NOTORIUS: Juicy

Official Site:foxsearchlight.com
Director(s): George Tillman Jr.
Writer(s): Reggie Rock Bythewood, Cheo Hodari Coker
Producer(s): Wayne Barrow, Edward Bates, Trish Hofmann, Mark Pitts, Robert Teitel, and, Voletta Wallace.

Starring: Jamal Woolard, Mohamed Dione, Derek Luke, Dennis L.A. White, Marc John Jefferies, Angela Bassett, Naturi Naughton, Anthony Mackie, and Antonique Smith(IMDb). Rated R, 100 minutes.

Biggie Smalls is the illest. Indeed Biggie was one of the illest rappers, and he is definitely a hip-hop legend. The portrayal of his story on the big screen maintained his legendary status gracefully. Biggie's character was not sanitized, nor was he depicted as a violent mindless thug. Mainly, Biggie's life was described as a young man who became a legend from extenuating economic conditions that lead him to become a drug dealer, ultimately realizing his incarceration. Being bored in prison, Biggie wrote rhymes to assuage his boredom, which sharpened his skills as a lyricists. After being released from prison, Biggie linked-up with his old crew, recorded a demo tape that ended up in Diddie's possession, and thus the birth of Biggie Smalls.

Notorious was well casted and well acted; the pace of the film was just right, and the development of Biggie's life was detailed with great craftsmanship.
A very good movie. B+. Stay tuned movieporium.blogpsot.com


Trailer


George Tillman Interview


Biggie Smalls Freestyle


Biggie Casting

Paul Blart: Mall Cop: 555-0178

Official Site: paulblartmallcop.com
Director(s): Steve Carr
Writer(s): Kevin James, Nick Bakay
Producer(s): Doug Belgrad, Todd Garner, Kevin James, Adam Sandler, Jeff Sussman, and Matthew Tolmach.

Starring: Kevin James, Keir O'Donnell,Jayma Mays,Raini Rodriguez,Shirley Knight, and Stephen Rannazzis (IMDb). Rated PG, 87 minutes.

Paul Blart is a hypoglycemic security guard committed to the safety of the customers who routinely shop at the mall where he works. Although Paul displays intense passion for his job, he aspires to be real cop, and one evening when a group of acrobatic robbers scheme to steal 30 million from the mall, Paul Blart proves how much of a real cop he truthfully is.

I was mildly curious about this film, and I planned on seeing it later rather than sooner, but I decided to watch it since I was in the mood to laugh. As I watched the film, I concluded that it was funny but not hilarious; naturally some scenes were funnier than others, but again, it was mildly funny, and not intensely funny. Although Paul Blart did not make me laugh feverishly, like many films it had its memorable moments, such as the scene where Paul Blart gets drunk at the bar. According to Metacritic.com the film received generally mixed reviews, and rottentomatoes.com granted the film 19 fresh tomatoes to 50 rotten ones. Blart boy gets a C. Stay tuned, movieporium.blogspot.com.

Trailer


Kevin James Interview

Defiance: Nothing Is Impossible

Official Site: defiancemovie.com
Director(s): Edward Zwick
Writer(s): Edward Zwick, Clayton Frohman
Producer(s): Pieter Jan Brugge, Edward Zwick

Starring: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Jamie Bell, Allan Corduner, and Mark Feuerstein (IMDb). Rated R. 137 minutes.

The Bielski brothers fled to the Belarus forest to avoid being captured by the German army, but as more Jews began to arrive, the Bielski bothers found themselves in the position of engineering a nomadic community of Jews who are frightened and dependant on them for leadership and survival. And the task of securing provisions for the subsisternce of the entire community created conflict amongst the bothers as they all lived in fear of starvation, and being captured by the German army.

When I saw the trailer for this film, I felt this film would be good, and it was. It was difficult to anticipate a sad or happy ending, because of the precarious circumstances of the Jews in the forest, and not being able to sense how the film would end pleased me very much, as the story kept me intensely interested. I'm vaguely familiar with the story of the Bielski brothers thanks to a History channel documentary.

All the actors in this film did great as the casting was excellent, and so was the directing. However, there was one scene where Craig rode in on a white horse, and there was no explanation as to how he obtained the horse. I was left assuming Craig stole the horse from a nearby farm. White horse aside, this was a great film. According to metacritic.com the film received generally mixed reviews, and according to rottentomatoes.com the film earned 67 fresh tomatoes to 60 rotten ones thus far. This film fits between an A- and a B+. Stay tuned movieporium.blogspot.com.

Trailer


Daniel Craig Interview


Historical Background

Austin Powers 4 (2010)

Mike Myers is working on his next Austin Powers flick, which will focus mainly on Dr.evil. The reactions to this possible sequel appear mixed. Some believe he should have made the sequel instead of Love Guru,while others do not seem to mind another Austin Powers. As for me, I love this franchise, and I want it to thrive as long as possible. Austin Powers 4.


Dr.Evil's Speech...The details of my life are quite inconsequential.

Robotech Live Action Movie ( 2010 )

According to beyondhollywood.com Tobey Maguire will be producing the upcoming Robotech film, and he may possibly play the leading role. For those of you who do not remember Robotech, it is a Japanese animation series from the 80s featuring fighter jets that transform into giant robots with awesome fire power. This is exciting for me because I enjoyed watching the series as a kid. Although I do not remember any characters from the series, I do remember thinking it was cool. I still think it's cool. I'm curious what these giant robots will look like.

Robotech 85 Symphony of Light
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