tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post8687920469965955500..comments2024-01-27T02:33:23.675-08:00Comments on Beverly in Movieland: On Martin Luther King Day, a Hero’s JourneyBeverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515783219367479399noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-12836052212105299542015-02-09T13:20:58.264-08:002015-02-09T13:20:58.264-08:00Anthony Mackie was impressive in The Hurt Locker, ...Anthony Mackie was impressive in The Hurt Locker, and I'm sure I've seen him on stage too, in plays by August Wilson. As for Hallie Berry, I'd like to see her in more roles that are worthy of her beauty and talent. I enjoyed her in The Call, but the part wasn't much of a stretch for her. Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515783219367479399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-43057848437831084382015-02-05T05:59:23.477-08:002015-02-05T05:59:23.477-08:00I heartily agree, and I wish some African America ...I heartily agree, and I wish some African America fantasy heroes introduced in the last few years could have spun off into their own projects. I thought Halle Berry was fun as secret agent Jinx in the James Bond movie Die Another Day. She matched Pierce Brosnan kill for kill, and was even given a fun adversarial relationship with her "M" - played by Michael Madsen. They put a spinoff into development - but it stalled out somewhere along the way. I was really looking forward to it too. I also really liked Anthony Mackie as the superhero Falcon in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. He was charming and tough - and should be spun off into his own movie. <br /><br />I miss the heyday of Fred "The Hammer" Williamson's film career - the former football star got started acting in Robert Altman's M*A*S*H* and then went on to some blaxploitation movies like Hell Up in Harlem and Black Caesar before starting to direct his own star vehicles. Fred the director cast Fred the actor as cowboys, detectives, spies, and cops - and the movies were usually entertaining - if only to watch The Hammer showcase his wardrobe choices and larger than life persona. Craig Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06037542638067599437noreply@blogger.com