Music: Steph-eyi, the Up Rise

A Muliti-talented young lady, born in Kingston Jamaica, Stephanie Wright aka Steph-Eyi,

started writing and singing her own songs at the age of 13, trying to make it in the industry. Determined to do music despite the  odd’s, she joined the church choir and formed a girls trio at her High school by the name of ‘Earth Angels’. There Stephanie Harnessed her silks of writing and musical arrangement, constructing the harmonies of the songs for the Group. In 2009 the Group’s name was changed to ‘3 Angels’ dropping and adding a new member. 

The group was heard by Officer Laing, C.E.O at Supreme Promotions and promoter of one of Jamaica’s biggest Dancehall shows ‘Sting’, he then decided to take the group under his wings. Under the management of Officer Laing the group released several songs and performed at several major events including ‘Sting’.
Stephanie departed from the in 2010 and to pursue a career of her own doing Reggae music. The multitalented singer took a 1 year break from music to pursue her childhood passion for dance and drama.

In 2011 she started the Jamaica Theological Seminary doing a B.A in Music and Media, there she released two Gospel songs under The Covenant Entertainment company. She then transferred to the Excelsior Community Collage School of the Performing Arts.

It was there she caught the eye of Music Producer Andres Lopez with her silky smooth voice at the age of 20, during a Major play ‘Backslider’, where she played one of the lead characters, ‘Rose’. Stephanie also became a member of the 2013-2014 Pantomime cast.

Stephanie has been under the guidance of Lopez and his label ‘I-Pez Productions’, she released her first single ‘Dreaming’, which caught the attention of the European market. Steph-Eyi  has recently released her EP  and her new video ‘One step at a time’. She is currently working on her album to be released later this year.

The Church impacted Stephanie in a great way and has now led her to dive deeper on a spiritual journey conveying her message through reggae music, writing songs depicting the society, unity, peace, love and the socio-political system. Few of her major influences are Alborosie, Chronixx, Ikaya and Etana, Bob Marley, Protoje and Keznambi,. She is determined to send a message to the world through her lyrics. Stephanie is quickly making her way up in the Reggae industry all of the world, becoming a household name.

Denzel from a different angle: Flight

He's been bad  before, of course (Training day, American Gangster) but Denzel washington has not played a character whose vices are as out there as Capt. Whip Whitaker, commercial pilot. Sex, drugs and rock n' soul are all part of his pre-flight check. .

It all comes to a head on that one horrible flight. The suspense ratchets up when the jet's hydraulics fail and Whip – roused from his stupor by a line of coke – must literally turn the plane upside down to make an emergency landing. The raw panic is palpable. But what astonishes is Whip's unflappable cool, born of a lifetime on the job and, just maybe, Dutch courage. The sequence is a marvel of technical wizardry. But Zemeckis never lets FX crush the story's human scale. Six lives were lost on this flight. But 96 more were saved because Whip was flying high.

That is the ethical tightrope that Flight walks. Whip is hailed as a hero, given that 10 other pilots failed to duplicate his feat in simulations. His newfound admiration and adulation only serves to lead him further down the personal chute. Not even his recovering junkie girlfriend can steer him toward renewal.

Whip is actually in the middle of a high-stakes game. The airline and the pilots union want a cover-up. A hotshot lawyer (Don Cheadle) is hired to spin reports of Whip's high-octane blood-alcohol level at the crash site. At a public hearing, the head prosecutor is determined to make someone accountable for those six lives lost. How can Whip get through an interrogation, especially the morning after a killer bender? The same way he landed the jet, with a little help from his dealer friend Harling (

The drama levels off between the crash aftermath and the hearing,, but Denzel is still Denzel, capable of holding the viewer's attention even as he continues in free fall. This is no addiction drama, but a more deftly shaded and more riveting entertainment of a man forced to face some ugly truths about himself.  Whip is a man of exceptional talent, but he is a man without any support.

Flight reminds us of Denzel's own singular talent, and just what he can do when a role hits him with a giant challenge. He not only carries this film, he runs triumphantly with it. 

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"Never Mess With A Super-Powered Teen": Chronicle

"Pride goeth before a fall"

Hubris. its the moment when, after prolonged denial and deprivation and struggle, you suddenly find that everything is going your way, everyone seems to love you or think you're "the greatest" and you're at the top of the world. the moment of supreme triumph is also the moment of greatest danger.

That notion is superbly illustrated in this admirable teen "thriller" from co-writer director Josh Trank. The film opens with the viewfinder of a video camera, and that initial narrow angle - expanded to reveal the advancement of the plot becomes a leit-motif for the entire film.

Andrew (Dane DeHann) the one holding the aforementioned camera, is in a box. His mother is dying, and his father, a Seattle firefighter choosing to sit on an injury disability, is abusive and suspicious. his cousin Matt (Alex Russell) is a "classics-quoting" philosophy/psychology student trying to make the adjustment from high school to impending adult life and to come to grips with his feelings for a young co-ed (Ashley Hinshaw), who as it turns out, is also in the habit of recording most of her life's event s on video cam. Steve (Michael B Jordan) is the class socialite and aspiring politician.

While at a party (where else?), they go off to explore a mysterious cave, a journey which turns up a strange crystalline substance, the contact with which imparts to them the power to bend and move objects and, not unexpectedly, to fly.its this last power, discovered about halfway through this brisk (less than 90 minutes) movie that puts them, literally, on top of the world.

And where the film takes a decidely dark turn, as each of three, now bonded by their newfound abilities, must also now reconcile them with their respective realities. When Andrew, resisting one of his father's onslaughts, say "I could crush you!" only the audience knows just how true this assertion is, and similarly, when Matt says to Casey, "I'm different now" she has little clue as to the extent of that  change.

Also, like any newfound wealth, their powers soon amplify the worst aspects of their personalities, and the bond between them - especially on Andrew's side - begin to rapidly unravel. Here, in taking this conflict past its logical extreme, the film also loses a bit of its footing, but recovers enough so that, by the end, we can see it as more than just a mash-up of Tales From the Crypt, Blair Witch Project and that other teen superpower movie, I Am Number Four.

It may be shorter, but it shows a lot more, and to better effect.

The "Hangover"Cure: Crazy, Stupid Love

Given the "reign of raunch" that has mostly characterized the summer comedy landscape, the arrival of a film likecCrazy Stupid Love is cause for some celebration. Not that the "Hangovers" and "Bridesmaids" don't have their respective place, and not that this movie doesn't occasionally "go there." on balance, Crazy Stupid Love is a genre comedy that acts as if the term itself doesn't exist; it just goes about it's business in a lovable and sometimes cheeky manner.

Steve Carell has this type down pat by now - Mr. Ordinary forced by sudden adversity into a journey of self-discovery and a revelation as to the extent of his "extraordinariness." His wife (Julianne Moore) upends their 25-year marriage with a table side demand for a divorce at a Tony restaurant.

Soon, our guy is back into the dating miasma, being guided expertly(?) by his good friend, the resident player (Ryan Gosling), who himself has his hands full emotionally with a budding romance with the local ice queen (Emma Stone). In addition, Carell has to contend with the fact that his relationship with his children has been less than exemplary.

It all makes for a nice little extended sitcom, but untruth ten pacing and performances (Moore, Gosling and Stone especially) give the movie that extra bit of buff and polish to take it above the mundane.

It won't changeyourlife, or your views on love, but it won't leave you with a headache or a case of profanity overload either.

The High Price of Peace: "The Whistleblower"

"Peace is harder won than war."

That quote (in paraphrase) from this earnest yet excellent bio-drama, sums the complexities and mix-ups in the post-Bosnian War experience.

Into that maelstrom is thrust Kathryn Bolkovac, a beat cop from Nebraska of all places. But the drama does not so much surround military or ethnic conflicts, but those of a human nature. A local woman has bee sexually assaulted by a member of the UN Peacekeeping Force (Bolkovac is also a member) and the brass - naturally - wants to cover it up.

Writer-director Larysa Kondracki plays the story just about right and further gets two excellent performances. One from headliner Rachel Weisz as Bolkovac. Weisz has, on occasion come across as a bit detached, but there's none of that here - she throws herself into the emotional whirlpool that the role entails but without sinking into bathos. Then there's Monica Bellucci, as another local, and also Vanessa Redgrave.

Altogether a fluid yet riveting view of recent history.

Ghett'a Life: Punches Above it's Weight

As of this date, it's 28 days before the scheduled Jamaican opening of Ghett'a Life, and the only thing to offset the shame of such a long wait is that it will be worth it. At last Jamaicans have a cinematic depiction of our lives and our home that is neither "too touristy" nor too grimy with violence and poverty.

True, of violence and poverty there is more than enough, but this smart and zippy "Rocky: Jamaican Style" breathes some longed-for humanity into it's players, so it's ghetto settings are not an arena of hopelessness, but crucibles where creativity and compassion allow the best to overcome.

But enough philosophizing, movies still have to entertain, and in the hands of director Chris Browne, this one does handsomely. Young Derrick is seemingly going through the motions when the opportunity to become a boxer and represent his country "pops up" via the local gym. Of course, there are complications: the gym is located on the "wrong" side of the political divide that colours - quote literally - the tough, underdeveloped communities that politicos exploit for their personal ends, and even more so by the "dons" local enforcers spawned by, but now well beyond the control, of the political system. Derrick's dad is a local councilman with his own aspirations of moving up the official political hierarchy.

As lines get crossed, and allegiances shift, it's only Derrick's desire to excel and to see an end to the colour-coded, brutality-driven world which has touched him (yet not shaped him) that sees him through. Yes, the ending is happy, but not sappy, and a big part of the movie's appeal is the way it blends searing action and soaring human spirit.

Another big part of the appeal is the acting, which is uniformly relaxed, uncontrived and fed by experience of the Jamaaican condition. Special praise though, goes to Karen Robinson, a ghetto mother so heroically credible, she could be lifted from this setting and placed in just about any other film of the type anywhere. Kadeem Wilson, as Gully Rat, a cross-border rival turned ally, is also a standout, and Chris McFarlane, who's thus far never met an evil character he didn't jump to play, puts his trademark malevolence into the role of the don, the aptly named Sin.

Ghett'a Life is not merely a cause celebrate for Jamaican film fans and interests, it's a well-crafted urban drama that audiences of all stripes can enjoy - and deserve the opportunity to do.

Mother Knows Less: Jumping the Broom Movie Trailer Official (HD)

Maybe TD Jakes is right. Maybe all people - or at least all Black people - fall into one of several easily distinguishable categories: the player, the hoochie, the stand-up guy(who's also a bit of a mama's boy), the somewhat spoiled but sweet princess, the bitter and possessive mother.

These types, and others, all make their way across this latest sermon-in-a-movie, with the message entitled "Even A Soulmate Can Really Test You"  this uttered by the Bishop himself who cameos as the marriage officer.


Sabrina (Paula Patton) and Jason (Laz Alonso) had a chance meeting and instantly fell in love. Six months later, it’s wedding time. The site is at Sabrina’s parents’ estate in Martha’s Vineyard - complete with its own lake. Both her mother (Angela Bassett) and his mother (Loretta Devine) are questioning the couple’s haste to get hitched.  


The movie basically has three saving graces - well, maybe three and a half. Mike Epps, even when trying to "broaden his range" by playing the wise but wisecracking uncle of the groom, inevitably falls back on his classic playa stance - which is way more fun to watch. Of course, casting Epps, with his resume including profanity-laced, R-rated fare like All About The Benjamins and Next Day Air shows a certain pragmatism on the bishop's part. 


As the Caucasian wedding planner Amy, Julie Bowen does hapless fascination better than most and Valarie Pettiford brings a certain immediacy, bred of the theatre stage, to her role as Aunt Geneva, the black sheep of the bride's well-to-do family. The half treat? Paula Patton. She's an absolute dish to watch (I hate you so much right now, Robin Thicke!!), but the role offers next to nothing, and she simply can't - or wasn't allowed  - to improvise to salvage something out of it. 


Not to put down the good Bishop by any means, but Jumping the Broom then, is a demo (as in demographic) -driven exercise; its the "black pride, wedding time, family drama romantic comedy" kind of experience that's meant strictly for TD Jakes loyalists and cinematic skimmers. 

It'll Take More than A hoax to Stop Jackie Chan

Caption: Jackie Chan (Picture) at the German premiere of Karate Kid at CineStar am Potsdamer Platz movie theatre. Berlin, Germany ....

Jackie Chan Reassures Fans After Death Hoax

Jackie Chan has reassured his fans that he is alive and well after a death hoax began circulating on the internet.

Jackie Chan's people have taken to Facebook and Twitter to confirm that the legendary martial arts actor has not suffered a fatal heart attack. The 56-year-old has been the subject of an internet hoax in recent days, and #RipJackieChan has become a trending topic on Twitter. After fans of the actor began posting messages of  condolence on their social networking pages, Chan's representatives stepped in to rubbish the speculation. A message of his Facebook page stated that the actor was "alive and well", adding, "He did not suffer a heart attack and  die, as was reported on many social networking sites and in online news reports". Chan's 'death' was reported on numerous social networking sites including Twitter, quoting a source from a Los Angeles hospital who said that the 56-year-old actor had died while promoting his latest flick 'Kung Fu Panda 2'. The report noted that his heavy schedule "was causing extreme stress and putting too much pressure on his heart".

As well as confirming that Jackie Chan is in fact not dead, his representative confirmed that the actoris set to begin work on his new historical-drama movie, '1911'.