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Mo’Nique - The Precious Interview
The “Precious” Interview
Words: Kam Williams
Just Give Mo’Nique the Oscar!

Mo’Nique Imes was born on December 11, 1967 in Baltimore which is where she started her showbiz career as a stand-up comedienne on a dare a couple of decades ago.

From there, she gained visibility and immense popularity with performances on “Showtime at the Apollo,” HBO’s “Def Comedy Jam,” “Apollo Comedy Hour” HBO’s “Snaps,” BET’s “Comic View,” The Montreal Comedy Festival and Uptown Comedy Club. More

Film Reviews

The Good Guy
Words: Kam Williams
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Yuppie Sitcom Revolves around Classic Love Triangle

Tommy Fielding (Scott Porter) is a Wall Street whiz raking in big bucks at Morgan Brothers, a fictional investment bank with a name ostensibly inspired by a transparent contraction of Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers. More

Shutter Island
Words: Kam Williams
bfm rating: .5

DiCaprio Stars in Disappointing Scorcese Mindbender

Leonardo DiCaprio has been Martin Scorcese’s favorite leading man in recent years. Unfortunately, the pair’s latest collaboration, Shutter Island, fails to measure up to their last, for it simply peters out after establishing a very promising premise. More

The Messenger
Words: Kam Williams
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Oscar-Nominated Iraq Fallout Flick Re-Released in Theaters

While The Hurt-Locker, the Iraq War’s answer to Saving Private Ryan, has been getting a lot of attention during awards season, for my money, the period piece which will be better remembered a generation from now is The Messenger. More

Interview

Morgan Freeman - The “Invictus” Interview
Words: Kam Williams
Morgan on Mandela, Mirrors, Mississippi and More

Morgan Freeman was born in Memphis, Tennessee on June 1, 1937 but raised from infancy in Charleston, Mississippi by his paternal grandmother.

Every summer as a young child, he would visit his parents who had moved to Chicago, which is where he developed his love of the cinema. More

DVD Review

Good Hair
Words: Kam Williams
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Chris Rock’s Lighthearted Look at Sisters’ ‘Dos Arrives on DVD

If you were raised in an African-American community, then you’re probably very familiar with the notion of “good hair,” a term that’s generally applied to folks born with wavy locks which are less trouble to take care of than the more tightly-curled or nappy variety. More

Other Screenings

In aid of the Haitian Earthquate Appeal - 100 PRINTS hosts the Screening of One Love (The Movie)
Free screening, donations required.

An upbeat, heart-warming, romantic movie. The film tells the tale of forbidden love between a young Rasta Reggae singer: Kassa (Ky-mani Marley...Shottas), and the Gospel singing daughter Serena (Cherine Anderson...Dancehall Queen) of an orthodox Pentecostal preacher.

Date: 26 Feb, 2010
Venue: Moving Picture Company (MPC), 127 Wardour Street, London W1F
Time: 6-8.30pm
Info: www.100prints.co.uk

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Book Review

The Denzel Principle - Why Black Women Can't Find Good Black Men
by Jimi Izrael
Words: Kam Williams

Seems like black folks must be craving relationship advice, based on the number of self-appointed love gurus publishing how-to books aimed at the African-American community. More

News

The Images of Black Women (IBW) Festival is postponed to:
9 - 11 April 2010

Back at the Tricycle Theatre for its sixth year to unveil an exciting programme packed with UK premieres.

Film lovers can look forward to evenings filled with fascinating screenings, Q&A panels and great company.

Info: www.imagesoflblackwomen.com

2010 Oscar Nominations
by Kam Williams
The Hurt Locker and Avatar Land 9 Nominations

Everyone expected James Cameron’s Avatar to land a bunch of Academy Award nominations. After all, the billion-dollar movie is on the brink of breaking the box office record as the best money-maker in screen history.

But that 3D, sci-fi spectacular’s 9 nominations has been matched by The Hurt Locker, a super-realistic, Iraq War saga which barely made back its $11 million budget.

* The 82nd Academy Awards will air on ABC on Sunday, March 7th at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, and will be co-hosted by Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin. More

Tiger Aspect Productions Presents "Tinga Tinga Tales"

A children's series based on African folk tales aimed at 4- to 6-year olds - main talent includes Lenny Henry, Miriam Margolyes, Maureen Lipman, Shaun Parkes, and Patrice Naiambana. The series was first developed by Claudia Lloyd, head of animation at Tiger Aspect while travelling through Africa.

When: From Feb 1, 2010 at 4:10pm on CBEEBIES - BBC
Info: www.tigeraspect.co.uk

Opportunities

Sound and Music Techniques for Narrative Filmmaking
with Gustavo Costantini

From directors, producers and screenwriters to editors, sound designers and composers - this 2-day workshop is essential for equipping filmmakers with a better understanding of how sound and images are used in contemporary filmmaking. More

100 Prints presents Can Money be Made from Scriptwriting?

Are you entering the world of filmmaking as a Scriptwriter?
Are you wondering what you can do to improve your chances of your script being seen and maybe even commissioned?

If those are just a couple of questions you have in mind, why not join us and hear how other Scriptwriters have done it in the past.

Time: 1pm – 5pm.
Date: 26 February, 2010

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Read Geoffrey Sentamu's blog

Me? A Camera Trainee?
November, 2009

So I'd been in the running to be a camera trainee on a feature that started a few days ago but sadly I didn't get the gig. It was a 7-week feature shooting in Newcastle and the rumblings were that they wanted someone local, which they went for in the end.

As is often the case in this business I heard about it through a guy I know who is the focus puller on the film. It's shooting in Super 35mm and as you can no doubt guess using Panavision cameras. More