The last few months have been an extremely stressful but yet amazing period. I seriously injured my leg training for a martial arts related documentary I am filming, had reconstructive surgery on my knee, watched in nervous anticipation as my daughter waited to receive college acceptance letters, and celebrated both my daughter’s 18th birthday and 23 years with my wife. However the most joyous and nerve racking experience of this time was closing on a new apartment.
Much to the annoyance of family and friends I have been referring to our new home as stately Wayne Manor!
I am so happy right now! And I say that with my knee totally jacked up and elevated! This might be the cinematic Batman that fans have been hoping to see. The action and fight scenes seems off the charts. It looks like they have finally understood that the Batman needs to be the epitome of frightening, a true Dark Knight. Affleck may force me to eat my words, and I couldn’t be more pleased.
This week the New York Cine gang and I talk about the documentary, Dawg Fight, which looks at the world of unsanctioned backyard boxing matches. We also discuss the Norwegian disaster movie, The Wave, and Continue reading “New York Cine Radio: Dawg Fight and the Wave”
The New York Cine Radio Podcast hit one of the top ten spots in the film and TV category for the second year in a row on Podbean! Thanks to all of our fans for listening! 2016 is going to be even better! If you haven’t heard the podcast before today, check it out. It is like NPR, but for film and pop culture geeks!
The new website for the CUNY School of Professional Studies (SPS) is now available. I am very proud to be associated with this organization. The site sports a beautiful new design that highlights the amazing direction of the college.The marketing statement, “Education that works as hard as you do”, is a perfect description of SPS.
On a personal note, I have to admit that I love the new section dedicated to the Communication and Media program. I also need to remember to ask the marketing director for a high quality version of the headshot that was used on my bio page. It was the best photo of me I have seen in years.
Those that follow my blog should already know that I am a huge Batman fan and that I wasn’t happy at all with the choice of Ben Affleck to play him in the upcoming “Batman vs Superman” film. However the above preview makes me think that I might have been totally wrong at least as it pertains to Affleck. All I can say now is that I am totally gassed to see this movie.
And notice that I am now referring to him as Ben, and not Affleck or El Headmo. Still he has a really big head. Massive.
I had a great time hanging out with my mom on her birthday. I am still not sure why she insists on having White Castle every year. My stomach can’t deal with it anymore.
As a father of two young black children, the Tamir Rice situation terrifies and angers me. The thought that someone could arbitrarily murder your child in cold blood and then have the state, and large sections of the American public, justify that action is beyond disturbing.
My son asked to borrow one of my video cameras to capture shots of him and his friends skateboarding. He was initially upset when I told him no. All of my HD cameras are black could be mistaken for something else by a trigger-happy cop. As a result, I went out and bought my kid an HTC Re camera that looks like a white inhaler so that no one could mistake it for anything dangerous.
I had a black HD camera I used to use with a one-handed pole grip for action shots until I thought about how it might look to some scared cop. And really when we pull back the curtain I believe that most cops are terrified of black people. This accounts for many of their overreactions. Now some honestly hate us, but some of that hate is a direct by-product of their fear.
This was the original action camera he wanted to use. The shame is that it is a great camera, far cheaper than a go pro but with similar quality. However, the form factor is too problematic, especially in black or silver.
The last time I looked, selling untaxed cigarettes didn’t carry the death penalty. To get away with murdering a Black Male in America all you have to do now is say you felt “threatened” or he was a thug/criminal. What happened to due process? When did it become ok to carry out judgment & execution for petty crime? The problem Black people are having is that Black males are dehumanized and depicted as threats worthy of death. In our justice system, I have yet to see the prosecutor seek the death penalty for stealing, walking, or running however this sentence is imposed on Black Males by police at a disproportionate rate.
