Cover - On the DL

ASSI - Many conversations have been centered around the topic of brothers on the Down Low, married or involved with women but engage in sexual relations with another male on the DL. Cover takes you down the path of a married man who appears to have the perfect life, a successful business man who seems to have everything from the right woman and the life style to match his wealth, and the charming seductive single man who has more woman than he can handle until dust gets into their eyes and they need someone to blow it out. Bill Duke did an excellent job of directing this wicked tale of who is into whom, and the script is written to lure you into one direction while the director takes you the other way. Leon, Vivica A. Fox, Paula Jai Parker and Lou Gossett, Jr. are a few actors who lend their talents to deliver the innocent and scandalous characters in Cover. Duke captures and reveals the concerns of woman who suspect they are or have dated a bisexual man; however, he is too convincing and like E. Lynn Harris paints a picture in his novels that most men are suspect Covers may cause you to look at some men differently. As I see it if you are unable to separate the fictional tale from reality this movie is not for you because it puts the spot light on male sexual behaviour and will make you cringe. I give Cover 3.5 blinks.

Is A Good Man Hard to Find?

ASSI - A number of Black Film makers are producing straight to video films that feature an all Black Cast. Film maker Leslie Small is the director and screen writer of A Good Man is Hard to Find featuring Darrin Dewitt Hanson, Golden Brooks, Hill Harper, Deborah Cox, Darius McCray, Mel Jackson, and Rachael Nicks. The film is based on the musical stage play written by David Payton of the same name that follow the lives of three women who are faced with personal and spiritual challenges while trying to manage romantic relationships. Clarence played by Darrin Dewitt Hanson is married to Rachel played by Golden Brooks a successful business woman who makes more financially than Clarence a mechanic and Deacon who is more married to the Church than his wife, which is a twist because most women dedicate most of their time and energy to the Church and neglect the family. Charlene played by Deborah Cox is married to Bruce played by Darius McCray who is a womanizer, abuse alcohol and his woman, who is dedicated and loyal to her marriage but struggling with staying with Bruce. Mr. Hill Harper plays Damion Marshall a charismatic business man who flaunts is wealth to attract women until his advances toward Rachel and Chantel played by Rachel Nicks cause problems. A Good Man Is Hard to Find is a realistic film that deals with the daily struggles that most relationships endure. I will watch this film again it is an exciting dramedy that is more than a chick flick it is a film for young adults, adults, males, females and all races. I am unfamiliar with the play but the movie was well written, directed, and the actors who are all attractive delivered their parts. As I see it A Good Man is Hard to Find is a good film that is worth viewing and I give it 4.5 blinks.