A film that took fifteen years to make, Taylor Hackford’s Ray chronicles the life and work of musical icon Ray Charles. Starring Jamie Foxx in the title role (who deservedly won a Best Actor Oscar for his performance), the film…
Fascinating yet depressing, the second season of HBO’s The Leftovers even better than the first. As watchers of the series know, season one focuses on life in Mapleton, New York, in the aftermath of the Sudden Departure, an event in…
Sony | 2010 | 313 mins. | NR Without a doubt, Boondocks isn’t for everyone. Controversial, Aaron McGruder first created the comic strip for The Diamondback (the University of Maryland’s independent student newspaper) in 1997; The Boondocks soon made its…
Warner Bros. | 2009 | 300 mins. | Not Rated Created by relative newcomer Ann Biderman (though she did win an Emmy for writing an episode of NYPD Blue), the imprint of veteran executive Producer John Wells is unmistakable. Southland…
Cancelled by NBC while the series was filming its second season, fans of Southland rejoice; the series has been given new life. Picked up by TNT, the network will re-air the initial seven episodes, plus six new ones. As an…