Elvis Mitchell’s new Netflix documentary Is That Black Enough You?!? is a whirling exploration of a specific slice of Black movie history. Its main point of interest is the 1970s and its borders. The moment of Blaxploitation, Melvin Van Peebles, liberation politics, Pam Grier, Ali/Frazier, Lady Sings the Blues, and on and on. Mitchell, a longtime film critic, formerly of the New York Times and elsewhere, is not merely sifting through this history for history’s sake, even as the broad backbone of this film is a year-by-year accounting of the decade.
- 11/16/2022
- by K. Austin Collins
- Rollingstone.com
Elvis Mitchell delivers a vivid history of African American cinema, ranging from the unsung heroes of Hollywood’s golden age to the thrills of Blaxploitation
The title of Elvis Mitchell’s tremendous study of black American cinema is taken from Ossie Davis’s 1970 Blaxploitation buddy cop comedy Cotton Comes to Harlem, based on the Chester Himes novel, about a bale of cotton discovered in Harlem, of all the unlikely places: a bale which hides misappropriated cash and is of course a satirical symbol of oppression. Different characters wisecrack: “Is that black enough for you?”, riffing subversively on authenticity in the power struggle.
With a dense and fascinating mass of clips and interviews with figures in the movies such as Whoopi Goldberg, Zendaya, Samuel L Jackson and Laurence Fishburne, Mitchell fights back against cultural erasure and amnesia: there is a rich and vivid history of African American cinema which blossomed in Hollywood’s pioneering golden age,...
The title of Elvis Mitchell’s tremendous study of black American cinema is taken from Ossie Davis’s 1970 Blaxploitation buddy cop comedy Cotton Comes to Harlem, based on the Chester Himes novel, about a bale of cotton discovered in Harlem, of all the unlikely places: a bale which hides misappropriated cash and is of course a satirical symbol of oppression. Different characters wisecrack: “Is that black enough for you?”, riffing subversively on authenticity in the power struggle.
With a dense and fascinating mass of clips and interviews with figures in the movies such as Whoopi Goldberg, Zendaya, Samuel L Jackson and Laurence Fishburne, Mitchell fights back against cultural erasure and amnesia: there is a rich and vivid history of African American cinema which blossomed in Hollywood’s pioneering golden age,...
- 11/9/2022
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
In 1967, I was a very young reporter for a newspaper called The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio… and crazy in love with the music of Otis Redding. When I read that he was coming to a Black nightclub called Leo’s Casino on Cleveland’s East Side, I somehow convinced my white editors — Sinatra and Dean Martin and Tony Bennett fans — to let me interview him. I had never seen Otis in person before.
The club, Cleveland’s hottest Black nightclub, was filled. Otis bounded onstage — a big man who, after the first few bars of his first song, had the predominantly Black audience in his big Black palm. Many women were moved to tears. He knocked me out. He was magnetic, romantic, sexy and explosive. At the end of the show, he got a standing ovation that wouldn’t stop.
I went backstage. I looked like a preppy. Striped tie,...
The club, Cleveland’s hottest Black nightclub, was filled. Otis bounded onstage — a big man who, after the first few bars of his first song, had the predominantly Black audience in his big Black palm. Many women were moved to tears. He knocked me out. He was magnetic, romantic, sexy and explosive. At the end of the show, he got a standing ovation that wouldn’t stop.
I went backstage. I looked like a preppy. Striped tie,...
- 5/10/2022
- by Joe Eszterhas
- The Wrap
"We called it 'smack fu,'" Mike Colter says, before breaking into a wide grin. The smile on the face of the Luke Cage star is startling enough, given that the superhero at the center of the latest Marvel/Netflix collaboration spends most of the show's 13 episodes with a somber look on his face since, carrying the world on your ballistics-impervious broad shoulders is serious work. Listening to him discuss his character's brute-strength combat style while nimbly digging through a bowl of sugar cubes for his coffee only adds to the oddness.
- 10/3/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Screen Film Summit: UK producers and financiers talk finance.
Producer Elizabeth Karlsen, speaking at the Screen Film Summit in London on Monday, revealed how experience, long-time industry relationships and “googling” were crucial in pulling together the finance for Todd Haynes’ New York-set lesbian love story Carol.
An adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1952, New York-set novel The Price of Salt, the film stars Cate Blanchett as a wealthy woman in a loveless marriage who falls for a young shop girl, played by Rooney Mara.
“It’s a period, lesbian love story and that has a certain price tag in the marketplace, even though we eventually got an A-list cast of Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara on board, and that’s around $15m,” said Karlsen.
“To shoot a period film in New York, you’re going to be hard pressed to do it for less than $25m.”
Produced by Number 9 Films, the London-based...
Producer Elizabeth Karlsen, speaking at the Screen Film Summit in London on Monday, revealed how experience, long-time industry relationships and “googling” were crucial in pulling together the finance for Todd Haynes’ New York-set lesbian love story Carol.
An adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1952, New York-set novel The Price of Salt, the film stars Cate Blanchett as a wealthy woman in a loveless marriage who falls for a young shop girl, played by Rooney Mara.
“It’s a period, lesbian love story and that has a certain price tag in the marketplace, even though we eventually got an A-list cast of Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara on board, and that’s around $15m,” said Karlsen.
“To shoot a period film in New York, you’re going to be hard pressed to do it for less than $25m.”
Produced by Number 9 Films, the London-based...
- 12/2/2014
- ScreenDaily
In my recent piece about the film versions of Chester Himes' characters, NYPD detectives Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger H Jones (Here), I mentioned that "A Rage in Harlem" would certainly be counted as one, even though Coffin Ed and Grave Digger are basically supporting characters and not the leads in the film. Regardless, director Bill Duke’s 1991 film version of Himes’ novel is a wonderfully evocative and entertaining film that somehow hasn’t gotten the kind of fervent love and devotion that other black films have gotten from that period, such as, "Love Jones" (which is still a mystery to me). For my money "Harlem" - about a gangster’s...
- 7/15/2014
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
I know everyone talks about wanting to see Octavia Butler’s novels up on the big screen but, speaking for myself, the writer whose works I would love to see most on the big screen is Chester Himes. And by that, I mean his series of detective novels with his two immortal characters - the NYPD detective team of Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson. Those novels, "The Real Cool Killers," "The Heats On," "The Crazy Kill," "All Shot Up," "The Big Gold dream" and "A Rage in Harlem" are incredibly exciting, funny, visceral, fast paced thrillers, and Himes had an extraordinary visual sense and style to his works. They seem...
- 7/5/2014
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
Having seen some of his output, this writer can safely say that Andrew Neel is one of the most interesting new filmmaking voices to arrive on the scene and is here to stay- having directed the likes of Darkon, which explores the world of the LARPer and Alice Neel, a fascinating look at the life of his Grandmother, the famous painter, Neel manages to create films that not only raise questions but also entertain, with engaging and very human narratives- be they subjects he points a camera at or something he constructs.
He is one quarter of New York Film Production outfit SeeThink Films- one of SeeThink’s latest films, King Kelly, is Andrew’s first narrative feature and was a hit at SXSW which has enjoyed huge success.
Andrew was kind enough to take up his time to discuss the philosophical layers of King Kelly, how they managed to shoot the film,...
He is one quarter of New York Film Production outfit SeeThink Films- one of SeeThink’s latest films, King Kelly, is Andrew’s first narrative feature and was a hit at SXSW which has enjoyed huge success.
Andrew was kind enough to take up his time to discuss the philosophical layers of King Kelly, how they managed to shoot the film,...
- 6/29/2013
- by Oscar Harding
- Obsessed with Film
After all the debates, controversies, and stereotype accusations have cleared, looking back on Blaxploitation cinema today it’s easy to see healthy portions of the crime and action genres. Using these genres and the struggles of the black community, these films were created for those that wanted to see African American characters on the big screen not taking shit from the man, “getting over”, and–above all else—being the heroes in movies. In the documentary Baad Asssss Cinema, Samuel L. Jackson gives his take on the heroes of Blaxploitation: “We were tired of seeing the righteous black man. And all of a sudden we had guys who were…us. Or guys who did the things we wanted those guys to do.”
The unsung supporting players in these films that backed Fred Williamson and Pam Grier and many other stars were people acting and making a living off of it.
The unsung supporting players in these films that backed Fred Williamson and Pam Grier and many other stars were people acting and making a living off of it.
- 12/4/2012
- by Gregory Day
- SoundOnSight
A new series of short online dramas take inspiration from the novel A Rage in Harlem. Laura Barnett meets the writers – including hip-hop star Akala and playwright Bola Agbaje – bringing black Britain to life
A man paces up and down his prison cell, recalling the act of revenge that put him there. In a Middlesbrough shopping centre, two brothers fence goods to buy medicine for their ailing mother.
These are some of the stories told by 10by10, a remarkable new project combining theatre and film. Commissioned and directed by Dawn Walton, whose Sheffield-based Eclipse Theatre is one of the UK's foremost black-led theatre companies, the project consists of 10 short films written by and starring some of Britain's brightest young playwrights and actors.
The stolen stuff being sold in Middlesbrough is perfume, which gives its name to the film by Ishy Din; Din grew up there and worked as a taxi...
A man paces up and down his prison cell, recalling the act of revenge that put him there. In a Middlesbrough shopping centre, two brothers fence goods to buy medicine for their ailing mother.
These are some of the stories told by 10by10, a remarkable new project combining theatre and film. Commissioned and directed by Dawn Walton, whose Sheffield-based Eclipse Theatre is one of the UK's foremost black-led theatre companies, the project consists of 10 short films written by and starring some of Britain's brightest young playwrights and actors.
The stolen stuff being sold in Middlesbrough is perfume, which gives its name to the film by Ishy Din; Din grew up there and worked as a taxi...
- 8/29/2012
- by Laura Barnett
- The Guardian - Film News
Editor’s Note: Max Allan Collins has written over 50 novels and 17 movie tie-in books. He’s also the author of the Road to Perdition graphic novel, off which the film was based. With his new Mickey Spillane collaboration “Lady, Go Die” in great bookstores everywhere, we thought it would be fun to ask him for his ten best films noir. In true noir fashion, we bit off more than we could handle… We have to begin with a definition of noir, which is tricky, because nobody agrees on one. The historical roots are in French film criticism, borrowing the term noir (black) from the black-covered paperbacks in publisher Gallimard’s Serie Noire, which in 1945 began reprinting American crime writers such as Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, Chester Himes, Horace McCoy, Jim Thompson, Mickey Spillane, W.R. Burnett and many others. The films the term was first applied to were low-budget American crime thrillers made during the...
- 5/14/2012
- by Guest Author
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Anne Hathaway, Kate Winslet, Susan Sarandon and Samuel L. Jackson will be available to read you a bedtime story tonight. Hathaway, Winslet, Jackson and Sarandon are featured in the first string of releases in a new line of audio books from Audible.com, which brings celebrities and literary classics together for people who, for whatever reason, prefer others to do their reading for them. In the initial installments -- available Thursday -- Hathaway tackles L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," while Jackson gives voice to Chester Himes' "A Rage in Harlem."...
- 3/9/2012
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Audible.com has introduced the A-List Collection, a new line of audio books narrated by Hollywood stars. The first four books will be available March 8, with another ten planned for later in 2012. The initial batch includes Samuel L. Jackson performing Chester Himes’ A Rage in Harlem, Anne Hathaway doing the Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, Kate Winslet’s rendition of Emile Zola’s Therese Raquin and Susan Sarandon performing The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers. The actors helped chose their own projects. Jackson said he chose the story of a man who falls in love with a
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- 3/6/2012
- by Andy Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kate Winslet, Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman are among the A-list names signing up to read 'talking books'
An array of Oscar-winners and A-list stars have signed up to narrate literary classics of their choice for the rapidly growing audiobook market. Nicole Kidman, Kate Winslet, Dustin Hoffman and Colin Firth are among Hollywood's biggest names to set the trend.
Not so long ago, audiobooks were the poor cousins of the publishing world, particularly in the UK, where "talking books" were largely abridged. Jobbing actors were usually recruited as readers. Now, with worldwide demand soaring, the stars want to be heard reading unabridged books.
A dozen A-list names have already been cast as narrators, inspired by the chance to read a favourite book. Seven are Oscar-winners. Winslet, who won the 2009 best actress award for The Reader, has long wanted to film Zola's gripping murder story Thérèse Raquin but, as Hollywood is yet to be convinced,...
An array of Oscar-winners and A-list stars have signed up to narrate literary classics of their choice for the rapidly growing audiobook market. Nicole Kidman, Kate Winslet, Dustin Hoffman and Colin Firth are among Hollywood's biggest names to set the trend.
Not so long ago, audiobooks were the poor cousins of the publishing world, particularly in the UK, where "talking books" were largely abridged. Jobbing actors were usually recruited as readers. Now, with worldwide demand soaring, the stars want to be heard reading unabridged books.
A dozen A-list names have already been cast as narrators, inspired by the chance to read a favourite book. Seven are Oscar-winners. Winslet, who won the 2009 best actress award for The Reader, has long wanted to film Zola's gripping murder story Thérèse Raquin but, as Hollywood is yet to be convinced,...
- 10/8/2011
- by Dalya Alberge
- The Guardian - Film News
Washington, Oct 4: Hollywood stars Samuel L. Jackson, Nicole Kidman, Kate Winslet and Anne Hathaway will all be lending their voices to Audible.com, a new series of audio books which will make listeners go to sleep.
While Dustin Hoffman will lend his voice for Jerzy Kosinski's 'Being There', Jennifer Connolly will read Paul Bowles' 'The Sheltering Sky', and Jackson for Chester Himes' 'A Rage in Harlem'.
This will not be Jackson's first attempt at reading a bedtime story, as he had narrated 'Go the F**k to Sleep', a book which pleads with children to fall asleep in calm but expletive-laden verses.
Other actors included for reading are Colin Firth, Meg Ryan, Susan Sarandon, Naomi Watts and Kim Basinger, Contactmusic.
While Dustin Hoffman will lend his voice for Jerzy Kosinski's 'Being There', Jennifer Connolly will read Paul Bowles' 'The Sheltering Sky', and Jackson for Chester Himes' 'A Rage in Harlem'.
This will not be Jackson's first attempt at reading a bedtime story, as he had narrated 'Go the F**k to Sleep', a book which pleads with children to fall asleep in calm but expletive-laden verses.
Other actors included for reading are Colin Firth, Meg Ryan, Susan Sarandon, Naomi Watts and Kim Basinger, Contactmusic.
- 10/4/2011
- by Lohit Reddy
- RealBollywood.com
Hollywood stars Samuel L. Jackson, Nicole Kidman, Kate Winslet and Anne Hathaway are lending their voices to a new series of audio books to send listeners to sleep.
Actors Colin Firth, Meg Ryan, Susan Sarandon, Naomi Watts and Kim Basinger are also among the host of celebrities taking part in the Audible.com releases, while Dustin Hoffman will tackle Jerzy Kosinski's Being There, Jennifer Connolly will read Paul Bowles' The Sheltering Sky, and Jackson will bring to life Chester Himes' A Rage in Harlem.
The titles are due to be released early next year, reports TheWrap.com.
It won't be Jackson's first attempt at reading a bedtime story - he also narrated Go the F**k to Sleep, a book which pleads with children to fall asleep in calm but expletive-laden verses.
Actors Colin Firth, Meg Ryan, Susan Sarandon, Naomi Watts and Kim Basinger are also among the host of celebrities taking part in the Audible.com releases, while Dustin Hoffman will tackle Jerzy Kosinski's Being There, Jennifer Connolly will read Paul Bowles' The Sheltering Sky, and Jackson will bring to life Chester Himes' A Rage in Harlem.
The titles are due to be released early next year, reports TheWrap.com.
It won't be Jackson's first attempt at reading a bedtime story - he also narrated Go the F**k to Sleep, a book which pleads with children to fall asleep in calm but expletive-laden verses.
- 10/4/2011
- WENN
Starting early next year, Anne Hathaway, Kate Winslet, Kim Basinger and a host of other stars will be available to read you a bedtime story. Audio-book company Audible.com announced Friday that it's launching a new line of audio books read by some of Hollywood's biggest talents, including the above names. Also participating in the line: Jennifer Connolly (who'll read Paul Bowles' "The Sheltering Sky"), Dustin Hoffman (who's tacking Jerzy Kosinski's "Being There") and Samuel L. Jackson (who shall recite Chester Himes' "A Rage in Harlem" -- to which he'll hopefully bring the...
- 9/30/2011
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Celebrities read! They do. I think. Regardless, a new reading series from Audible.com features A-listers reading famous works of literature. The first in the series, Kate Winslet, already completed her assignment - Therese Raquin by Emile Zola, and raved about the project:
“You use a different part of your brain and it keeps your creative juices flowing. It is challenging, and it’s a heck of a lot of fun as well. As a listener, being able to tune out and be taken into another world, an atmosphere, an environment that is being created entirely for you by somebody else’s voice is really a wonderful, magical thing.”
Via THR, here's the remaining performers slated to read:
Nicole Kidman, To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Anne Hathaway, The Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Dustin Hoffman, Being There by Jerzy Kosinski
Kim Basinger, The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Annette Bening,...
“You use a different part of your brain and it keeps your creative juices flowing. It is challenging, and it’s a heck of a lot of fun as well. As a listener, being able to tune out and be taken into another world, an atmosphere, an environment that is being created entirely for you by somebody else’s voice is really a wonderful, magical thing.”
Via THR, here's the remaining performers slated to read:
Nicole Kidman, To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Anne Hathaway, The Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Dustin Hoffman, Being There by Jerzy Kosinski
Kim Basinger, The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Annette Bening,...
- 9/30/2011
- by Anna Breslaw
- Filmology
Celebrities read! They do. I think. Regardless, a new reading series from Audible.com features A-listers reading famous works of literature. The first in the series, Kate Winslet, already completed her assignment - Therese Raquin by Emile Zola, and raved about the project:
“You use a different part of your brain and it keeps your creative juices flowing. It is challenging, and it’s a heck of a lot of fun as well. As a listener, being able to tune out and be taken into another world, an atmosphere, an environment that is being created entirely for you by somebody else’s voice is really a wonderful, magical thing.”
Via THR, here's the remaining performers slated to read:
Nicole Kidman, To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Anne Hathaway, The Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Dustin Hoffman, Being There by Jerzy Kosinski
Kim Basinger, The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Annette Bening,...
“You use a different part of your brain and it keeps your creative juices flowing. It is challenging, and it’s a heck of a lot of fun as well. As a listener, being able to tune out and be taken into another world, an atmosphere, an environment that is being created entirely for you by somebody else’s voice is really a wonderful, magical thing.”
Via THR, here's the remaining performers slated to read:
Nicole Kidman, To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Anne Hathaway, The Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Dustin Hoffman, Being There by Jerzy Kosinski
Kim Basinger, The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Annette Bening,...
- 9/30/2011
- by Anna Breslaw
- Celebsology
Video clips from Jonathan Gayles, PhD, an Associate Professor of African-American Studies at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia, who produced the black superhero documentary titled Shaft Or Sidney Poitier: Black Masculinity in Comic Books, which I profiled Here last September. The film last screened at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles, last month. Not sure where it’s headed to next. Visit the film’s site Here to stay updated.
First, Dwayne McDuffie on the realities of the Black writer in the comic book industry…
Second, Dwayne McDuffie on Chester Himes, Luke Cage and “Sweet Christmas!“…
Third, James Peterson on the myth of the Black Superman…
And fourth, Aimee Cox on the Martha Washington series…...
First, Dwayne McDuffie on the realities of the Black writer in the comic book industry…
Second, Dwayne McDuffie on Chester Himes, Luke Cage and “Sweet Christmas!“…
Third, James Peterson on the myth of the Black Superman…
And fourth, Aimee Cox on the Martha Washington series…...
- 3/11/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Nathan Larson needs no introduction: former D.C. punker and Swiz bassist, math rock wiz + ex-lead guitarist for Shudder To Think, member of the band A Camp, and current NYC based award-winning composer of music for over thirty fine films including My Idiot Brother, Boys Don't Cry, The Messenger, Dirty Pretty Things and The Woodsman to name a few.
Now Larson has now written his debut novel, entitled The Dewey Decimal System.
This is the first book in a literary-noir series featuring an obsessive-compulsive protagonist in a ravaged New York City.
Due out in May on Akashic Press, on offer Now is a very exclusive, very limited Hardbound, Signed edition, individually numbered. Very few of these will be printed, and you can pre-order yours now here!
Here are what people are saying about the novel:
"The perfect blend of dystopia and the hard-boiled shamus. It's great to know that there...
Now Larson has now written his debut novel, entitled The Dewey Decimal System.
This is the first book in a literary-noir series featuring an obsessive-compulsive protagonist in a ravaged New York City.
Due out in May on Akashic Press, on offer Now is a very exclusive, very limited Hardbound, Signed edition, individually numbered. Very few of these will be printed, and you can pre-order yours now here!
Here are what people are saying about the novel:
"The perfect blend of dystopia and the hard-boiled shamus. It's great to know that there...
- 2/16/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Directed by Alva French, Tria and Dan is the true story of the filmmaker’s grandparents – an interracial American couple who left the Us in 1949 to raise a family in Paris, France. Free from restrictions imposed by a segregationist government, Tria and Dan thrived in an artistic community made famous by Josephine Baker, James Baldwin, Chester Himes, James Jones, and Melvin Van Peebles.
- 6/9/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
I have in my collection of rare pulp fiction a 1969 printing of Chester Himes' Run Man Run. The jacket copy is simultaneously to the point and over the top: "Lush sex and stark violence colored black and served up raw by a great Negro writer." If one were to crank out a micro-summary of Chester Himes's work, that would pretty much be it. Himes, who would have turned 100 this past July 29th, fairly personified the grit and grandeur of the hard-boiled life. As a teen in Cleveland, he lost his virginity to what he described as "an old fat ugly whore." As a young man, he was kicked out of Ohio State University, eventually nicked for armed robbery and sentenced to 25 years hard labor. Once inside, however, Himes bided his time writing short stories and eventually was published...
- 7/31/2009
- by John Ridley
- Huffington Post
Bill Duke made a spectacular transition from hulking character actor to big-screen filmmaker with the impressive one-two punch of 1991's A Rage In Harlem—a flavorful adaptation of a Chester Himes novel—and 1992's Deep Cover, a mesmerizing thriller that combined the moral haze and sinister rhythms of classic film noir with a nuanced critique of the hypocrisy and compromises of the war on drugs. Duke has alternated between acting and filmmaking since then, but the abundant promise of his first films has gone egregiously unfulfilled. Duke hits his directorial nadir with the dire Christian message movie Not ...
- 1/8/2009
- avclub.com
Bill Duke made a spectacular transition from hulking character actor to big-screen filmmaker with the impressive one-two punch of 1991's A Rage In Harlem—a flavorful adaptation of a Chester Himes novel—and 1992's Deep Cover, a mesmerizing thriller that combined the moral haze and sinister rhythms of classic film noir with a nuanced critique of the hypocrisy and compromises of the war on drugs. Duke has alternated between acting and filmmaking since then, but the abundant promise of his first films has gone egregiously unfulfilled. Duke hits his directorial nadir with the dire Christian message movie Not Easily Broken, a clunky adaptation of a novel by celebrity super-pastor and "Prosperity Gospel" proponent T.D. Jakes. It's as simplistic, reductive, and heavy-handed as Deep Cover was gloriously ambiguous. Morris Chestnut (who also produced) stars as a former college-baseball hotshot whose dreams of major-league glory ended with a career-killing injury. Chestnut channels his.
- 1/8/2009
- by Nathan Rabin
- avclub.com
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