It's the first episode of my new show!"Hot Culture" Ep. 1--"Django," "Temptation" and "3 Cheers" http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer\">clicking here</a>.</div><!--[if !IE]>-->','hspace':null,'vspace':null,'align':null,'bgcolor':null}">See More

Originally posted on MoniqueblogToday, we'll review about two very different DVDs that'll be hitting the stores in the months ahead--Circle and Kings of the Evening. If time permits, we'll also talk about experiences with horror and the "sorrow-besotted black people" genres (we're black, so take it from us; the sorrow-besotted black people genre gets old FAST). Listen to…See More

Originally posted on MoniqueblogI can't believe my phone went out on the inaugural episode! Oh well, we were running out of time to talk about Scooby-Doo anyway :) We'll cover that, as well as Disney's Rapunzel, Cartoon Network's acquiring of "MAD" and "Regular Show" to their roster of "dude" humor shows and how they, along with their other primetime contemporary "Adventure…See More

Originally posted on MoniqueblogA lot of movie watching today on a rainy Saturday in Birmingham. Finally, I have a chance to write some extensive movie reviews until I go see Inception next week; I've been MIA due to heavily marketing my new online novel/webfiction/webserial Polite Society (if you like the 1700s and the movie Marie Antoinette, click the link now!) First, let's tackle The Bodyguard. Bodyguard…See More

originally posted at moniqueblog.netHoly flashy projects, Batman! Wrong comic book empire, I know, but still, this movie used every ounce of their production values budget. From cameos by Bill O'Reilly, Christiane Amanpour, the recently deceased DJ AM and even Marvel Comics institution Stan Lee as Larry King, along with spots by Audi, C-Span, Youtube, Monaco's famed racing…See More

Originally posted at moniqueblog.netTim Burton has now reimagined three already successful films-Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The Planet of the Apes, and now Alice in Wonderland. But where Burton excelled with his version of Willy Wonka, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, he narrowly escaped the same ground he tread with The Planet of the Apes--over-thinking.In this version, Alice (Mia Wasikowska) runs away from a badly proposed marriage…See More