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About Me

I am the film critic for the News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina. I have lived a life of low-income, DIY excess in my hometown of Houston, Texas, where I was the black music critic and nightlife correspondent (aka "The Nightfly") for the Houston Press. I have also written for Vibe, Blaze, Philadelphia Weekly, Baltimore City Paper, Creative Loafing Atlanta, The Texas Observer and New Voices, where I wrote an acclaimed piece about the relationship between Jewish people and autoeroticism in popular culture.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Half the people who are my friends, and Christina Hendricks.So wrong, and yet, so right!Guaranteed to KNOCK IT OUT!

My Blog

By the Way . . .

. . . I'm also Twittering.
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:57:00 GMT

My TV-Reviewing Career is Over  Again!

Philadelphia Weekly has once again crushed my hopes of being the next Clive James by banishing the TV column from their screen section and replacing it with a movie sidebar by this new kid, Aly Semigr...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:02:00 GMT

Two Weeks Worth of Philly Weekly

In case you haven't been over to the Philly Weekly site in the past few weeks, let me catch you up to speed with what I've dropped over there: Two Power of Soul columns: one on how Al Green makes me ...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:04:00 GMT

My Life as a Freelancer

Since I use my Uncle Crizzle blog to shamelessly promote what I do every week in the N & O, I've finally decided to post some of my freelance work over here on this blog. My main freelance gig is "Pow...
Posted by on Fri, 23 May 2008 13:18:00 GMT

I’m in GIANT Again  Good Luck Finding It!

I have another DVD review in the February/March issue of GIANT, the one with the cast of "The Wire" on the cover. They had me do a review of the long-awaited yet utterly pitiful DVD release (no bells ...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:41:00 GMT

Ive Pretty Much Been On Stevie Wonder Detail This Month

It all started when I went to Philadelphia earlier this month to catch him in concert, which I documented both in visual form (in my photo albums section) and in this concert review I did for my other...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:25:00 GMT

So, I Went To New York For This Film Festival, Right, And I . . .

. . . wrote a few newspaper dispatches here, here and here, wrote a bunch of posts on my Uncle Crizzle blog and took a gaggle of pictures, available for viewing in the pics section. Enjoy.
Posted by on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:14:00 GMT

Uncle Crizzles Houstonian Vacation

I went back home to Houston for a week at the beginning of last month, and I shockingly had a great time. (If you really know me, you know how much of a love-hate relationship I've had with my hometow...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:14:00 GMT

My Helen Mirren Obsession Comes To A Head

Right here:http://www.newsobserver.com/1499/story/545918.html
Posted by on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:39:00 GMT

I'm in GIANT Magazine, Beeyotches!

Good news  well, at least for me. In the Feb./Mar. issue of GIANT, the one with that fine-ass Jennifer Hudson on the cover, that's where you'll find me, in the DVD section, rattling on about the bril...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:33:00 GMT