The Blogboard Jungle

Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul have created a world where all these criminal masterminds play chess against one another.  A big piece of the business they're into is the cover up. Covering up their misdeeds has created a lot of fictional brands and the biggest to come of it outside of Saul/ Jimmy McGill's business is "Los Pollos Hermanos". AMC jumps all over a show when fans love it and this season of Better Call Saul features the return of Gustavo Fring, played by Giancarlo Esposito. They've made these videos for his business, which have Easter eggs about his real business.  Check it out:

The trailer for what  +Netflix US & Canada  has been working on with Daredevil , Jessica Jones , Luke Cage and Iron Fist is out, and fans can't wait any sooner to see this mash-up. Check it out below:

Screenshot from credits This review is a little different because it’s going to touch on some personal history. Not only about a pretty good movie that had a good effect on growing up with mixed cultures but on how this site got its name.   The Blackboard Jungle (1955) starring Glenn Ford, a very young Sidney Poitier and a “gone too soon” Vic Morrow is an old black and white film my brother and I happened upon when we were kids. The film served as a social commentary and for me was the first film that focused on inter-racial inner city kids growing up in and going to school together.  For me, this is the film is what Dangerous Minds , Stand and Deliver , and Lean on Me were copies of despite the latter two being based on true stories and real people. Ford plays Richard Dadier, a teacher with a passion for helping younger people reach their highest potential. He’s also not a pushover and understands the duty that comes with being an educator. I had teachers l...

"Chronicle meets Iron-Man" Not quite... But it's not a bad movie either. Sleight (2017) is sort of a super-hero story told in an unusually long way that leaves a lot of details out of what gives the protagonist his unique abilities. Both the films mentioned in the promotional image above explain the origin of the powers and abilities pretty well so when they build franchises around them, they don't have to explain everything all over again. Sleight, however, takes a break from giving the hero any real explanation outside of some self-augmentation with very little to back-up where it comes from. Bo, the hero played by Jacob Latimore is smart and would have earned a scholarship to be an engineer.  His specialty being in electromagnetic energy and the manipulation of it. However, when his mother passes away he is forced to care for his little sister and does so by being a street musician during the day, and a drug courier by night. His boss, Angelo is playe...