The High Note, 2020. Directed by Nisha Ganatra. Starring Dakota Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ice Cube, Zoe Chao, Bill Pullman, June Diane Raphael, Sandra Rosko, Eddie Izzard, Diplo, and Deniz Akdeniz. SYNOPSIS: A superstar singer and her overworked personal assistant are presented with a choice that could alter the course of their […]
Boyz n the Hood at 30: John Singleton’s blistering debut still hits home
George Nash revisits Boyz n the Hood on its 30th anniversary… In 1986, four boys set off to find a dead body. Along the way, they skip jovially along railroad tracks, wade through leach-infested waters and sleep blissfully under the stars. Stand By Me, director Rob Reiner’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novella The Body, is […]
Jack Black and Ice Cube to team up for Sony Pictures comedy Oh Hell No
Jack Black is in discussions to star alongside Ice Cube in Sony Pictures comedy Oh Hell No, the new film from Bad Trip creator Kitao Sakurai. Sakurai is hot property in the comedy world at the moment, having scored a high profile Netflix gig with the Eric André and Tiffany Haddish streaming hit Bad Trip, […]
First trailer for The High Note starring Dakota Johnson and Tracee Ellis Ross
Focus Features has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming music drama The High Note. Directed by Nisha Ganatra, the film stars Tracee Ellis Ross as superstar singer Grace Davis and Dakota Johnson as her overworked assistant Maggie, who are presented with a choice that could alter their careers and change their lives forever; […]
MTV and Ice Cube rebooting Celebrity Deathmatch
The recently-formed MTV Studios is set to revive the cult stop-motion animated series Celebrity Deathmatch, with Ice Cube attached to star as well as executive producing alongside his Cube Vision partner Jeff Kwantinetz and original series creator Eric Fogel. “We’re excited to grow our partnership with Ice Cube and Cube Vision to reimagine this fan […]
Blu-ray Review – Trespass (1992)
Trespass, 1992. Directed by Walter Hill. Starring Bill Paxton, Ice-T, William Sadler, Ice Cube, Art Evans, Tiny Lister. SYNOPSIS: A pair of firemen searching for loot find themselves in a standoff with a gang of drug dealers. Trespass is a 1992 action/crime film directed by Walter Hill (The Warriors/48 Hrs.) and starring the late, great […]
The Biggest Oscar Snubs
Henry Bevan on the biggest Oscar snubs… You can never escape the Oscars. Even once the winner has been crowned, publications start talking about the next crop of hopefuls. There have already been vague articles on this already and people are already talking about Black Panther’s chances at becoming the first superhero movie to get […]
Ice Cube confirms Last Friday is in the works
Appearing on The Late Late Show with James Corden, Ice Cube has revealed that development is underway on a fourth instalment of the Friday series, and while it doesn’t have a release date yet, there is a title: ““We’re working on one right now,” said the rapper turned actor and writer. “We’re gonna call it […]
Second Opinion – Fist Fight (2017)
Fist Fight, 2017. Directed by Richie Keen. Starring Charlie Day, Ice Cube, Jillian Bell, Tracy Morgan, Dean Norris, Christina Hendricks, Kumail Nanjiani, Dennis Haysbert, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Alexa Nisenson, Stephnie Weir, and Austin Zajur. SYNOPSIS: When one school teacher gets the other fired, he is challenged to an after-school fight. Fist Fight is a film difficult […]
Movie Review – Fist Fight (2017)
Fist Fight, 2017. Directed by Richie Keen. Starring Charlie Day, Ice Cube, Jillian Bell, Tracy Morgan, Dean Norris, Christina Hendricks, Kumail Nanjiani, Dennis Haysbert, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Alexa Nisenson, Stephnie Weir, and Austin Zajur. SYNOPSIS: When one school teacher gets the other fired, he is challenged to an after-school fight. Fist Fight is exactly what […]
