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Flood the Drummer Interview: MARLON WAYANS – A Haunted House 2
Marlon Wayans “Desperate for Laughs” in A Haunted House 2 For Marlon Wayans, it’s all jokes. He’s not trying to change the world, just your mood. A Chat with Funny Man – @MarlonWayans – A Haunted House 2 http://t.co/RIS2bLIUdO #BlogHerTalks — Tinsel & Tine (@tinseltine) April 13, 2014 By Tinsel & Tine Blog Contributor: Christopher “Flood the Drummer®” Norris “All the Wayans have a certain flavor of comedy,” Marlon tells me, citing his blend as “a spicy crispy” that may “burn your mouth.” Marlon’s older sister Kim calls him “desperate” and he, without argument, would agree. “I will go to wild places to make people laugh. I don’t give a fuck;…
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Heated Fights and Hot Heads: OUT OF THE FURNACE
Out of the Furnace Comes Heated Fights and Hot Heads Tinsel & Tine Blog Contributors with varying perspectives Flood the Drummer® and DJ Reezey® review new crime thriller For men who love bare-knuckle brawls, that leave blood from jaws and the lone justice-seeking vigilante who becomes the law, then Director Scott Cooper’s nearly two-hour new crime thriller Out of the Furnace will be the adrenaline rush that leaves you satisfied. Opening in theaters nationwide today, November 6th, this R rated film stars British actor Christian Bale (The Dark Knight), Casey Affleck (Tower Heist), the seductive and vivacious Zoe Saldana, and the legendary Woody Harrelson, in one of his grittiest roles…
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Highlight: American Promise
Have you heard about this doc – AMERICAN PROMISE ? It’s an emotional tale about race, class and the exclusive struggles that black boys in America must endure when attempting to achieve academically. The film intimately chronicles the lives of Idris Brewster and Seun Summers, a pair of middle-class African-American male students trying to navigate one of the nation’s most prestigious schools from kindergarten to graduation. Storytellers (parents) Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson, both first generation college graduates, have been traveling the country speaking about the labor of love that won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award in 2013 at the Sundance Film Festival. “We both have come to understand…
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A Village Called Versailles – Comes to Philadelphia
Documentary Inspires Philly’s Forgotten to Unite, Take Action By Tinsel & Tine Contributor Christopher “Flood the Drummer”® Norris A few sniffled; many cried; but ALL of the more than 40 concerned citizens inside the small but inviting South Philly Vietnamese temple were glued to the screen as they watched A Village Called Versailles a film by S. Leo Chiang that tells the story of one Viet community’s political awakening in the aftermath of the costliest storm in U.S history. The films focuses on a tight-knit group of Vietnamese Americans in a New Orleans neighborhood called Versailles, who overcame obstacles to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina, only to have their homes…
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The Black Male Body: Dead on Arrival (Fruitvale Station & Trayvon Martin)
by Christopher “Flood the Drummer” Norris With Zimmerman found not guilty, and Director Ryan Coogler recapping Oscar Grant’s last days on the big screen, the reoccurring injustices to the Black Male Body are painfully evident. While the “Not Guilty” verdict is saturating headlines from print to post, it’s not the only tragic story of an unarmed black male being crucified by an overzealous, gun-wielding “authority figure.” Millennial Movie Maker Ryan Coogler, 26, has bought his award-winning story Fruitvale Station, of a 22-year-old Bay Area resident Oscar Grant to the big screen. Produced by Forest Whitaker and starring Academy Award winner Olivia Spencer as Oscar’s mom, the 90 minute feature film…
