Tag Archives: rap

Is 50 Cent a Better Director than Jim Sheridan?

November 28, 2012 · by Daniel Bean · in Film Reviews, Life

If I had to judge solely off of Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ and Before I Self Destruct, two films both starring Curtis Jackson, a.k.a. 50 Cent, I’d have to conclude that the rap-star is a better writer and director than Jim Sheridan and Terence Winter, the director/writer team of Get Rich Or Die Tryin’. […]

Why I Feel Like Eminem

August 17, 2012 · by Daniel Bean · in Art, Following Your Bliss, Philosophizing, Writing

A fellow blogger, Joe Pineda, (a.k.a. The Bard of Steel) wrote an insightful article about walking the tightrope between creating shallow, meaningless art, and being egotistical and preachy. In writing this blog, I feel like I am constantly walking this tight rope, and chances are I often fall on the side of the latter extreme, […]