Richard Roundtree, who brought one of cinema’s great Black heroes to life in 1971’s Shaft, has died. Roundtree was 81. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Roundtree died yesterday after a brief bout with pancreatic cancer; he had previously survived breast cancer in the early ’90s, and advocated for men to get tested for the disease. Roundtree was born on July 9, 1942, in New Rochelle … Continue reading ‘Shaft’ Star Richard Roundtree Passes Away!!
Last August, Collider reported that Kevin Hart was set to produce and star in a superhero comedy titled Night Wolf for STX Entertainment, but the great mystery was who would direct. It turns out, the mystery wasn’t too tough to solve, as Hart’s frequent collaborator Tim Story is in negotiations to direct from a script by Detective Pikachu scribes Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit. Story … Continue reading ‘Night Wolf’: Tim Story and Kevin Hart Re-team for Superhero Comedy!!
It is an inevitable fact that for every good their is always a bad, a factor which heavily implies into movie making as well. In the sense while this year saw some amazing, well-crafted piece of cinema, we were also subjected to some misguided, poorly executed and lazily written films. Based on my opinion, here are some of the worst films big old Hollywood churned … Continue reading Top 10 Worst Hollywood Films of 2019 – A MovizArk Take!!!
Synopsis – JJ Shaft, a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, enlists his family’s help to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death. My Take – I think most cinephiles know about the character John Shaft. A swift black detective, created by newspaper writer-turned-crime author Ernest Tidyman, who thinks of himself as a human being, but who uses his black rage … Continue reading Shaft (2019) Review!!
Disney and Pixar‘s Toy Story 4 topped the weekend box office and did so with the franchise’s largest opening weekend yet, but even it seems to have been bitten by the summer’s sequel slump as it too delivered well below studio and industry expectations. On top of that, UA Releasing‘s Child’s Play finished in second place while also missing forecasted pre-weekend expectations while Lionsgate and … Continue reading ‘Toy Story 4’ Opens With Franchise Best $118 Million as ‘Child’s Play’ Trails Behind at the BO!!!
It was another disappointing weekend for a pair of new sequels as both Sony‘s Men in Black International and WB‘s Shaft were both unable to reach even the slimmest of studio expectations heading into the weekend. The weekend is down significantly compared to last year when Incredibles 2 bowed with a record-shattering $182.6 million opening and next weekend will turn to Pixar once again, looking … Continue reading ‘Men in Black’ and ‘Shaft’ Sequels Disappoint at the BO!!
The weekend’s top twelve combined to outperform the same weekend last year by more than 43%, which means the year-to-year gap continues to close, but the weekend’s new releases both struggled mightily. Universal and Illumination‘s The Secret Life of Pets 2 was unable to even deliver half of the opening the first film delivered just a few years ago, while Fox‘s Dark Phoenix entered the … Continue reading ‘Pets 2’ and ‘Dark Phoenix’ Underperform at the BO!!!
Synopsis – John Shaft Jr., a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, enlists his father’s help to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death. Directed – Tim Story Starring – Samuel L. Jackson, Regina Hall, Avan Jogia Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Shaft’: NSFW Trailer Is All Abusive!! Check It Out!!
We have some sad news to report today. Oscar-nominated director John Singleton has passed away at the age of 51. Singleton had suffered a stroke and was on life support, and his family made the decision to take him off that life support. Singleton is a fascinating director and one of the most important in bringing black cinematic voices to the mainstream. The influence of … Continue reading Director John Singleton Passes Away at 51!!!
What happens in Vegas is supposed to stay in Vegas… but not when it comes to CinemaCon, which kicks off Monday night with a screening of Neon’s Wild Rose starring Jessie Buckley. With Fox absorbed by Disney, Amazon canceling its luncheon and Sony taking the year off, the schedule is a bit lighter this year, so I had plenty of time to roam the convention … Continue reading CinemaCon 2019: New Movie Posters Including ‘Sonic’, ‘Godzilla’ and Others!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – John Shaft Jr., a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, enlists his father’s help to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death. Directed – Tim Story Starring – Samuel L. Jackson, Regina Hall, Avan Jogia Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Shaft’: First Trailer Reveals Three Generations of Shaft Unite and Triple the Action!! Check It Out!!
Entertainment Weekly has revealed the first official image from Warner Bros’ upcoming Shaft sequel which features three generations of Shaft in Richard Roundtree’s Detective John Shaft, Samuel L. Jackson’s John Shaft II, and Jessie T. Usher’s John Shaft Jr., along with Alexandra Shipp’s as-yet-unrevealed character; take a look here: The new Shaft sees Usher’s FBI agent John Shaft Jr. forced into teaming up with his estranged, old … Continue reading ‘Shaft’: Three Generations Reunite In First-Look Image!! Check It Out!!
Three generations of Shaft are prominently featured in the first set photo from the upcoming “Shaft” movie starring Jessie T. Usher, Samuel L. Jackson and Richard Roundtree (the original Shaft). View this post on Instagram A post shared by Aleks Musika (@aleksmusika) The behind-the-scenes photo was taken in New York City over the weekend as the three leads were decked out to the nines in Musika … Continue reading 3 Generations of Shaft in First Look at Jessie T. Usher, Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Roundtree!! Check It Out!!
Alexandra Shipp, perhaps best known for playing Storm in the X-Men prequel movies, is in talks to join Samuel L. Jackson in Shaft. Tim Story is directing the movie, which is seen as a continuation of the story of the private detective that first appeared in the 1970s blaxploitation action movie that became a pop culture phenomenon. Jackson is reprising the role he first played in … Continue reading Alexandra Shipp in Talks to Join Samuel L. Jackson in ‘Shaft’ Reboot!!!
1971’s Shaft is one of the seminal Blaxploitation films of the era. 2000’s Shaft is a forgettable remake that did fine at the box office, pulling in a little over $100 million worldwide off a $47 million budget, but the fact that a sequel has taken over 17 years should tell you that no one was really rushing to turn it into a franchise. However, … Continue reading Jessie T. Usher to Star in ‘Son of Shaft’; Samuel L. Jackson and Richard Roundtree to Return!!
