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The dominating news out of the Oscars this year was not that a deaf actor won an Oscar for only the second time in history, an LGBTQ Afro-Latina actress won Best Supporting Actress and an African American man won Best Actor. The problem was the latter launched the “slap heard […]

Oscar Watch: Grading the 94th Academy Awards, Who Won, Who ...

March 28, 2022 in Academy Awards / Opinion Piece / Oscar Watch tagged Academy Awards / Chris Rock / CODA / Oscar Watch / Oscars / Will Smith by joeldamos

If you think you know the story of Venus and Serena Williams and their journey from playing on the run-down courts of Compton to the history books, think again. Thanks to the new true tale—King Richard (out now on all home video formats), we are granted a front-row seat to […]

King Richard Blu-ray Review: The Williams Sisters’ Story Is Nothing ...

February 13, 2022 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray / King Richard / Serena Willliams / Venus Williams / Will Smith by joeldamos

If you think you know the story of Venus and Serena Williams and their journey from playing on the run-down courts of Compton to the history books, think again. Thanks to the new true tale, King Richard, we are granted a front-row seat to how both Richard (Smith) and his […]

King Richard Review: Will Smith Flawlessly Brings the Venus and ...

November 22, 2021 in Uncategorized tagged King Richard / Movie Reviews / Serena Williams / Venus Williams / Will Smith by joeldamos

Ang Lee is always one to push the envelope, technologically, for the betterment of the story he is telling with his films. That was certainly the case with the movie that, in many ways, put him on the map of global filmmakers whose name had become a brand, 2000’s Crouching […]

Gemini Man 4K Review: A Visual & Technological Stunner from ...

January 18, 2020 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged Ang LEe / DVD Reviews / DVD-Blu-Ray / Gemini Man / Will Smith by joeldamos

The reason audiences adore Bad Boys (and Bad Boys II to some extent) is not the Bayhem that explosively permeates both films. It is firmly the bromance at the heart of the Bad Boys franchise between Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. It is so powerful that it makes the 17 […]

Bad Boys For Life Review: Martin Lawrence & Will Smith ...

January 17, 2020 in Movie Reviews tagged Bad Boys for Life / Martin Lawrence / Movie Reviews / Will Smith by joeldamos

The NSFW trailer for Sony’s Bad Boys for Life has debuted and it teases the return of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in the franchise that showed these two have explosive cinematic chemistry for days. Mike Lowrey (Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Lawrence) are back to doing what they do best—chasing […]

Bad Boys for Life Red Band Trailer: How’d They Get ...

November 5, 2019 in Movie Trailers tagged Bad Boys for Life / Martin Lawrence / Movie Trailers / Will Smith by joeldamos

Ang Lee is a wizard of a moviemaker. From his envelope pushing work on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to The Life of Pi, the man is obsessed with new technology and its ability to enhance his righteous storytelling sensibilities. Problem is, his last two efforts, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk […]

Gemini Man Review: Ang Lee Forgets Story Building While Tech ...

October 11, 2019 in Movie Reviews tagged Ang LEe / Gemini Man / Movie Trailers / Will Smith by joeldamos

Paramount Pictures has unveiled the first look trailer at director Ang Lee’s (The Life of Pi) latest cinematic mind-bender, Gemini Man. The apt title reflects a story where star Will Smith (as an assassin) is hired to track down and kill a highly trained adversary—himself. See, some year ago, some […]

Gemini Man Trailer: Will Smith Hunts Himself in Ang Lee’s ...

April 23, 2019 in Movie Trailers tagged Ang LEe / Gemini Man / Will Smith by joeldamos

The first full trailer for Disney’s Aladdin has been released by the studio and it is a great improvement over that Aladdin TV spot that premiered a few months back. Whereas the TV spot teased the appearance of Will Smith as Genie, this time out we get the full effect […]

Aladdin Trailer: Disney’s Latest Live Action Redo

March 12, 2019 in Movie Trailers tagged Will Smith by joeldamos