October 10, 2011 0 Birmingbelle of the Week: Nancy Stricklin Birmingham-based filmmaker Nancy Stricklin has successfully created three short films tackling comedy, drama, [...]
August 12, 2011 6 The Help: Don’t Judge a Book by Its Movie I wrote the headline for this post before I saw the film adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s powerful [...]
April 26, 2011 0 Alisha A teenage girl grapples with body image and self-esteem issues while also struggling to maintain a [...]
February 15, 2011 0 Precious vs. Perry In a recent interview with MsDramaTV, TV One Founder Cathy Hughes expressed absolute disgust with movies such [...]
November 12, 2010 4 5 Reasons I Couldn’t Write a Review of “For Colored Girls” Last Friday I saw Tyler Perry’s latest film, “For Colored Girls,” on opening night. I had [...]
November 4, 2010 3 Believe it or not, I want to see a Tyler Perry movie A few days ago I typed the following words in an email to one of my gal pals: “Hey, if you aren’t [...]
September 9, 2010 3 A Woman In Search of Her Word There’s a part in Elizabeth Gilbert’s book Eat Pray Love (and in the film adaptation of the book) [...]
August 24, 2010 3 Why I’m a fan of Eat, Pray, Love This is not a movie review. If you have yet to see the film adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, [...]
March 17, 2010 1 Weighty Matters in Hollywood Last week Howard Stern, doing what he does best, caused uproar when he called Precious star Gabourey [...]
February 16, 2010 2 New Hollywood? Vanity Fair’s March 2010 cover story is all about the rising female stars of film. The cover blurb [...]