Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Halle Berry - Girl 6

Halle Berry short hair easy stylesHalle Berry X Men new the cinema sourceHalle Berry appeared in Girl 6 as Cameo. Girl 6 is a 1996 film by American director Spike Lee about a phone s*x operator. Theresa Randle played the title character, and playwright Suzan-Lori Parks wrote the screenplay. The soundtrack is composed entirely of songs written by Prince.

Directors Quentin Tarantino and Ron Silver make cameo appearances as film directors at a pair of interesting auditions.

A promising Spike Joint!,
7/10
Author: Npg816Marin88 from Bronx, NY
I saw Girl 6 on HBO after it was released (I wasn't allowed to see it). At that time Girl 6 didn't really catch my attention. I never knew what phone sxe was so I couldn't really understand the movie too well.I recently rented Girl 6 and was glued to the screen. I really loved the performance of Theresa Randle as the African American woman desperately in need of a job she later discovers phone sxe and yadda yadda yadda. The most elaborate scenes in Girl 6 has to be her fantasies where she becomes Dorothy Dandridge in Carmen Jones, Foxy Brown, and Thelma from Good Times. A lot of people I know hates this movie but I think it was a promising Spike joint, I really enjoyed it. Not as much as Bamboozled, Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X and Clockers but I enjoyed it. From every angle Girl 6 was enjoyable, Prince (then known as The Artist Formely known as Prince) provided a great score and playwright Suzan Lori Parks made Girl 6 the slick comedy it is today.

Monday, July 20, 2009

Halle Berry - Race the Sun

Halle Berry couture in the cityHalle Berry appeared in Race the Sun as Miss Sandra Beecher. Race the Sun is a 1996 comedy-drama movie, mainly starring Halle Berry, Steve Hogan and James Belushi.

Race the Sun is loosely and imprecisely based on the true story of the 1990 Konawaena High School Solar Car Team which finished 18th in the World Solar Challenge, besting numerous corporate and university teams, and becoming the first high school team to complete the race.

Another chance to see Halle Berry, 6/10,Author: lastliberal from Florida

OK, not the greatest movie in the world, and the outcome is fairly predictable, but it was another opportunity to see Halle Berry, and I cannot pass that up. Besides that, I am trying to get my teaching certificate, so I watch teacher movies, no matter how silly.

I understand that it is also based upon a true story.

In addition, it also featured Eliza Dushku (Buffy, Tru Calling), Casey Affleck (brother of Ben), and James Belushi.

It wasn't memorable, but it was cute and not a total waste of time. Also, it was written by Barry Morrow, a member of the Association of Retarded Citizens, the National Association of Social Workers, and the Austism Society of America - a lifelong advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities. That puts him solidly in my camp as I am also a member of NASW and work with the developmentally disabled. Morrow won an Oscar for writing Rain Man.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Halle Berry - Executive Decision

Halle Berry ramkesharHalle Berry appeared in Executive Decision as Jean. Executive Decision is a 1996 action film, directed by Stuart Baird and starring Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, David Suchet, John Leguizamo, and Steven Seagal. Executive Decision film was released in the United States on March 15, 1996.

Executive Decision... Different After 9/11, Like my review of "Air Force One", the counterpart of Executive Decision movie which came out the following year, this movie takes on a whole new element in the post 9/11 world. When released, a terrorist taking control of an airplane and using it against American Citizens as a bomb seemed the stuff Hollywood would make up and produce. After those shocking events, however, Executive Decision movie takes on a quality of realism that it didn't before, and unlike the aforementioned "Air Force One", is superior in many ways.


First off, the cast: Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, and the star-to-be Halle Berry star. Russell proves himself as a versatile Character Actor. Afterall, his previous role was that of a Special Operations Soldier in the Sci-Fi hit "Stargate", and in this movie he plays an intelligence analyst whom Special Operations Soldiers despise, and pulls it off well. Seagal completely convinces you he is the Soldiers Soldier that he is supposed to be. And Halle Berry, well, she deserves that Oscar she later won, and her abilities are showcased here. She was not the star then that she is today, and this is perhaps one of her many breakout appearances.

Second, all branches of the Armed Forces (save the Marine Corps) have a chance to shine in this movie. It shows a true devotion among the men who serve the United States. The Special Ops guys are Army, the delivery pilot is Air Force and the Tomcat Pilots are Naval Aviators along the lines of Maverick from "Top Gun".

In conclusion, Executive Decision is a good movie that is under-rated, and in the wake of 9/11, seems that much more real.