MC Breed has died

Flint, Michigan rapper MC Breed has died at the age of 36 as a result of kidney failure.

According to the Detroit News, Breed died Saturday (November 22) at a friend's home.

Breed, whose given name was Eric Breed, had recently been wrestling with health issues and was admitted to a hospital in his adopted home of Atlanta in September after suffering from kidney failure. Breed was put on life support with his kidneys only at 30 percent functionality.

His condition improved and he was removed from life support.

Breed is best known for his hit "Ain't No Future In Yo' Frontin'."

QUANTUM OF SOLACE

Plot:

Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in this sequel to Casino Royale. This time Bond is on a mission of revenge, since the woman he loved was murdered during his last assignment. Despite the pleas to not make this a personal agenda by his boss M (Dench), he sets out to track a ruthless environmentalist with goals of taking over the water system in Bolivia, named Dominic Green (Amalric) who can lead him to the man that killed his lover. He soon teams up with the sexy but dangerous Camille (Kurylenko), who also wants Green to put her in touch with the brutal General of Bolivia that murdered her family. Together the two encounter death defying escapes and double dealing double crosses to get their man.

Reel Talk:

As I mentioned before when I reviewed Casino Royale, and take nothing away from Craig who I think is a good actor, but it's hard placing him in the Bond role. The charming wit and one liners, along with the flashy gadgets are missed - weren't those the things that made the agent famous? Signature watches and drinks - Gone! Previous Bonds never took anything seriously, Craig barely breaks a smile and what about the villains, they used to be charismatic as well. Now don't get me wrong the action is awesome in this film, which makes for a good action movie, but just not a good James Bond movie. So if you are an action junkie you will enjoy this one, but if you are a true Bond fan, you will probably be disappointed

Starring: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini and Jeffrey Wright
Directed by: Marc Forster
Rated: PG-13

I give it 3 corndogs

By: Corndog - The Reel Hustler

ROLE MODELS

Plot:

Facing life with a ho-hum attitude Danny (Rudd), who just wont even try to enjoy life, causes his live-in girlfriend Beth (Banks), to break up with him. Unable to deal with it Danny has a breakdown that puts him and co-worker/want to be his friend Wheeler (Scott) into some serious legal troubles. Beth, an attorney, manages to keep the duo from going to jail but they must conduct community service at a youth mentoring camp run by no b.s. founder Gail Sweeny (Lynch). Both guys may have met their match, womanizer Wheeler is placed with Ronnie (Thompson), 4 ft of foul mouth dynamite and Danny with Augie (Mintz-Plasse), a cape wearing dungeons and dragons fantasizer whose has a crush on a girl but is afraid to tell her. The guys must do whatever to win their partners over so that they can stay out of jail.

Reel Talk:

Paul Rudd plays one of the best non chalant characters in this film and some of his previous movies. It's almost like that's how he really is as a person, dry and humorless. Sean William Scott is just naturally funny, got sorta like a Jim Carrey vibe. Together the two work which provides a funny movie. Jane Lynch as the former drug addict turn mentoring camp founder is hilarious as well as Bobb'e J. Thompson's constant swearing character Ronnie. Although it gets to a point when you say, ok somebody needs to pop this little guy in the mouth (mainly his mother). Christopher Mintz-Plasse following up his super performance in Superbad, puts in another good performance as the shy but heroic Augie. If you need a good pick me up movie, this is a movie worth catching for the laughs.

Starring: Sean William Scott, Paul Rudd, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Elizabeth Banks, Bobb'e J. Thompson and Jane Lynch
Directed by: David Wain
Rated: R

I give it 3 corndogs

By: Corndog - The Reel Hustler

SOUL MEN

Plot:

Group members Louis Hinds (Jackson) and Floyd Henderson (Mac) - who haven't spoken to each other in over 20 years, are asked to perform at the Apollo Theater for a concert honoring their recently deceased lead singer Marcus Hooks (Legend) who left the group high and dry to pursue a promised solo career. Trying to get the two together is like mixing gas and fire, you're bound to get a explosive reaction, because of the bad history between them (Floyd stole Louis' wife). While on their road trip to New York, they decide to drop in on the woman they both loved, only to find that she has passed and had a daughter who is now grown, with the question of whose the father? Cleo (Leal) who now lives with her abusive wanna be thug boyfriend Lester (Crockett), decides to hit the road with the duo, to see how it is to be an entertainer. But this won't be an easy journey for the group as they encounter all types of obstacles on their way to the reunion concert.

Reel Talk:

Right off the rip, this was one funny movie. Honestly I don't think there was one moment that I didn't laugh. R.I.P. to Bernie Mac, but why is it that when an actor passes, their last film turns out to be their best performance (remember Heath Ledger R.I.P.). This was Mac at his best, as they say in entertainment "he left it all out on there on the stage". Samuel L. Jackson plays the perfect compliment to Mac's character, making up most of the laughs. Even with smaller parts, these actors proved to be scene stealers: Adam Herschman as the entertainment company gopher, Affion Crockett as the rapping thug Lester and Mike Epps' cameo will have you rolling with laughter. There's also cameo appearance from porn legend Vanessa Del Rio and the late great legendary soul singer Isaac Hayes (R.I.P.). I know most of you may be like me and cut out at the beginning of the credits, but you may want to stick around for this one. Director Malcolm D. Lee does a good job of honoring the two deceased legends (Mac and Hayes) with special out takes from the films taping. Must see movie to see comedy at its best.

Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sharon Leal, Sean Hayes, John Legend, Affion Crockett, Adam Herschman, Isaac Hayes and Vanessa Del Rio
Directed by: Malcolm D. Lee
Rated: R

I give it 5 corndogs and a soda

By: Corndog - The Reel Hustler

ROCKNROLLA

Plot:

In London, where real estate is gold, gangster Lenny Cole (Wilkinson) along with his right hand man Archie (Strong) rule the city's real estate business.When One Two (Butler) and Mumbles (Elba), members of a thug club called the Wild Bunch who do short order work for Lenny try to purchase property but come up short on cash, they must come up with a plan fast or catch a cold from Lenny (a term referring to being murdered). Things appear to look up for the boys when Stella, an high powered accountant with a thirst for danger, hires the Wild Bunch to rob her client (a Russian gangster who is trying to build a stadium in London) of seven million dollars. Things continue to go wrong when the Russian's lucky painting that he lends to Lenny is stolen by a crackhead rocker named Johnny Quid (Kebbell).

Reel Talk:

Having enjoyed Guy Ritchie's previous movies, I can say I was not disappointed with RocknRolla. It is a movie filled with everything from action, comedy, intrigue and corruption. The casting is by far Ritchie's best, from Wilkinson as Lenny, Butler and Elba as thugs, Newton as the sultry accountant, to the smaller roles provided by Jeremy Piven and Ludacris who play entertainment managers who get caught up in the middle of all the chaos. All around a good movie to go check out.

Starring: Gerard Butler, Idris Elba, Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton, Mark Strong, Jeremy Piven, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges and Tobey Kebbell
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Rated: R

I give it 4 corndogs

By: Corndog - The Reel Hustler

To Love or To Leave

To Love or To Leave, O.M.G! If I don't hear this a million times in a week. You see even though my friends seem to think I give the best advice, this question floored me. I couldn't really give an efficient answer because honestly I'm confused myself. . .. I know . . .I know. Yes I'm confused shocking isn't it!

It got me to thinking about my young fresh ,coming into our own Twenty Something Generation and I've figured it out. Still confused but, now I have a complete understanding of why.

Now as Children we learn once burned by the hot iron never to touch again. Mentally without us even realizing our subconscious mind just won't let us touch. I believe this to be true with emotions. Once burned, dogged out, ran over, played however you want to put it. Our good friend (Subconscious Mind) is like, Hey wait a minute. I remember we did something similar to this and it had a bad effect. If we choose to ignore this and proceed we're cautious and scared. Vowing to never let ourselves be that vulnerable again.

We're geniuses we think! Building imaginary walls and creating rules which we begin to live by. Buying our first class tickets for confusion. We're ready to join the nightlife of temptation.

Often swept off our feet in love on Friday. And highly annoyed by Monday. We play games as if there's not a care in the world. Then complain to an audience that there's no one worth loving around. Time passes us with rose colored vision while everything appears to be in our favor until reality approaches. Introducing a sweet gentle kiss of a new life. Do we stand our ground holding firm to our current Supreme Single Status, or do we crumble. Breaking every rule we worked so hard to establish.

We do a dance of dozens leading on both ends. No one wanting to appear the weaker so we put our love on lockdown (Check out Kayne's latest single. The man clearly has a point).

But, love is a strange thing and resistances are weakened once you've met your match. ( F. Y. I : People, every swagged person is not your Match). The blinders come off and suddenly the road doesn't seem so confusing after all. Finally seeing that we are truly the key holders to our destiny. We began to live life as intended breaking rules and creating our own path to happiness.

I believe once we realize that each person and relationship is different and should be judged separately from any other experience. We will see that love has no particular path which to follow it's wild and spontaneous. Most importantly it's what we make it.

So Keep an open and cautious mind.


One love,
Nesha Star

THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES

Plot:

After the death of her mother, that she didn't know, a young Lily (Fanning) tormented and confused and under constant abuse from her dad T. Ray (Bettany), runs away along with Rosaleen (Hudson), the family housekeeper who encountered a violent situation on her way to register to vote.(Uh OH, and our voting is right around the corner.) Lily who wants to find out about her mother and couldn't get any information from her dad, sets out to find the place that her mother stayed when she left T. Ray. With just a picture and an image on a piece of cardboard to go on, she and Rosaleen come upon a small town in South Carolina that sells honey with the same logo on the cardboard. They learn that the honey is made by the Boatwright sisters - August (Latifah), June (Keys) and May (Okonedo), three educated and independent women who own and operate their own bee farm. During her stay Lily learns the secret behind the life of bees as well as her mom's secret.

Reel Talk:

Little Dakota Fanning is growing up, in this film you'll see how she is maturing as a youngster and actress, compared to her earlier work. The Queen (Latifah), well she still shows why she's the Queen. Hudson, Keys and Okonedo all put in good performances in this emotion filled drama. Yes there will be some crying for some people for this film. I strongly suggest you break out with the Kleenex and see this this movie, it's one of the years best.

Starring: Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo, Paul Bettany, Tristan Wilds, and Nate Parker
Directed by: Gina Prince-Bythewood

Rated: PG-13

I give it 5 corndogs

By: Corndog - The Reel Hustler

EAGLE EYE

Plot:

After the funeral services of his twin brother who worked for the military defense team, Jerry Shaw (LaBeouf) starts receiving a vast arsenal of weapons and a large sum of money deposited to his bank account. Now he is targeted as a terrorist with hard nose F.B.I. Agent Morgan (Thornton) grilling him hard while in custody. Constantly getting phone calls from a mysterious woman who assist him in escaping and joins him with the also naive Rachel (Monaghan) who the caller has been instructing as well. Together the two are sent on a heart wrenching mission aided by the caller who has access to anything computerized, while trying to evade Agent Morgan and Military Defense cop Zoe Perez (Dawson). As long as the two fugitives follow instructions, they'll stay a few steps ahead of their chasers.


Reel Talk:

Eagle Eye is a combination of a lot of hi-tech suspense thrillers Enemy of the State, Conspiracy Theory and War Games to name a few. So there's not much originality here, but it's still an entertaining movie. This film is full of action pretty much from beginning to end, which will keep your attention. I just felt that the ending could have been a little better. It won't be long before LaBeouf moves from a junior action figure to a full fl edge action hero at the rate he is going (be looking for his follow up Transformer movie coming soon).

Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis, Billy Bob Thornton and Anthony Mackie
Directed by: D.J. Caruso
Rated: PG-13

I give it 3 corndogs

By: Corndog - The Reel Hustler

LAKEVIEW TERRACE

Plot:

When newly married couple Chris (Wilson) and Lisa (Washington) Mattson move into their new California dream starter home, they could have never imagined the nightmare that awaited them by way of their neighbor Abel Turner (Jackson). Abel, a police office and single parent to two children, has a problem dealing with the fact that the couple is interracial and will stop at nothing to make their lives a living hell with hopes that they will move. Seeing that they still have no plans to move he sets out to step up his evil dealings which ultimately leads to fatal consequences.

Reel Talk:

We have seen many phases from Samuel Jackson, but to see him play this ruthless villainous cop was a treat, he truly has range. He truly made me feel thankful about my neighbors. This is a very good thriller that will leave you in total awe unless you have actually experienced this type of madness. A must see.

Starring: Samuel Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington and Ron Glass
Directed by: Neil LaBute
Rated: PG-13

I give it 4 corndogs

By; Corndog - The Reel Hustler

RIGHTEOUS KILL

Plot:

Robert DeNiro (Turk) and Al Pacino (Rooster), play police partners in this crime thriller that takes them on a chase to find a serial killer who murders his victims (who just so happen to be criminals) and leaves a poem behind. This hunt leads them to the dreads of the city with a possible connection to local drug dealing club owner Spider (50 Cent). While compounding evidence the pair come to the conclusion that the killer may well be a vigilante cop with a disgruntle attitude.

Reel Talk:

Let me just clear this up right now, just because you got two legendary Academy Award winning actors in a movie doesn't mean that this is going to be a great movie. A lot of people wonder why great actors take what they feel is demeaning roles, well first off, they gotta eat and secondly, after stellar performances in other great movies they don't have to prove anything anyway. Not to mention that the movies scripts now don't offer the quality writing for these actors to continue producing great roles. So don't go to see this movie expecting greatness, but it is a good movie with two great actors. It is a good suspenseful movie with a good twist for an ending.

Starring: Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Curtis (50 Cent) Jackson, Carla Gugino, John Lequizamo, Donnie Wahlberg and Brian Dennehy
Directed by: Jon Avnet
Rated: R

I give it 3 corndogs

By: Corndog - The Reel Hustler