Spike Lee is returning to politically charged subject matter with the simply titled L.A. RIOTS. Logically enough, it’s about the Los Angeles riots which erupted back in 1992 when white police officers were exonerated in court despite their videotaped pummeling of Rodney King.
AJ and I have been cranking out articles over on brilliantbrown.com, so pop over and check it out. Here’s a little taste:
This week, I’m putting my relationship articles on hold. We’ve been discussing the unfortunate Michael Richards incident for the last couple of weeks, but I think we should understand that the true issue is much larger than Richards. Over the past few days, it seems like the whole of the black community if focused on [...]
Hello all, time for another relationship discussion courtesy of your favorite website. Today, I will be speaking on the topic of staying in bad relationships. Why am I writing about this you ask? I have my own reasoning, but the person who I am directing this to knows my motivation. Anyways, as always, our posts are [...]
Properly Governing Your Relationship
Today’s article is about my theories on how a relationship should be run. There’s going to be usage the “S” word. Not the one you may be thinking about. Instead, today’s word is “submit“. Women (in particular, black women) get up in arms at the mention of the term “submission”. What they don’t realize is [...]
new features on brilliantbrown
Here at brilliantbrown, we’re always trying to make it easier for our readers to participate in discussions and keep track of what’s new on the site. With that in mind, we’re rolling out a few new features to help make our site more interactive and more enjoyable. Read on to find out more about these [...]
For those of you who have not seen it, this is a clip of Michael Richards, aka Kramer from the popular Seinfeld show, doing a comedy stand up and inexplicably getting into a spat with an audience member whom he accused of interrupting his act. Richards made use of racial slurs by repeatedly called [...]
A South Carolina boy, 12, was arrested Sunday morning after his mother called police to report that he had unwrapped a Christmas present without her permission.
If you’re like me and you aspire to be a Bad Mutha F*cka, then check out Samuel L. Jackson’s Official Site where you’ll find Jackson’s filmography, images and multimedia. It’s like a mutha f*ckin playground for fans of all things BA (bad ass).
I dug out some of my old film reviews that got lost in the upgrade. These are short and to the point.
| No. | Title (Year) | Score (10) |
Short Review | Time Stamp |
| 1 | Cars (2006) | 9 | Fun for kids, young and old. Visually stunning. | 2006-06-25 20:58:50 |
| 2 | The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) | 7 | If you liked the first two, you won’t be disappointed. If you thought the other ones were rubbish, then you’ll probably feel the same about this one. | 2006-06-25 21:01:05 |
| 3 | The Break-Up (2006) | 8 | It’s so funny, ’cause it’s so true! I didn’t expect this movie to be as good, or as serious, as it was. | 2006-06-25 21:02:27 |
| 4 | X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) | 8 | Not as good as the previous two, but not as bad as the fanboys are saying. | 2006-06-25 21:04:24 |
| 5 | RoboCop (1987) | 10 | Officially the best movie ever filmed. Period. | 2006-06-25 21:06:24 |
| 6 | Flash Gordon (1980) | 7 | Campy. Silly. But the Queen soundtrack makes me jump on the coffee table and sing along. The whole experience is stupid fun. | 2006-06-25 21:14:12 |
| 7 | Superman Returns (2006) | 8 | Great effects, lots of character development, invokes nostalgia, Spacey is awesome as Luthor! Full review to come… | 2006-06-28 22:39:01 |
| 8 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) | 7 | Very funny. Lots of action. Would be a great movie if it had an ending worth a damn. | 2006-07-11 13:22:42 |
| 9 | Batman (1989) | 9 | Awesome movie! Arguably the best Batman film ever. | 2006-07-11 13:32:19 |
| 10 | American History X (1998) | 8 | It’s captivating, but painful to watch. It’s an awesome movie. This is a movie that makes you think. It loses two points though for a few instances of shoddy editting that have left a few holes in the plot. | 2006-07-13 07:03:26 |
| 11 | A Scanner Darkly (2006) | 9 | Really good movie. Highly recommended. I wrote a full review… I’ll post it tonight. | 2006-07-22 13:00:39 |
| 12 | Hulk (2003) | 7 | I’ve always liked this movie. Ang Lee took some gambles with the theme and direction of this film, and they paid off. Every time I watch this movie, I wonder why people didn’t like it. | 2006-07-24 09:27:58 |
| 13 | Miami Vice (2006) | 8 | It’s a really good summer movie. If you liked Collateral, you’ll like this film. Otherwise, go see something else. | 2006-08-01 09:22:34 |
