Hip hop loves movies, not only do you have groups like Wu-Tang having their styles influenced by kung fu flicks, but you've got rappers like Will Smith, Ice Cube, and LL Cool J developing full fledge movie careers. But even if Common or T.I. isn't making an appearance in the movie, HipHopDX will still be there to tell you whether or not to spend your hard earned money on it or just cop the 30 new Lil' Wayne mixtapes that just dropped.

Cocaine Cowboys 2 - Hustlin' With The Godmother August 6th, 2008 - Jake Paine | DVD Release | Comments: 3

The first Cocaine Cowboys was one of the greatest accomplishments in the era of “hood documentaries.” The film was so good that it transcended the niche, and Hip Hop was so moved by the film that N.O.R.E. led a pack of rappers rhyming about the film’s vast coverage of a murderous Miami cocaine cartel. Creative editing sequences, clever suspense plots and unbelievable archival footage made this a film that theaters regretted ignoring in the first place. The same Griselda Blanco that ordered the murders over 50 drug traffickers is the un-featured star of Cocaine Cowboys 2, which chronicles her puppeteering Oakland, California cocaine traffic from behind bars.     Charles

The Dark Knight July 21st, 2008 - Slava Kuperstein | Theatre Release | Comments: 103

Has any franchise adapted into the world of film gone through more indignities than Batman? In 1989, director Tim Burton brought a version of the Caped Crusader to the silver screen, creating a highly stylized and atmospheric world which, although praiseworthy and masterful in its own right, set the tone for a franchise which went on to be a disappointment for over 15 years. The fact of the matter is, while Burton’s Batman and Batman Returns films were artful, they completely missed the true darkness that is the Batman universe. The subtleties of the dynamic between Batman and Bruce Wayne, their faults and flaws, the very nature of good

Meet Dave July 18th, 2008 - DeMarco Williams | Theatre Release | Comments: 3

There’s a moment in this one when an unassuming earthling (Elizabeth Banks) asks the droid bearing a striking resemblance to Axel Foley to give his full name. The little people living inside the decoy, specifically the captain (Eddie Murphy) and No. 3 (Gabrielle Union), didn’t plan on anything beyond a first name, so they scramble to the internet to find something. No. 3 stumbles upon some oddly-named site called Google. Hehehehe. She offers the most common name in the world: “Dave Ming Chang.” Okay, we’ll wait for you to stop laughing… …If you didn’t chuckle at that one, there’s a small chance you will at anything else

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