I'm on the fence about Eddie Griffin's latest stand-up special, You Can Tell 'Em I Said It. On one hand, the man is genuinely funny, a firebrand vulgarian whose trained, exaggerated body language only adds to the shock-value comedy that is his calling. There's no denying that Mr. Griffin's comedy occasionally leans on the now-ancient trope of "white people ____ like this, black people ____ like that", but I can hardly blame a comedian for playing the race card. There's an honesty to Griffin's delivery, a genuine intellectual appeal mixed with a overtly potty mouth that dispenses an extensive vocabulary of adult-only words.
This alone would somersault him above a middling career that in the last decade included flops Redline and Irish Jam (a film that, unsurprisingly, received its worst reviews in Ireland). In my opinion, Griffin peaked as an actor in John Q, and Undercover Brother was certainly a guilty pleasure.
This alone would somersault him above a middling career that in the last decade included flops Redline and Irish Jam (a film that, unsurprisingly, received its worst reviews in Ireland). In my opinion, Griffin peaked as an actor in John Q, and Undercover Brother was certainly a guilty pleasure.
- 2/27/2011
- by Mark Zhuravsky
- JustPressPlay.net
I'm on the fence about Eddie Griffin's latest stand-up special, You Can Tell 'Em I Said It. On one hand, the man is genuinely funny, a firebrand vulgarian whose trained, exaggerated body language only adds to the shock-value comedy that is his calling. There's no denying that Mr. Griffin's comedy ocassionally leans on the now-ancient trope of "white people ____ like this, black people ____ like that", but I can hardly blame a comedian for playing the race card. There's an honesty to Griffin's delivery, a genuine intellectual appeal mixed with a overtly potty mouth that dispenses an extensive vocabulary of adult-only words.
This alone would somersault him above a middling career that in the last decade included flops Redline and Irish Jam (a film that, unsurprisingly, received its worst reviews in Ireland). In my opinion, Griffin peaked as an actor in John Q, and Undercover Brother was certainly a guilty pleasure.
This alone would somersault him above a middling career that in the last decade included flops Redline and Irish Jam (a film that, unsurprisingly, received its worst reviews in Ireland). In my opinion, Griffin peaked as an actor in John Q, and Undercover Brother was certainly a guilty pleasure.
- 2/27/2011
- by Mark Zhuravsky
- JustPressPlay.net
Alan Glynn's novel "The Dark Fields" will receive a film adaption starring Robert De Niro, Anna Friel (Irish Jam), and Bradley Cooper (The Hangover). The novel imagines a new drug that "makes one smarter" (Bloody). However, as with most situations the positives have a few negatives including migraines for the user and a group of killers which shadow the protagonist's (Cooper) every move. Have a look at additional stars inside with a synopsis below.
The synopsis for The Dark Fields here:
"The story follows a down-and-out writer (Cooper) who gets his hands on a top-secret pharmaceutical drug that makes one smarter. He experiences sudden financial and social success but soon discovers that the drug has lethal and lasting side effects, including "trip-switching," a phenomenon in which time moves with a stop-motion quality. Before long, mysterious antagonists are pursuing him" (Bloody).
Release Date: March 18, 2011.
Director: Neil Burger.
Writer: Leslie Dixon.
The synopsis for The Dark Fields here:
"The story follows a down-and-out writer (Cooper) who gets his hands on a top-secret pharmaceutical drug that makes one smarter. He experiences sudden financial and social success but soon discovers that the drug has lethal and lasting side effects, including "trip-switching," a phenomenon in which time moves with a stop-motion quality. Before long, mysterious antagonists are pursuing him" (Bloody).
Release Date: March 18, 2011.
Director: Neil Burger.
Writer: Leslie Dixon.
- 5/21/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Ross Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Just when you thought Cuba Gooding Jr.'s post-Oscar career couldn't possibly get any more unintentionally laughable, along comes The Last Warrior. Production Weekly says it's a post-apocalyptic film set in a war-ravaged, disease ridden future where a genetically altered soldier escapes, goes on the run, and lays waste to everything in his path. And guess what? Cuba Good Jr. is starring in it. No word yet on whether Cuba will play the aforementioned genetically altered soldier, but if he does it will no doubt be his best performance since Radio. In the movie along with him is Olivier Martinez, and according to IMDb maybe even Spanish beauty Paz Vega. It's being written and directed by John Eyres, the mind behind such films as Irish Jam, Octopus, and the Shadowchaser series. It's being produced on a budget of $15 million by Hannibal Pictures. What I'm getting at here is that this...
- 3/30/2009
- cinemablend.com
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