Will Smith

Is it Racist?: The British Couples Retreat Poster

source: Gawker

Black actors have had a tough time appealing to foreign audiences, because the films they're often cast in are specific to African-American culture or history-they are films about African-Americans, as opposed to films that happen to have African-Americans in them.

Published Sun, Nov 15

Is it Racist?: The British "Couples Retreat" Poster

source: gawker.com

Black actors have had a tough time appealing to foreign audiences, because the films they're often cast in are specific to African-American culture or history-they are films about African-Americans, as opposed to films that happen to have African-Americans in them.

Published Sun, Nov 15

Desperate Housewives Rumor

source: Oh No They Didn't!

Having Will Smith will also allow Desperate Housewives to display more diversity: this is something the show has been lacking for quite a long time. We wish that Will Smith or another African American character would be given a more prominent and less controversial role, but this is defin...

Published Tue, Oct 27

#48. Friday

source: stuffblackpeopledig (WordPress)

Friday is perhaps the single greatest movie ever made according to the Black Community, even topping Scarface in most circles. This film embodies nearly every aspect of an authentic Black American living experience. Unemployment, alcohol, cannabis, the hood, stereotypes, drug deale...

Published Tue, Sep 29

Will Smith brings Kung Fu kid to Beijing

source: topix.com

Oscar-nominated American actor Will Smith was spotted in Beijing on Wednesday with his wife and children.

Published Fri, Jul 10

5 Independent Films That Dared Open Independence Day Weekend

source: blog.spout.com

See what little (American) films bucked the 4th of July weekend release system after the jump: Distributor: Troma Entertainment Release date: July 3, 1987 The Wackness Distributor: Sony Classics Release date: July 3, 2008 Studio offerings: Hancock

Published Thu, Jul 2

Will Smith Hits Hurricane Katrina Biopic

source: Cinematical

Will Smith, his production company Overbrook Entertainment, and Sony have bought the rights to the life story of Hurricane Katrina hero, John "The Can Man" Keller. While John Lee Hancock will be writing the script and directing The American Can, Sony has also bought a spec script about Ke...

Published Sun, May 24

Cannes You Dig It? 2009 Film Festival Winners: An Austrian-tatious Party.

source: Gawker

Finally, British director Andrea Arnold won a second jury prize for her film Fish Tank; she's sharing it with South Korean director Park Chan-Wook (director of the incredible Oldboy. American, Will Smith-helmed remake on the way. Seriously.) for a film called Thirst, about a vampire-pri...

Published Sun, May 24