewww.onedayinjunethemovie.com.
This is the latest character trailers for Keisha who is the eldest daughter of the father character
Russ. We will preview various trailers as part of our drip campaign to
promote the film..
I hope you enjoy the trailer as much as I enjoyed putting it together....smile.
You can also check out more information about the film, filmmakers, characters and support the film through donations on the site www.onedayinjunethemovie.com.
This is one of the first character trailers for the main character Russ. We will preview various trailers as part of our drip campaign to promote the film..
I hope you enjoy the trailer as much as I enjoyed putting it together....smile.
