NEW STUFF: SBC Movies Hit Stores + New India.Arie

There are a few items of interest hitting the shelves this Tuesday. Two movies Made In The SBC, and one from Spike Lee ... plus a musical offering from India.Arie.


Check it out:

Nostalgic comedy SOUL MEN is now out on DVD. Shot mostly in Shreveport, the film stars the late Bernie Mac and Issac Hayes (both passed last summer, before the movie hit theaters). The movie is Rated R. (Flashback to my story on the movie's premiere by going HERE).

• Also in stores, on DVD, the film biopic "W", starring Josh Brolin. Though the arrest of the star seemed to make more headlines than the movie itself, I hear it's pretty interesting. This movie is also rated R.
  
  
  
  
  
  

It wasn't made in the SBC but it's still one you may want to add to your DVD (or Spike Lee) collection. MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA is the Spike Lee Joint focused on an all-black troop in WWII. It stars Derek Luke and Michael Ealy (and some other handsome fellaz). Flash back my story on its premiere HERE. This movie is also rated R.

IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC:

Acoustic songbird INDIA.ARIE returns to the music scene with her fourth solo release -- Testimony, Vol. 2: Love & Politics. The album is the 2nd volume of her melodic (and sometimes heartbreaking) love stories.

I'm excited she's returned to the scene, after a 2 1/2 year hiatus. And even though I rarely listen to the radio, I might listen this week to check out her single.

If you get the CD before I do, let me know how it is (because Vol. 1 didn't entice me like I hoped it would and I never bought it lol). In most stores you can get the CD for only $10 (this week).

Maybe this time next year, Miss India will be collecting a(nother) GRAMMY ...

Did you know that all three of her previous albums have been nominated for Best R&B Album? (only one won the award, "Voyage to India") ... AND she's been nominated FIFTEEN times but only won twice! (so five-time nominee Jazmine Sullivan shouldn't feel bad about not winning Sunday night).

LOTS to add to your DVD or music collection, so drop a few dollars (not on a bootleg) and support Black artits, actors, and filmmakers! :)