BEYONCE'S OBSESSION!

Beyoncé stans have something new to add to their own obsessed collection... The official movie poster for the thriller Obsessed, starring Idris Elba, and Ali Larter. Beyoncé takes another stab at acting as she portrays Idris Elba’s wife in the new movie Obsessed, in theaters April 24. I can just hear Beyoncé’s character saying “You don’t want none of this b%$ch!”

WHAT'S UP WITH RUDY?


In an interview with essence.com, Keshia Knight Pulliam, known to Cosby fans as Rudy -- the "baby" of the family — though she’ll always be Rudy from the Cosby Show to us — talks up her new role in Tyler Perry movie, Madea Goes To Jail. When asked how she managed to skirt the way of some child stars — drugs, crime, etc., here’s what she offered up:
I think it’s learning from the mistakes of those before you. It’s very documented the rough route that other child stars have had. My family made sure my focus was to stay grounded, to stay humble. In my family, it’s not an option not to be. Taking that time off to grow emotionally, mentally and physically was a very deliberate thing; to just go to school and have those regular experiences in life. Through that, your self-worth isn’t grounded in Hollywood. It isn’t grounded in your next role. It’s grounded in real stuff—going to school, being a good person, those sorts of things. So I really attribute it to my upbringing.”


Check Out Mug Shot Posters for Tyler Perry's latest film 'Madea Goes to Jail', which comes out on February 20.

The film stars Tyler Perry, Derek Luke, Keshia Knight Pulliam, David Mann, Tamala Mann, Ronreaco Lee, Ion Overman, Vanessa Ferlito, Viola Davis, Sophia Vergara, Robin Coleman, and Bobbi Baker.

DEFINITELY WORTH SEEING

Coming out next January is an uplifting drama about love and family adapted from the book of the same name by renowned pastor and author Bishop T. D. Jakes. 'Not Easily Broken' stars Morris Chestnut and Taraji P. Henson.
Directed by Bill Duke, the film also features Jenifer Lewis and Kevin Hart.
'Not Easily Broken' revolves around a couple whose strength and faith are tested after the wife is injured in a car crash and the husband becomes attracted to another woman. Check out the trailers below...

THE WAYANS BROTHERS ARE BACK!



They've lampooned blaxploitation films and horror movies. Now the Wayans family's spoof factory is reaching for its most sacred target yet: Zac Efron? The latest Wayans Brothers project will be appropriately called "Dance Flick" starring Damon Wayans, Jr. and Essence Atkins. It will spoof movies like "Save the Last Dance," "Hairspray," "You Got Served," "Step Up" and, yes, "High School Musical." Check out the trailer below, it looks hella funny!

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

The late comedian's legacy lives on in two of this weekend's top-earning films.
Even though comedian Bernie Mac died at the age of 50 of pneumonia this past August, he still stars in two movies opening this weekend. He not only plays opposite Samuel L. Jackson and the late Isaac Hayes in the tale of two washed-up singers in "Soul Men." But he also lends his voice to DreamWorks' animated movie "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa."

COLUMBUS SHORT FEATURED IN HORROR FILM 'QUARANTINE'

Coming out this week is the horror film 'Quarantine' that features Columbus Short, Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez, Greg Germann, Steve Harris, Dania Ramirez, Rade Sherbedzija, and Johnathon Schaech. Television reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman (Steve Harris) are assigned to spend the night-shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood-curdling screams coming from one of the apartment units. They soon learn that a woman living in the building has been infected by something unknown. After a few of the residents are viciously attacked, they try to escape with the news crew in tow, only to find that the CDC has quarantined the building. Phones, Internet, televisions and cell phone access have been cut-off, and officials are not relaying information to those locked inside. When the quarantine is finally lifted, the only evidence of what took place is the news crew's videotape.


E3 MOVIE PREVIEW: THE PRINCESS & THE FROG

The new trailer for Walt Disney's "The Princess and the Frog" is here. View the clip after the jump.

A musical set in the legendary birthplace of jazz -- New Orleans -- "The Princess and the Frog" will introduce the newest Disney princess, Tiana, a young African-American girl living amid the charming elegance and grandeur of the fabled French Quarter. From the heart of Louisiana's mystical bayous and the banks of the mighty Mississippi comes an unforgettable tale of love, enchantment and discovery with a soulful singing crocodile, voodoo spells and Cajun charm at every turn. Princess Tiana will be the first Black Disney Princess.

FOLLOW YOUR HEART, BUT WATCH YOUR BACK.

"The Family That Preys" is Tyler Perry's sixth feature film starring Alfre Woodard, Kathy Bates, Sanaa Lathan. This will be Perry's first film to feature white characters in prominent roles. The movie hits theaters September 12th.

Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard star as the matriarchs of two very different families being torn apart by greed and scandal in the contemporary drama. Perry chronicles the inner workings of two families—one upper-crust and the other working class—that become inextricably linked by scandal.

The movie definitely looks good and worth seeing, plus it takes a different route from Perry's last few films. Will you be going to watch it?

FAMILY AFFAIR

Tasha Smith is set to make her directorial feature debut with a film called 'Family'.
It will be an an inspirational and uplifting film that stars Bow Wow, Sharon Leal, and her twin sister, Sidra.
In the meantime, Smith can next be seen on the big screen in August when she appears opposite Ice Cube, Jill Marie Jones and Keke Palmer in 'The Longshots'.
Smith was one of the few actresses who broke out in 2007 with roles in both Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls and Why Did I Get Married?

BEYONCE TAKE 2

Here are more pictures of Beyoncé on the set of her new movie "Obsessed" taken earlier this week.



LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!

Beyoncé Knowles was spotted hard at work filming a scene for her new movie “Obsessed” on Monday. “Obsessed", starring Idris Elba, tells the story of “a successful professional man with a beautiful wife who finds his idyllic life threatened by a temp in his office who reveals herself as a stalker.”

'SEX' IS BACK!

Finally the fabulous fashionable foursome are back... Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda bring Big Apple to the big screen. If you are a true 'Sex and The City' fan than the movie will not disappoint as it effortlessly recaptures what was great about these four women. Four years after the final HBO episode, Carrie and her pals are taking another bite out of the Big Apple. Despite their newly "settled" lives, they're about to find out that happy endings belong only in fairy tales.

THE HEAT IS ON!

Comedian Eddie Murphy will be reviving his role as detective Axel Foley in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise. The actor will team up with director Brett Ratner to return for the fourth installment of the franchise as the Michigan detective.
The plan is to shoot the movie next year in 2009 in time for a 2010 release. The first movie from the Beverly Hills Cop franchise was released in 1984, and grossed $316 million at cinemas worldwide, making it the second biggest hit of 1984 (next to Ghostbusters).

As always E3 wants to know... Will you be checking it out?


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CIARA in MAMA I WANT TO SING!

The hit-making singer Ciara will be starring in the new movie adaptation of the gospel musical "Mama, I Want to Sing!" in theaters October 2008. This will be Ciara's first major movie role. Ciara will portray Amara, the daughter of a preacher who sings in her father's church choir, but her voice eventually leads her to become a pop superstar.

The cast include: Lynn Whitfield, Patti LaBelle, Juanita Bynum, Hill Harper, and Kim Porter.

Source: blackfilm.com

YOU GOTTA HAVE "FAITH"

With the press release sent out last week announcing the main casting for 'Notorious', the story of Christopher 'Biggie Smalls' Wallace, it wasn't specified who would be playing the parts of Lil'Kim, Faith Evans, and Jan, who was Biggie Smalls' long-term partner and the mother of his first child.

Information has now been received that up and coming actors Antonique Smith will be playing Faith, Naturi Naughton will be playing Lil' Kim, and Julia Pace Mitchell will be Jan.

You may remember Naturi Naughton, she is a former member of the music group 3LW who later appeared in the Broadway musical Hairspray.

Source: It'sAll Reel!/BV

E3 Movie Review: Will Smith and Halle Berry




I Am Legend
Starring: Will Smith
Adapted from acclaimed author Richard Matheson, and Constantine director Francis Lawrence I Am Legend follows the last man on Earth as he struggles to survive. Robert Neville (Will Smith) plays a brilliant scientist that is somehow immune to a terrible virus that was unstoppable, and incurable.

In Theaters: December 14th






Things We Lost In The Fire
Starring: Halle Berry
A woman who lost her husband in a random act of violence and a heroin addict who was a lifelong friend to the dearly departed discover that the beloved husband and friend's unfortunate passing is actually a blessing in disguise.

In Theaters: Sept. 14th



Source: movies.yahoo.com

E3 Movie Review: The Game Plan and American Gangster


The Game Plan: Starring The Rock, Morris Chestnut, and Brian White (Stomp The Yard)

The Gridiron Gang star The Rock picks up the pigskin once again for this sports-themed family comedy concerning a football superstar who abandons the gridiron to answer the call of fatherhood after learning that he has a daughter he never knew.


In Theaters: Sept. 28th, 2007









American Gangster Starring: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, T.I., Common, RZA


Director Ridley Scott (Gladiotor and Black Hawk Down) spins this yarn concerning a Harlem drug kingpin (Denzel Washington) who smuggles heroin into the country by hiding it in the bodies of U.S. soldiers killed during battle in Vietnam. There was a time when no one noticed reserved driver Frank Lucas (Washington), but when the criminal kingpin was charged with transporting through the city streets suddenly dies, Lucas seizes the opportunity to build his own criminal empire.

In Theaters: November 2nd







Source: americangangster.net/disney.go.com