After returning home from being drafted into the Second World War, Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) was drafted by History to begin breaking color-barriers in America starting with its favorite past time – baseball. To many and myself Jackie Robinson is an icon but 42 revealed Jack Roosevelt Robinson the man highlighting how he responded [...]

2012 was a fun year at the box office primarily because of the fun I had blogging about movies here on That’s Atlanta thanks to you, yeah you, the readers! So as we prepare to depart 2012 for 2013 I’d like to close this year with a Box Office Top 5/Bottom 5 list.   TOP [...]

  Would you risk your life for your passion? Who could stand in your way to stop you? And who would be the selfish one?   Chasing Mavericks is based on the true story of surfer Jay Moriarity, a Georgia native, played by Jonny Weston. In the biopic, Jay’s passion for the ocean turns into [...]

  I don’t see Tyler Perry movies because I’m not his target audience. Well to be truthful, they just don’t appeal to me. But when I heard Perry was cast as the lead in an action movie, I thought to myself that I may have to consider him more than just the man who writes, [...]

  There’s been a lot of talk about how Hollywood isn’t original anymore but when it comes to horror how many ways can you scare someone? How original do you have to be? Does it take something new or can you rely on the tried and true?    Sinister tells the tale of Oswalt family [...]

  Joseph Gordon-Levitt is at it again. Looper is his 3rd major motion picture in as many months and I’m stuck wondering where the heck did this guy come from? And from looking up his filmography (Premium Rush, The Dark Knight Rises, 50/50, Inception, 500 Days of Summer)….Wow, he’s been busy. Gordon-Levitt has had roles [...]

  Ok ladies and gents, it’s Cuffing Season again in the Northern Hemisphere and Hollywood has conspired with the “wut u doin?” texters to offer up a chick friendly action flick with End of Watch. Heck, the movie wasn’t even my idea! I was invited to it because apparently women dig police action movies, too. [...]

    The Curve Ball – a baseball pitch with a top spin which causes the ball to dive downward on its path to the plate; also known as a Breaking Ball. Unlike a fastball, to hit a curveball you let it come to you by waiting for the break, breaking the rhythm of your [...]

  The video game franchise of movies has come a long way since Super Mario Bros, the first game turned movie circa 1993. Despite being considered one of the worst movies ever made and a certified box office failure it ushered in a new genre of movies to which many fanboys like myself owe many [...]

  Who is Joseph Gordon-Levitt and why will he be in 3 feature films in as many months? He’s written his own name on my favorite actors list with ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ and ‘Premium Rush’ in theaters with ‘Looper’ coming to the big screen in September. I know it’s a lot to consider someone [...]

        I can think of all sorts of excuses about how I ended up seeing Sparkle [2012]: My mom wanted to see it, Expendables 2 was sold out, it’s Black people’s version of The Dark Knight etc. But truth be told, I needed “Sparkle” punched on my Black Card. Nope, I didn’t [...]

  THE BOURNE LEGACY   Not All That!         The Bourne Legacy opened this past weekend in theaters with a new lead, Jeremy Renner who’s quickly becoming one of my favorite action stars with movies like The Avengers, Mission Impossible, and The Town under his belt. Renner also sharpened his acting chops [...]

“THE CAMPAIGN” HOW LOW WILL A POLITICIAN GO?   Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis bring the funny as political rivals in a race for Congress   It’s election season in the United States and what better way to preamble the start of the presidential race than with Will Ferrell’s new comedy, The Campaign! Will Ferrell [...]

    When I first saw the trailer for Total Recall [2012] in theaters a few months back I immediately started counting down the days that Bokeem Woodbine would be in a feature film in 2012!     Seriously, Bokeem Woodbine is one of my favorite actors since I was a kid cause I could [...]

  First I’d like to give kudos to 20th Century Fox for amending the original movie title “Neighborhood Watch” to “The Watch” in sensitivity to the Trayvon Martin case.     I checked out “The Watch” opening night largely due to it starring Richard Ayoade of the British Comedy ‘The I.T. Crowd’ fame, otherwise I [...]

    [My WSE TV Staff Note: We would like to offer our deepest condolences to the victims of the shooting that took place in the packed movie theater in Aurora, Colorado]     Director Christopher Nolan wrapped up the latest Batman trilogy with Dark Knight Rises in theaters this weekend. The movie concludes the [...]