A Canadian women is suing her drug dealer for $50,000 for selling her meth (crystal methamphetamine) which after she used put her in a coma for 11 days. Now because the drug dealer won’t give up his connect, the judge is rejecting his defense that she took the drug on her own accord. Read more
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe
Release date: November 2, 2007
Review: 3 out of 5
Best Scene: When Denzel pops that dude from “Daddy’s Little Girls” in the head.
What do you do when you attempt to make a “serious” film about a gangster from Harlem’s rise to riches and spend over a $100 million doing so? You pander like a politician to to the young generation to fill seats. And who better to fill seats than the “dumb” hip hop generation. The marketing of this film has been impeccable. Everything from the trailers showing Denzel Washington pumping his fist over Jay-Z’s classic record “Heart of the City” to casting rappers T.I., Common and RZA and let’s not forget Jay-Z releasing an album by the same name that he says is “inspired by the movie”. To any hip hop head, having Jay-Z inspired by your movie, so much so to make an album about it, is a flashing light sign saying “MUST SEE”. Read more
