The Acid Queen, a song written by Pete Townshend and the ninth song on The Who’s rock opera album Tommy, tells the attempts of Tommy’s parents to try to cure him. They leave him with a gypsy, a self-proclaimed “Acid Queen”. She feeds Tommy various hallucinogenic drugs. Continue reading
Tag: Film
10/3/16 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: The Wiz – If You Believe
If You Believe performed by Lena Horne as Glinda the Good Witch of the South in Sidney Lumet’s The Wiz, the film version of the popular Broadway musical. The film retells the events of L. Frank Baum’s classic novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz through the eyes of a young African-American kindergarten teacher who’s never been below 125th Street. Continue reading
9/26/16/ O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Do The Right Thing- Radio Raheem Tribute
Actor Bill Nunn died of cancer on Saturday, September 24 “Radio Raheem is now resting in power, Radio Raheem will always be fighting da powers dat be. May God watch over Bill Nunn.” wrote Do The Right Thing director Spike Lee. Continue reading
8/15/16 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Gene Kelly- Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
Singin’ in the Rain (1952) musical comedy film classic directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen. The film starred Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds. Continue reading
8/11/16 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez FILM: Paradise Garage- New York City’s Legendary Disco Comes To The Big Screen
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
The Paradise Garage, New York’s iconic disco will be getting its own film highlighting its contribution to the city’s dance music culture and nightlife. Continue reading
8/11/16 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez FILM PREVIEW: Paradise Garage- New York City’s Legendary Disco Comes The Big Screen
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
The Paradise Garage, New York’s iconic disco will be getting its own film highlighting its contribution to the city’s dance music culture and nightlife. Continue reading
8/8/16 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Vamp- Starring Grace Jones
Vamp, starring Grace Jones and Chris Makepeace is a 1986 comedy horror film directed by Richard Wenk, and co-written by Wenk and Donald P. Borchers. Continue reading
8/3/16 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez FILM: It’s Good To Be Bad (2016) DC Superhero
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
Suicide Squad is a 2016 American superhero film based on the DC Comics antihero team of the same name. Written and directed by David Ayer and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is the third installment in the DC Extended Universe. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Scott Eastwood and Cara Delevingne. In Suicide Squad, a secret government agency led by Amanda Waller recruits imprisoned super villains to Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ike Barinholtz, execute dangerous black ops missions and save the world from a powerful threat in exchange for clemency.
8/1/16 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: The Black Book Starring Tyrese Gibson
The Black Book, an original short film directed and written by Tyrese Gibson and co-starring Epic Records recording artist V. Bozeman. Continue reading
6/22/16 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez FILM: Vin Diesel Is Back with xXx: Return of Xander Cage- Teaser Trailer
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
Back in December, Vin Diesel took to his Facebook to announce to the world that he and Samuel L. Jackson would be back together for xXx: The Return of Xander Cage. Now Xander Cage is back in the third installment of the xXx franchise with a teaser trailer to prove it. Jackson returns to portray National Security Agency (NSA) agent Augustus Eugene Gibbons. xXx:The Return of Xander Cage will also star Nina Dobrev and Ruby Rose and is set to premiere on January 20, 2017.