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May 2007
Week of May 7th through May 11th




THE SALON opens on May 11th
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Jenny (Fox) is being forced to sell her shop to the Department of Water and Power (DWP) due to eminent domain. Regardless of the legal advice Jenny receives, she refuses to let the corporate giant take the one remaining pillar of her inner city neighborhood. She declines the money and decides to take on the DWP in court, all the while keeping it from her outrageously funny and colorful employees and clientele. A classic tale of the underdog, THE SALON is a fresh look on the inside of a salon and neighborhood where the unexpected happens and the “mom and pop” shop fights to win. Cast includes Vivica A. Fox, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Kym Whitley, Monica Calhoun, Taral Hicks, Dondre Whitfield, De'Angelo Wilson, Garrett Morris, Terrence Howard, Brooke Burns, Tiffany Adams, and Greg German.




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Features

Latest Features Additions:
  
The Salon: An Interview with Taral Hicks
An Interview with cast member Taral Hicks.

The Hip Hop Project: An Interview with Chris "Kazi" Rolle
Kazi spoke about having his film come out so it can touch the lives of others and having Bruce Willis get involved in the project.

Transformers update
New Hi-Res Art added of Characters(Autobots and Decepticons)

Spider-Man 3 update
G.O.O.D. Music/Columbia Records artist and Queens’ own Consequence and rappers unite at the Apollo in NYC.

EDDIE MURPHY news
Murphy to star in big-screen adaptation of "Fantasy Island."

TERMINATOR news
"Terminator 4" in talks for the big screen.

LAURENCE FISHBURNE news
Fishburne and Cole Hauser to star in crime thriller "Tortured".

Jaden Christopher Syre Smith news
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's son, Jaden, has "Newton's Law" as his next project.

WILL SMITH news
Possible "Sisters of Mercy" film has hired screenwriters Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont.

WANTED news
Rapper Common added to the Keanu Reeves-Forest Whitaker film

Transformers update
Check out new poster and pic of Tyrese Gibson.

Waitress: An Interview with Keri Russell
Russell talks about her pregnany, her character in the film and working the the film's director, the late Adrienne Shelly.

Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix update
Check out new banners on the characters

Georgia Rule update
Check out Lindasay Lohan - Jane Fonda pics

A MIGHTY HEART update

Check out new pics of the Angelina Jolie film

Spider-man 3: Cast Interviews
Tobey Maguire
Kirsten Dunst


AMERICAN GANGSTER update
Joblo.com has the first two poster of Denzel Washington-Russell Crowe flick.

IRON MAN update
IESB.net has the first look of Iron Man footage

MORRIS CHESTNUT news
Chestnut has signed on to star in Screen Gems' faith-themed drama "Not Easily Broken."

RONIN update
Warner Bros. nabs rights to be distributor of film directed by Sylvain White

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Watch the trailer and hear Lawrence Fishburne as the Silver Surfer. Also Check out new pics.

Once update
Check out the trailer to the Sundance Award Winner

THE HOLLYWOOD BLACK FILM FESTIVAL
A record 122 films will be shown this year in Beverly Hills.

Tribeca Preview interview - Blackout
Director Jerry LaMothe talks about the event that shook NYC in 2003

Tribeca Film Festival

COMIC BOOK MOVIE NEWS
David Goyer to direct "Magneto"

THE HIP HOP PROJECT update
Rap documentary gets PG-13 Rating

QUEEN LATIFAH news
Queen Latifah to topline a remake of "All of Me"

Dracula sequel update
Ernest Dickerson tapped to direct the Dracula sequel "The Un-Dead" with Javier Bardem and Monica Bellucci in film.

SANAA HAMRI news
"Something New" director to helm sequel to "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants".

Next update
Check out pics of Nicolas Cage in this sci-fi thriller

Spider-Man 3 update
Check out pics of Spider-Man, Sandman, and Venom!

No Reservation update
Check out pics of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Aaron Eckhart

DVD RELEASES
Check out this month's DVD Releases.

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Georgia Rule
No Reservations
Resurrecting the Champ

Brooklyn Rules
The Salon
The Strangers
The Simpsons Movie
Rise: Blood Hunter
Live Free or Die Hard
Hostel II

28 Weeks Later
Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix
Pirates of the Carribean 3:
At World's End

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Transformers
Black Snake Moan
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Inkheart
Underdog
Africa Unite
Talk to Me

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The Kingdom
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Rise of the Silver Surfer

Spring Break in Bosnia
Ratatouille
The Last Sentinel
Goya's Ghost

I Am Legend
American Gangster
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DOA: Dead or Alive
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A Day In The Life
Resident Evil: Extinction

Nanny Diaries

Southland Tales

Awake
Five Fingers
Rogue

Killshot
Sunshine
Jump Shot

Reviews

Latest Review Additions:
  
The Salon (in Film)
One can see the worn-out script a mile away with its clichéd characters and many subplots that make the film unfocused and unemotional


The Hip Hop Project (in Film)
With 100% of the profits going to non-profit charities devoted to youth, The Hip Hop Project might be the first totally tax deductible movie.


28 Weeks Later (in Film)
In “28 Weeks Later”, what you get are new victims, and a new story that with its flaws and all, still has enough entertainment and frights to shake you afterwards and have the franchise continued.



Provoked(in Film)
None of these slight alterations is likely to diminish your ability to appreciate or
applaud the significance of a landmark decision which established Battered Women’s Syndrome as a defense.



Music & Lyrics DVD review (in Film)
Between the pithy dialogue and the retro humor which comes at the expense of big hair bands, be prepared to laugh throughout the duration of this delightful date flick.


Because I Said So DVD review (in Film)
This familiar formula might have worked were it not for Ms. Keaton’s infuriating dumbing herself down and mugging for the camera.


Spider-Man 3 (in Film)
There’s no entertainment value being lost. It lays the drama on thick, but more than makes up for it with stupefyingly awesome fight scenes.


Paris Je T'Aime (in Film)
In 18 short vignettes, there is a pleasantly seamless quality about the production which almost imperceptibly flows from one tale to the next.


Tribeca Film Festival: Chops (in Film)
Director Broder catches the rising excitement - think “Fame” meets “Rocky” by way of the Duke of Ellington – as well as some great footage of the late Ed Bradley, a longtime supporter of Essentially Ellington


Tribeca Film Festival: Day Zero (in Film)
Day Zero is an very inspiring film that gives a different perspective on war, showing the motivation of characters and the mental and physical preparations they go through before war.



Tribeca Film Festival: Bomb It (in Film)
Though many view it as a prelude to larger crimes the artists have a very different opinion, director/writer Jon Reiss gives them another medium in which they can express themselves.

DEJA VU (in Film)
Aptly titled, since this edge of your seat thriller feels like a roller coaster ride.


In The Land of Women (in Film)
While Adam Brody presents some charm to this light hearted film, there are one too many stories thrown into the mix that makes the film convoluted and contrived.


HOT FUZZ (in Film)
"Hot Fuzz" is what you expect from a good satire, a lot of laughs, smart writing, and a cast talented enough to deliver the goods.


FRACTURE (in Film)
"Fracture" has all the elements needed for a great film, but only delivers with the performances. It could have been a much better film if the time had been taken to shore up the story.
GOODBYE MOMO( A Dios Momo) (in Film)
It's a film that a family can laugh and bond with a little belief in magic.
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