I went to see The Dark Knight yesterday and that movie was great. It feels kinda good to get my movie game back up. I used to be the guy that went to see a movie the day it came out, but then I move to ATL and I saw maybe two movies in the theaters last year. But this year I’ve been getting back on it. Shit, I’ll probably go see The Dark Knight again. I kept drifting off to sleep while I was watching it. I know you’re probably thinking that the movie couldn’t have been that good if I kept falling asleep, but the movie was intense. It’s just that I went hard Friday night, I had a pool party and was going all day Saturday with little rest, so trying to keep my eyes open in a dark theater for three hours on Sunday just wasn’t working (hell, I think I was sleeping before the movie even started).

But I did see the majority of the movie and even though I spent most of the time playing catch up and trying to figure out what was going on, the movie was incredible. Bruce Wayne…he was cool. But the Joker!!! Man, the Joker made that movie what it was. Heath Ledger’s performance as the Joker might be best villain in a movie of all-times (there could be others, but none come to mind right now). Dude was straight ruthless, psychotic yet still genius, plus he had jokes.

I don’t wanna spoil the movie, so I can’t really tell ya’ll anything else about it. But the movie did a record $155.34 million at the box office over the weekend, that should say something. Everyone I know, that saw it, loved it (except for my homegirl Jen, but she’s the one that dragged me to see that stupid azz Strangers movie, so her opinion doesn’t really count). Go see it. It’s definitely 5 stars chicken sandwiches.

Update: Waffle fries added upon request to emphasize the movies’ greatness.

I saw Wanted yesterday and it only took the first 5 minutes for me to come to the conclusion that this is the best movie I’ve seen in a long time. Go see it.

I caught MTV’s 2008 Hottest MCs in the game special last night and surprisingly I don’t disagree very much. The list is based on lyrics, flow, impact on the game, success and swagger over the last year and I can’t think of 10 rappers that are more deserving than the 10 that are on this list. Between the Glow In The Dark tour, putting out the best album of last year in Graduation and killing every remix he’s been on this year, I’d have to give Kanye the top spot too. The Top 10 are listed below and you can click the links to find out MTV’s reasoning for picking each artist.

1. Kanye West
2. Jay-Z
3. Lil Wayne
4. Rick Ross
5. Snoop Dogg
6. 50 Cent
7. Lupe Fiasco
8. Young Jeezy
9. Andre 3000
10. T.I.

Personally, I would have put 50 Cent over Ross and Snoop to #4. And then brought Lupe over Snoop. But I would have kept everything else the same, so I really don’t have any major complaints. I think MTV did a really good job this time and if you missed it, you can catch the show Sunday at 11 pm.

I saw this movie preview for the indie film Days of Wrath over at sohh.com and thought ya’ll might wanna see it. I haven’t seen a good gang banger flick in a minute…but shit, I haven’t seen any movies in a minute.

I might check this joint out, especially since it’ll probably be straight to DVD (I’m just saying) but really it’s cause word on the net is Melyssa Ford gets booty butt naked for a love scene (hooray!!!). David Banner, Rick Ross, Slim Thug are in this movie too, so I don’t expect much acting skills outta that bunch but Lawrence Fishburne and Taye Diggs are in it, so they’ll probably be the only sources of actual talented acting.

Wilmer Valderrama stars in this, and he deserves some applause since this is definitely a come-up from hosting Yo Momma on MTV.

Well, the series finale of The Wire aired last night and I’m kinda bummed out about it. I started watching the show about midway through the third season (when I finally subscribed to HBO) and I’ve pretty much been hooked on the show since then. Just like that, The Wire became my favorite show ever (Nip/Tuck and Entourage, a distant 2nd and 3rd, respectively), so it’s kinda tough to walkaway from something that’s been apart of my life for the last two, almost three, years. But as always, life goes on.

So, last night I had a Wire party at my crib. I invited all my friends that watch the show to my house and we ordered pizzas and watched the finale together. I didn’t invite anyone that wasn’t a fan of the show and I was really serious about that. This one chick that I kicked it wit’ sometimes wanted to come but she’s never seen the show and I didn’t want her to fux the mood up by asking questions or whatnot, so I blatantly didn’t invite her. She tried to put the gilt trip, pout, get mad, get sad, but I still didn’t invite her, (she must not know who she’s dealing with. I don’t give no fux, she’ll get over it).

As far as the final episode, I wasn’t disappointed with the outcome of the show and the characters like some people were, I was more just disappointed that the show was over forever. Damn, that’s it. I’m kinda hurt. The best show ever to hit the small screen is over. I’m about to discontinue my HBO subscription. The game is the game, y’all.

I always watch The Wire on HBO and I get to see each week’s episode before it comes on Sunday night. So, I knew Omar Little caught one to the head about a week ago, but I didn’t say anything because I didn’t wanna ruin it for all you Wire fanatics that don’t have On Demand. Omar was the realest stick-up man that ever walked the streets, and the dude was so gangsta, it was hard to believe he was a fuxing fag.

Omar’s death came as a surprise, especially since he was murking Marlo Stanfield’s muscle and corners, I thought he was really gonna stick it to Marlo (no gay joke there…well kinda). The biggest shock came when the little hopper, Kenard, took him out (wow, I still can’t be it). Omar’s gone y’all. It didn’t hurt me like when Bodie got dropped, but this was a major blow to the show. But since there are only 2 more episodes left before the series is put to rest, I guess it doesn’t really matter. But damn, that gay azz nucca was real.

New pics of my bust it baby New-New at BET Rip The Runway. (Straight ripped from Real Talk NY)

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“I hope that you’re the one. If not, you are the prototype.” (c) Andre 3000

More pics from Rip The Runway @ Real Talk NY here.

Rip The Runway airs on BET March 4th. For info. about the show log on to BET.com here.

So, I was trying to chill for the rest of the week without blogging on The Block but my girl Lauren called me out and basically told me that was unacceptable. So to satisfy Lauren and readers like her that depend on R.E. to get them through boring azz days at the J-O-B, I’m back .

Now, I was watching American Idol the other night and the good folks over at AI were in my hometown, the beautiful Charleston, SC, in search of their next American Idol. When I heard about that, I was kinda skeptical. I love my hometown but something just ain’t right with my people. Take for instance this Joshua cat. He’s from the lowcountry (not Charleston but Beaufort, SC, which is about an hour away and seemingly, the people there are just as crazy).

I’m really not feeling they way dude represented my state. For any A&Rs or music industry executives, please disregard anything this fruit said. This is not what you get if you come to South Carolina. We do have talented singers. And people in South Carolina can sing.

And from anyone that’s confused about why Joshua talks the way he does, he’s not from Jamaica. That’s the way Charleston people speak, (like we just left the plantation), it’s a dialect called gullah (or geechee).

If you wanna hear some SC singers that are doing their thing, checkout Asia Bryant, Marcus Allen, Drop or Joe Tucker. They can sang. Ok, now that my state is properly represented, I feel better.