"Hustle & Flow" is a feel-good story about a man finding his artistic voice and fulfilling his dream in the rough world of pimps, hos and druggies in Memphis. With the new Paramount regime having paid ...

“Hustle & Flow” abounds with all the ingredients of a terrific popular entertainment. Writer-director Craig Brewer first of all cares deeply for his characters, with the result that each one emerges ...

The director Michael Bay is widely regarded as the embodiment of all that is unholy in Hollywood. This morning on NPR, Ken Turan reviewed Bay’s The Island (DreamWorks) as if he’d found maggots in his ...

The Nashville Film Festival opens tonight in Tennessee, opening with Craig Brewer‘s “Hustle & Flow” and featuring appearances by Brewer and the film’s producer John Singleton. Margaret Brown‘s “Be ...

When Hustle & Flow premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, it was the definition of an underdog story — a gritty, Memphis-made drama about a small-time hustler who dreams of becoming a rapper.

It seems contradictory to use “MTV Films” and “excellent movie” in the same sentence, but “Hustle and Flow” is a movie that’s full of realizes his life won’t have much of an epitaph. He learns that an ...

Brigette J. Jones, CIG is director of Equitable Partnerships at the Belle Meade Historic Site and Winery. You can email her at [email protected] Hustle & Flow was released on July 22, ...

In the never-ending quest for cinematic gems hidden in the weekly TV listings, here's what I'll be watching (or at least recording) this week: Taraji Henson, left, Paula Jai Parker, Terrence Howard ...

At first glance, 17-year-old Michael “Ninja Mike” Avery seems like a typical teenager. The MacArthur High School junior has a part-time job at a restaurant, a MySpace page, and a consuming hobby.