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10 of the Most Rewatchable Movies of All Time
There is one movie I have to watch whenever I see it. I don’t care if I’m flipping through channels or I come across it on Netflix, and that’s My Cousin Vinny, if only so I can watch the judge ask Joe Pesci, “What’s a yute?” Vincent LaGuardia Gambini (Pesci) has had me enunciating “youTH-ES”…
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I Tried Brown Sugar Cream of Wheat Yesterday and Now I Want to Fight Everyone
For the last 15 or so years, I’ve dealt with moderate to severe acid reflux. I’ve had it mostly under control—I stay away from certain foods, I exercise regularly and I try to shoehorn multiple stress relievers into my day—but for the past three months, it’s been particularly annoying. So annoying that I had an…
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Bounce TV Launches Brown Sugar Streaming Service on Amazon
I remember during my freshman year in college, I took a black-film class and sat through hours and hours of blaxploitation movies. From Shaft to every Melvin Van Peebles film ever made, the class was an eye-opener when it came to black movie classics. And now you’ll be able to stream those films on Amazon.com,…
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Unique Views, Episode 20: Jive Turkey, Featuring Pam Grier
Are you like me? Have you ever wished that there was a bigger, blacker Netflix for all the blaxploitation movies of the past? Well, wait no more! Introducing Brown Sugar, the biggest, baddest, blackest mutha— Patti LaDanielle: Shut yo’ mouth! Just talking about Brown Sugar on Bounce TV. Seriously, the service is dope, free for the first…
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When In Doubt, Trust Yourself (Unless You Make Bad Decisions As A Rule, Then Don't)
Disclaimer: The following words do not work if you are allergic to common sense or if Chris Brown or Kanye West are your spirit animals. They work only if you have pledged allegiance to good decision-making. I’m feeling motivational again. Until I saw the movie Brown Sugar in the early aughts, I’d never heard the term “trust…
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The Hip-Hop Dalmatians Are the Greatest Rap Group That Never Was. Probably. Maybe.
As far as late-’90s and early-2000s black cinema goes, Brown Sugar is probably my favorite movie. The Wood is as close a second as you can get, much in the way thatReasonable Doubt is my favorite Jay Z album but I can listen to The Blueprint all day every day. In fact, The Wood is…