Rhapsody: To Live and Die By the Rhyme [Ice-T, Glenn Plummer, Fred Williamson, Freda Payne]
PopCultureShock (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
In a recent interview with EURWeb, Fred “The Hammer” Williamson, had some choice words for Michael Jai White and Black Dynamite. Which is unsurprising when you consider Williamson also turned down a role in the Wayans’ blaxploitation parody/homage I’m Gonna Git You Sucka. What is surprising is finding out that the guy who really paid [...]
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... fit right in at the neighborhood grindhouse, maybe on a double bill with something starring Fred Williamson. Eberle plays a nameless (the DVD cover cleverly calls him "Noname"), homeless... Read the entire review
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... (We think the moniker sounds as if could have been the title of a 1970s action film starring Fred Williamson.) Anyway, labored connections to the Prez's 747 aside, with the BlackforceOne, Loma appears to have come up with something pretty tasty. It starts off as a base-engined C6 Vette, which is subsequently twin-turbocharged to make 783 horsepower (794 PS). Of that, a devilish 666...
autoshowplanet.com (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... (We think the moniker sounds as if could have been the title of a 1970s action film starring Fred Williamson.) Anyway, labored connections to the Prez’s 747 aside, with the BlackforceOne, Loma appears to have come up with something pretty tasty. It starts off as a base-engined C6 Vette, which is subsequently twin-turbocharged to make 783 horsepower (794 PS). Of that, a devilish 666...
Travel (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... Joker and save the city. Adios Amigo - Peculiar western comedy, written, produced, and directed by Williamson, who also plays a role in the film along with con guy Pryor. There is no sex or brutality in this harmless film, but it just doesn't exactly come together. Cast includes Fred Williamson, Richard Pryor, Thalmus Rasulala, James Brown, and Robert Phillips. Directed by...
Black Voices Blogs (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Filed under: Movies , Star Quotes , Magazines and Newspapers Gabrielle Union "If it's a choice between a man who gives flowers and a man who enjoys giving oral, most women would take the oral. And it's free. Oral sex is recession-proof." -- Actress Gabrielle Union on her preference in receiving fellatio over flowers from men. ( Men's Health ) NEXT: Fred Williamson on 'Black...
best4blogs.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... Joker and save the city.Adios Amigo - Strange western comedy, written, produced, and directed by Williamson, who as well plays a part in the film along with con guy Pryor. There is no sex or violence in this harmless flick, but it just doesn’t quite come together. Cast includes Fred Williamson, Richard Pryor, Thalmus Rasulala, James Brown, and Robert Phillips. Directed by Fred...
Blackadelic Pop (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Just finished writing a long essay on the making of the Curtis Mayfield's celebrated Superfly soundtrack for Wax Poetics Issue 38. Featuring interviews with arranger Johnny Pate, guitarists Phil Upchurch, Craig McCullen, Jean Paul Bourelly, actor/director Fred Williamson and writers Barry Michael Cooper and Darius James, the tentatively titled "Gangster Boogie: Curtis Mayfield and the Makings...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... an Academy Award. It's that good.""Three the Hard Way" (1974), boasting the mighty triumvirate of Fred Williamson, Jim Brown and Jim Kelly in a drama about thwarting a white supremacist plot to eradicate blacks. "That took three of the most dominant black action heroes of the time," says White, "and it's a crash course in the blaxploitation genre." Adds Sanders: "That's also the one...
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... an Academy Award. It's that good.""Three the Hard Way" (1974), boasting the mighty triumvirate of Fred Williamson, Jim Brown and Jim Kelly in a drama about thwarting a white supremacist plot to eradicate blacks. "That took three of the most dominant black action heroes of the time," says White, "and it's a crash course in the blaxploitation genre." Adds Sanders: "That's also the one...
