Back in 1995, Ice Cube was still basically the bad ass gangsta (or gangster if I’m not allowed to say it like that) rapper that we grew to know and love when one of our white friends copied a NWA tape from his cooler older brother in college. He was a year removed from his “Natural Born Killaz” collaboration with Dr. Dre, and when it came to his acting career, he was still Doughboy and Fudge to his fans. Then came Craig.

Friday was an instant classic, both as a comedy and as the official launch of Ice Cube: Movie Star, as well as the introduction of Chris Tucker. And like any true classic, Friday had a sequel (Next Friday) and like any true cinematic ATM, there was a third film. And now, presumably because Tucker needs money and Ice Cube can do whatever he wants, there will be a fourth Friday, confirmed by none other than Tiny “Zeus” Lister, aka DeBo.

Though Lister only appeared in the first two films, he recently spoke with TMZ (via Movies.com) and revealed that he’s soon meeting with Ice Cube and Chris Tucker about doing yet another Friday sequel.

No word on where the story might take the characters but Lister says, “This is gonna be the big one.”

(Via First Showing)

Tucker didn’t appear in the second or third installments because of “religious” reasons, but I imagine “homeless” reasons will make sure he shows up in this version. Which I am recommending be named Is It Saturday Yet?

[Vince's Note: "Tiny Zeus" is my nickname for my penis.]

I’m pretty sure this story is like six months old, but if MTV says it’s new who am I to argue.  Besides, I need to refresh your memory about Brett Ratner’s plans to ruin re-ruin the Beverly Hills Cop franchise.

“The remake will not only maintain the original movie’s rating and star, it will also carry the same title. “We’re not going to call it ‘4,’ he said. “It will be a new ‘Beverly Hills Cop.’”

Not numbering your sequel?? It’s never been done!  You’re a loose cannon, Ratner!  This town isn’t ready!

“It’s a reinvention,” the director revealed. “I’m going to reintroduce it to a contemporary audience. I’m going to take the best of the first two films and put it into the new one.” Ratner cited a curious recent example. “Look at what they did with ‘Indiana Jones,’” he said. “Tonally you have three different films.”

And yet numerically, you have four different films.  ‘Tis a paradox.

“Eddie Murphy to me was what Chris Tucker is to 12 and 13 year olds today,” he said. “I would never do another buddy cop movie, but to do ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ is a dream for me. Eddie is a genius.” [via MTV]

Whoa whoa whoa, are we gonna need to put out an Amber Alert on Chris Tucker?  This kind of thing is nothing to joke about, my girlfriend’s 13.

^{Brett Ratner, Roman Polanski, and his 14-year-old daughter Morgane.  Move along, folks, nothing to see here…}

Bash Brett Ratner’s crappy movies all you want, you have to admit, the man’s kissed a lot of famous dudes.  Here are the ten creepiest pictures of him I could find.  And really, it wasn’t hard, the man’s like an awkwardness factory.

Based on info from remarkably prolific movie blog tipster “Anonymous,” AICN today is reporting that “it appears to be official that Brett Ratner is directing” the upcoming Conan the Barbarian movie, the screenplay for which is currently being written by the guys from Outlander.   The only question now is which asinine internet meme will Ratner choose to reference this time.  My money’s on Conan Rave, seen above.  Although I have been trying to make the camel punching scene happen for some time now.  Maybe Conan will punch the camel and then Chris Tucker will run over and yell “You got knocked da f-ckout!”

Chris Tucker and a camel?  Shit, somebody write this down.

Jackie Chan wrote an unflattering entry on his blog about the Rush Hour franchise:

“When we finished filming, I felt very disappointed because it was a movie I didn’t appreciate and I did not like the action scenes involved. I felt the style of action was too Americanized and I didn’t understand the American humor,”
Chan said “Rush Hour 3″ was no different from the first two installments for him.
“Nothing particularly exciting stood out that made this movie special for me … I spent four months making this film and I still don’t fully understand the humor,” he said, adding the comedic scenes may be lost on Asian audiences.

Oh Jackie, you didn’t miss the comedic scenes because your eyes are slanty, you missed them because they aren’t there.  Poor guy; he’s just standing around all confused while Chris Tucker squeals for ten minutes and Brett Ratner goes, “Don’t worry, bro, screechy black dudes are hilarious in America.  You’re doing great, now just sing Beach Boys.  Perfect.  That’s a wrap, I’m a go grab a pizza.” [via Yahoo Movies]