Patti Cake$ was one of my favorite movies at Sundance last year and I was hoping it would get a big release. It kind of came and went in the summer but I’m hoping now that it’s on Blu-ray, people will discover it. The soundtrack alone is addicting, a mix of original rap and power […]
Before HBO had 15 channels, there were certain movies that just seemed like they were always on. And whenever you were flipping channels, it would always be the same scene. Back in the ’80s, every time I dipped by HBO, it was the “Top That” rap battle scene from Teen Witch. Now that Kino Lorber […]
Patti Cake$ was a big hit at Sundance. Fox Searchlight bought the film and will put it out in theaters. Danielle Macdonald is the breakout star as Patricia Dombrowski, an aspiring rapper in New Jersey. Macdonald is Australian and shared how she became Patti Cake$. “I had never rapped,” Macdonald said. “I just got asked […]
January 5 sees more than four horror movies hit Blu-ray. I don’t know what it is about the first week of January. I didn’t even get The Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse or some of the catalog titles, but I can review the three from universal and the SXSW hit Deathgasm. Deathgasm Deathgasm is […]