There are numerous opinions on what exactly turns a boy into a man. Whatever viewpoint one takes – be it a first love, first fight, move away from home – there is a common thread: the ...
Read more »The Good:• The winners mostly deserved their awards. -Jeff Bridges was the sentimental choice, and basically won for all the times he was snubbed, but I’m ...
Read more »I don’t know if the movie Precious even has a chance against The Hurt Locker and Avatar at tonight’s Oscar Awards. I do know that Gabourey Sidibe and Mo’Nique were incredible ...
Read more »The kids over at The AV Club have hyped us all to a very annoying archetype in film known as the Manic Pixie Dream Girl (MPDG). This stereotypical character appears in over a dozen movies, from Annie ...
Read more »Let’s get this straight right off the bat; I’m no hater of Kevin Smith’s work. Clerks remains one of my favourite films, and I even have a certain degree of affection for a ...
Read more »Second bananas are the unsung heroes of art, whether it be film, books, television or music. They provide a much needed boost to the action, they take pressure off the leading actor or performer, ...
Read more »I first wrote this review without realizing that one of my fellow dashing fellows (ugh, I know...) had already covered this film, so I shelved it. But, since the dvd is presently getting some ...
Read more »Dashing Fellows friend Thea Lim at Racialicious posted this list of The 50 Most Racist Movies You Didn’t Know Were Racist, compiled by Complex. There are some obvious ones like The Love Guru ( ...
Read more »"Takin' a life or twoThat's what the hell I do, You don't like how I'm livin well fuck you!” - N.W.A. ("Gangsta Gangsta") The best scene in The Godfather isn’t when Jack Woltz finds ...
Read more »I’ll admit I’m a bit of closet fan of romantic comedies. I don’t go out to watch all of them, and I’ll avoid a host of them if I can, but a rom-com, properly made and with ...
Read more »"Poignant analysis of one of my favourite movies of all time. Full marks!"
Kai"i doubt there's a causal relationship between porn and rape... but i think a society that tolerates more liberal attitudes towards sex (and porn) would be much less stifling, and likely to create an environment that will create people to act in a ..."
avp."And there is some pretty sick porn out there with overt violence against women. Even the mainstream stuff has a very male-dominants-a female object vibe. But I don't know if that necessarily translates into misogynistic attitudes. I watch violence on TV ..."
Aman"I am definitely not a fan of exclusion either. I think the Internet has sped up the sharing of culture and language (slang) so much that it's only natural that other people would get genuinely interested in facets of black culture. Granted you always run ..."
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"For real, I remember being very affected by this movie. I was around 15 at the time, so I definitely could relate to Agee and Gates... Time for a re-watch I think"
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