 Beauty Shop 2005  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bille Woodruff
Cast: Queen Latifah, Alicia Silverstone, Andie MacDowell, Alfre Woodard, Mena Suvari, Della Reese, Golden Brooks, Laura Hayes, Paige Hurd, Little JJ, LisaRaye, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Kevin Bacon
After moving from Chicago to Atlanta to allow her daughter, Vanessa (Paige Hurd), to attend a prestigious music school, Gina (Queen Latifah) opens a beauty salon and hires stylists to attract customers who enjoy their talents AND their unique personalities.
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Blue Chips 1994 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Nick Nolte, Mary McDonnell, J.T. Walsh, Ed O'Neill, Alfre Woodard, Bob Cousy, Shaquille O'Neal, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Wuhl
When his team fails to live up to his expectations for it, a basketball coach (Nick Nolte) resorts to recruitment of blue chip candidates.
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Bopha! 1993  PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Morgan Freeman
Cast: Danny Glover, Malcolm McDowell, Alfre Woodard, Marius Weyers, Maynard Eziashi, Malick Bowens, Fidelis Cheza, Eric Miyeni, Robin Smith, Eric Nobbs
Political unrest in South Africa, with its apartheid conflicts in the 1980s, is the setting for this insightful film. The generation gap between father and son results in tragedy when the son can no longer accept apartheid practices in his country.
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 The Core 2003  PG-13, 133 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Jon Amiel
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Stanley Tucci, DJ Qualls, Tcheky Karyo, Richard Jenkins, Alfre Woodard, Bruce Greenwood, Dion Johnstone, Nicole Leroux, Christopher Shyer, Ray Galletti, Eileen Pedde, Glenn Morshower
Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart) discovers that the electromagnetic forces within the Earth's core are collapsing. In an attempt to solve the problem, the Department of Defense sends Keyes and his team of gifted scientists aboard a subterranean craft piloted by "terranauts" Commander Robert Iverson (Bruce Greenwood) and Major Rebecca Childs (Hilary Swank). Their mission is to burrow beneath the Earth's surface to set off a nuclear device that will jump-start the core.
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Crooklyn 1994 R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Spike Lee
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, Zelda Harris, Carlton Williams, Joie Lee, David Patrick Kelly, Spike Lee, Isaiah Washington, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Frances Foster
This film takes a look at the 1970s through the eyes of young Troy (Zelda Harris), and the struggles of an African American family are told.
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Cross Creek 1983 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Mary Steenburgen, Peter Coyote, Dana Hill, Rip Torn, Alfre Woodard, Joanna Miles, Ike Eisenmann, Jay O. Sanders, Malcolm McDowell, Cary Guffey, Toni Hudson, Bo Rucker, John Hammond, Tommy Alford, C.T. Wakefield
The Florida backwoods home of "The Yearling" author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Mary Steenburgen) and her life prior to publishing her first novel are the basis for this story. Rawlings leaves her husband and moves to a Florida orange grove where she begins life anew hoping to find needed peace to write her story. Among her new-found friends are her servant Geechee (Alfre Woodard), her lover Norton (Peter Coyote), and father and daughter Marsh and Ellie Turner (Rip Torn and Dana Hill)–all of whom give her the inspiration to write her novel. The film received four Academy Award nominations including Torn for Best Supporting Actor and Woodard for Best Supporting Actress.
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 Dinosaur 2000 PG, 84 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure
Director: Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag
Cast: D.B. Sweeney, Alfre Woodard, Julianna Margulies, Joan Plowright, Ossie Davis, Samuel E. Wright, Della Reese, Max Casella, Peter Siragusa, Hayden Panettiere
Disney's computer animated technology is excellent in this story about the imminent extinction of dinosaurs during the Mesozoic Age. Warning: this film contains realistic violence that many parents may reasonably consider inappropriate for children.
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Down in the Delta 1998 PG-13, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Maya Angelou
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman Jr., Mary Alice, Esther Rolle, Loretta Devine, Wesley Snipes, Mpho Koaho, Kulani Hassen, Anne-Marie Johnson, Justin Lord
Loretta (Alfie Woodward) is 30 years old, and her life is going nowhere. To remedy the situation her mother, Rosa Lynn (Mary Alice), sends Loretta and her two children down South for the summer to live with her Aunt and Uncle (Esther Rolle and Al Freeman Jr.). After a short time, Loretta begins to blossom and, through family ties, gets her act together.
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Follow Me Home 1997  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Bratt
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Calvin Levels, Steve Reevis, Tom Bower, John Allen Nelson, Ahimsa Stone, Salma Hayek, Akima
Four graffiti artists take a road trip. Destination: Washington, D.C. where they plan to "paint" the White House. The artists represent minority races, while their adversaries are white. For many viewers the caricatures of white men as indecent souls may be uncomfortable, but the concept is insightful.
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 The Forgotten 2004 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Joseph Ruben
Cast: Julianne Moore, Dominic West, Gary Sinise, Alfre Woodard, Linus Roache, Anthony Edwards, Ken Abraham, Kathryn Faughnan, Christopher Kovaleski, Matthew Pleszewicz, Tim Kang, Jessica Hecht
While Telly Paretta (Julianne Moore) is in the grieving process following her young son's death during a plane crash, her psychoanalyst (Gary Sinise) informs her that her son never lived. But, Telly won't settle for that explanation and begins an investigation on her own in an attempt to prove her sanity.
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Go Tell It on the Mountain 1985 TV, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stan Lathan
Cast: Paul Winfield, Rosalind Cash, James Bond III, Roderick Wimberly, Olivia Cole, Ving Rhames, Alfre Woodard, CCH Pounder, Linda Hopkins, Kadeem Hardison, Ruby Dee, Giancarlo Esposito
This made-for-TV version of James Baldwin's novel features Paul Winfield in the role of a young Black man who struggles against his Southern Baptist roots and takes out his anger on his own family.
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Grand Canyon 1991 R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: Danny Glover, Kevin Kline, Steve Martin, Mary McDonnell, Mary-Louise Parker, Alfre Woodard, Jeremy Sisto, Tina Lifford, Mary Ellen Trainor, Jeanne Bates, Patrick Malone, Randle Mell, Sarah Trigger, Destinee DeWalt, Jack Kehler
Through a series of vignettes, this film examines a group of friends, including lawyer Mack (Kevin Kline) and his newfound friend Simon (Danny Glover). Mack's car breaks down in Simon's rough neighborhood, and Simon and his gang come to his aid. Mack thanks Simon by helping Simon's sister Deborah (Tina Lifford) move out of the neighborhood and by setting up a date for Simon with Jane (Alfre Woodard). Other neighborhood problems and solutions ensue as the lives of residents from different backgrounds intertwine.
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Gulliver's Travels 1996 TV, 188 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Charles Sturridge
Cast: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, James Fox, Ned Beatty, Edward Fox, Robert Hardy, John Standing, Alfre Woodard, Geraldine Chaplin, Peter O'Toole, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Phoebe Nicholls, Karyn Parsons, Edward Petherbridge, John Wells
An all-star cast, Jim Henson's special effects, and good performances make this made-for-TV miniseries a joy to watch and is probably the most faithful retelling of the Jonathan Swift social satire. Lemuel Gulliver (Ted Danson) returns home to Mary (Mary Steenburgen) after a long absence and acts out his wild adventures that include the tiny Lilliputians, the huge Brobdingnags, the Laputas (the no-common-sense scientists), and the intelligent horses surrounded by wild humans.
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The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag 1992 PG-13, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Moyle
Cast: Penelope Ann Miller, Eric Thal, Alfre Woodard, Julianne Moore, Andy Romano, Ray McKinnon, William Forsythe, Xander Berkeley, Michael O'Neill, Christopher John Fields, Cathy Moriarty, Billie Neal
Timid librarian Betty Lou (Penelope Ann Miller) endures many woes: a whining sister; a fundraiser she is heading that is getting out of control; and, worst of all, a cop husband, Alex (Eric Thal), who is too busy investigating a murder to come home for their wedding anniversary dinner. So, when Betty Lou finds the murder weapon while walking the dog and can't get hold of Alex, she turns herself in as the murderess in order to get attention. During detention, her cellmate provides some assertiveness training, and the fun really begins. Miller's performance saves this otherwise so-so film.
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H.E.A.L.T.H. 1979 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Carol Burnett, Glenda Jackson, James Garner, Lauren Bacall, Henry Gibson, Paul Dooley, Donald Moffat, Alfre Woodard, Dick Cavett
This satire on politics and "dirty tricks" is underrated with its great cast and is well-worth viewing Set at a health food convention, the acronym stands for Happiness, Energy and Longevity Through Health. If it's Altman, it must be different.
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Heart and Souls 1993 PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ron Underwood
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Alfre Woodard, Charles Grodin, Kyra Sedgwick, Tom Sizemore, David Paymer, Elisabeth Shue, Bill Calvert, Janet MacLachlan, Richard Portnow
Four people killed in an accident 34 years ago come back as angels in order to find their peace on Earth. They inhabit yuppie Thomas Reilly (Robert Downey Jr.) who was born at the time of their accident. Downey is great in his role in a film that is very watchable, especially if you like sentimental fantasies.
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Holiday Heart 2000 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Townsend
Cast: Ving Rhames, Alfre Woodard, Jesika Reynolds, Mykelti Williamson, Jonathan Wallace, Blu Mankuma, Phil Hayes, Lorena Gale, James Kidnie, Benz Antoine
Holiday (Ving Rhames), an aging drag queen, is also a softy. He takes in a homeless woman (Alfre Woodard), a writer turned drug addict, and her 12-year-old daughter. He works at helping them rebuild their lives. Made for cable TV.
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 K-PAX 2001 PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Iain Softley
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack, Alfre Woodard, Ajay Naidu, David Patrick Kelly, Saul Williams, Kimberly Scott, Peter Gerety, Celia Weston, Tracy Vilar, Melanee Murray, John Toles-Bey, Conchata Ferrell, Vincent Laresca
Prot (Kevin Spacey) is arrested at New York City's Grand Central Station after claiming to be an alien. He is sent to a mental hospital where his psychiatrist, Dr. Mark Powell (Jeff Bridges), does not believe him when he tells about coming from the planet K-PAX. Powell becomes obsessed with Prot, but time is running out because Prot tells Powell that he must leave Earth in a few days. Now, Powell is determined to get the truth from him–but can he?
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Lost Souls 2000  R, 102 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Janusz Kaminski
Cast: Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin, John Hurt, Philip Baker Hall, Elias Koteas, Sarah Wynter, Alfre Woodard, John Beasley, Victor Slezak, John Diehl
The lives of successful author Peter Kelson (Ben Chaplin) and exorcist Maya Larkin (Winona Ryder) cross when Maya finds papers identifying Kelson as the one through whom Satan will become flesh. This thriller about demonic possession and the antichrist sat on the shelf for a year. The additional time did not help.
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Love & Basketball 2000 PG-13, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Love and Basketball
Director: Gina Prince
Cast: Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps, Alfre Woodard, Dennis Haysbert, Debbi Morgan, Harry Lennix, Regina Hall, Kyla Pratt, Glenndon Chatman, Tyra Banks
When this story begins, Monica (Kyla Pratt) and Quincy (Glenndon Chatman) are 11 years old. Monica is a tomboy living next door to Quincy; both love basketball. Skip ahead a few years, and both are young adults (Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps) taking advantage of USC basketball scholarships. As they become big stars, the game pulls them together, pushes them apart, and pulls them together. You get the picture.
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Miss Evers' Boys 1997 PG, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Laurence Fishburne, Craig Sheffer, Joe Morton, Obba Babatunde, Von Coulter, Thom Gossom Jr., Ossie Davis, E.G. Marshall, Robert Benedetti
Seen through the eyes of a nurse on the scene, the focus of this film is the infamous 1932 Tuskegee Study of Untreated Blacks With Syphilis.
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Miss Firecracker 1989 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Cast: Holly Hunter, Mary Steenburgen, Tim Robbins, Alfre Woodard, Scott Glenn, Ann Wedgeworth, Amy Wright, Christine Lahti, Trey Wilson, Bert Remsen
Based on Beth Henley's play, this is the story of Carnelle Scott (Holly Hunter) who is bored with her life in Yazoo City, Mississippi, so she enters a beauty contest and sets in motion a series of events that affect her cousin Elaine (Mary Steenburgen) and Elaine's brother Delmount (Tim Robbins).
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Mumford 1999  R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: Loren Dean, Hope Davis, Jason Lee, Alfre Woodard, Mary McDonnell, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Zooey Deschanel, Martin Short, David Paymer, Jane Adams
A man (Loren Dean) gives up his job at the IRS, moves to the town of Mumford, takes the town name as his own, and begins a practice in psychology. His ensuing advice is sage, but it changes lives and lifestyles forever. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 06/25/2007 | | Absolutley a movie that makes you think about life. Wonderful. |
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Passion Fish 1992 R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Mary McDonnell, Alfre Woodard, David Strathairn, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Angela Bassett, Lenore Banks, Maggie Renzi, Sheila Kelley, Tom Wright
May-Alice (Mary McDonnell) had been a television star before she was hit and paralyzed by a New York cab. Depressed and drowning her sorrows in alcohol, she returns home to Louisiana where the friendship with her nurse Chantelle (Alfre Woodard) changes both women's lives. McDonnell was nominated for an Oscar.
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The Piano Lesson 1995 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lloyd Richards
Cast: Charles S. Dutton, Alfre Woodard, Carl Gordon, Courtney B. Vance, Tommy Hollis, Lou Myers, Zelda Harris, Rosalyn Coleman, Tommy Lafitte, Lynne Innerst
This made-for-TV adaptation of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play was nominated for several Emmys. Set in the 1930s, Boy Willie (Charles S. Dutton) returns home to Pittsburgh with plans. He wants to sell a family heirloom–a hand-crafted piano–dating to slavery days. He wants to buy farmland in order to be able to work for himself rather than for someone else. But his sister, Berniece (Alfre Woodard), is against the thought of selling the treasure. The family's history of struggle and survival while holding onto their heritage is told through the carvings on the piano.
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Primal Fear 1996 R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Cast: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton, John Mahoney, Alfre Woodard, Frances McDormand, Stanley Anderson, Terry O'Quinn, Steven Bauer, Joe Spano, Andre Braugher, Tony Plana, Jon Seda, Maura Tierney, Reg Rogers
An ambitious defense attorney, Martin Vail (Richard Gere), defends teenage, altar boy Aaron Stampler (Edward Norton) who is accused of the gruesome murder of an archbishop (Stanley Anderson). Once into the case, Vail learns that the prosecuting attorney will be his ex-lover, Janet Venable (Laura Linney), and that the archbishop was involved in deviant sexual activities.
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Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad 1994 TV, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Underground to Canada
Director: Don McBrearty
Cast: Janet Bailey, Courtney B. Vance, Glynn Turman, Dawnn Lewis, Michael Riley, Ron White, James Blendick, Tim Reid, Alfre Woodard, Ron Small
The Underground Railroad was a network of caring people who helped slaves escape their bondage and flee to Canada. This film follows one group of slaves as they head north, facing dangers along the way.
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Radio 2003 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Tollin
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Ed Harris, Alfre Woodard, Debra Winger, Chris Mulkey, Sarah Drew, S. Epatha Merkerson, Riley Smith, Brent Sexton, Patrick Breen, Bill Robertson, Kenneth H. Callender, Michael Harding, Charles Garren, Rebecca Koon
High-school football coach Harold Jones (Ed Harris) mentors mentally challenged James Robert 'Radio' Kennedy (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and invites Radio to help him with football practice. Eventually, Radio becomes the team mascot and cheerleader while winning over the local townsfolk.
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Scrooged 1988 PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Bill Murray, Carol Kane, John Forsythe, John Glover, Bob Goldthwait, Robert Mitchum, Karen Allen, Alfre Woodard, David Johansen, Michael J. Pollard
This story is taken from Charles Dickens' famous "Christmas Carol." This time around, it is a television executive (Bill Murray) who needs his conscience awakened. The three ghosts of Past, Present, and Future visit him in this at-times-funny film. Guest stars help make it watchable.
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 The Singing Detective 2003 R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical / Mystery
Director: Keith Gordon
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright Penn, Mel Gibson, Jeremy Northam, Katie Holmes, Adrien Brody, Jon Polito, Carla Gugino, Saul Rubinek, Alfre Woodard, Amy Aquino, David Dorfman, Eddie Jones, Lily Knight, Clyde Kusatsu
During his hospitalization, novelist Dan Dark (Robert Downey Jr.) hallucinates and believes he is the detective in his book who investigated a 1950s' homicide. After discussing this with his psychiatrist (Mel Gibson), Dan begins to turn his old novel into a new musical–complete with song and dance.
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 Something New 2006 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Sanaa Hamri
Cast: Sanaa Lathan, Simon Baker, Mike Epps, Donald Faison, Blair Underwood, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Alfre Woodard, Golden Brooks, Taraji P. Henson, John Ratzenberger, Lee Garlington, Earl Billings, Katharine Towne, Stanley DeSantis, K.C. Clyde
With a great professional life, but no romance in her personal world, an L.A. manager of an accounting firm, Kenya (Sanaa Lathan), accepts a blind date with Brian (Simon Baker) who just happens to be a White man. This comedy/drama focuses on the complexities of interracial relationships, and it is filled with great wit and understanding of the factors involved. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 02/16/2007 | | It was GREAT |
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Star Trek: First Contact 1996 PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, James Cromwell, Alfre Woodard, Alice Krige, Michael Horton, Neal McDonough, Robert Picardo, Marnie McPhail, Dwight Schultz
It is the 24th century, and the Enterprise is on a mission in space when Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his crew become involved in a battle between a Borg Cube and Federation ships. The Enterprise destroys the Cube, but part of it escapes. Now, the alien Borgs, led by Borg Queen (Alice Krige), are set to attack Earth. The Enterprise chases the Borgs but end up in a time distortion and are now in the 21st century. The only hope is for warp drive inventor Zefram Cochran (James Cromwell) to make a faster-than-light trip to the stars.
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Sweet Revenge 1984 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Code of Honor
Director: David Greene
Cast: Kevin Dobson, Kelly McGillis, Alec Baldwin, Wings Hauser, Alfre Woodard, Helen Hunt, Savannah Smith, Dana Elcar, Merritt Butrick, Richard Bradford
Unable to erase the memory of a tragic event that took place in her childhood, a woman seeks revenge against an army officer.
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 Take the Lead 2006 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Liz Friedlander
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Rob Brown, Yaya DaCosta, Alfre Woodard, Dante Basco, John Ortiz, Laura Benanti, Lauren Collins, Marcus T. Paulk, Jo Chin, Katya Virshilas, Jonathan Malen
After widower and former professional dancer Pierre Dulaine (Antonio Banderas) witnesses a teenager, Rock (Rob Brown), vandalizing the car owned by high-school principal Augustine James (Alfre Woodard), he talks to James and offers to teach dance lessons after school to bring some culture to disadvantaged students. James agrees to the plan, and a whole new style of dance is created by these New York public school students.
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Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys 2008 PG-13, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: The Family That Preys
Director: Tyler Perry
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Sanaa Lathan, Rockmond Dunbar, KaDee Strickland, Cole Hauser, Taraji P. Henson, Robin Givens, Tyler Perry, Kathy Bates, Sebastian Siegel, Santana Pruitt, Kaira Whitehead, Ron Clinton Smith, Jeffrey Alan Chase, Jonell J. Easter
Wealthy socialite Charlotte (Kathy Bates) and her best friend of 30 years, working-class mother Alice (Alfre Woodard), find their grown children going their separate ways. Alice's daughter Andrea (Sanaa Lathan) is married to Chris (Rockmond Dunbar) but is having an affair with her boss, William (Cole Hauser), who is Charlotte's son. William is married to Jillian (KaDee Strickland) and is plotting to take over the Cartwright Construction Company, which Charlotte controls. Meanwhile, Charlotte's other daughter Pam (Taraji P. Henson) recognizes the problems in her family and tries to get them moving in the right direction. Charlotte has her own solution to the problems: She buys a vintage Cadillac convertible and invites Alice to join her on a cross-country trip during which they will have time away from their families to figure out life's problems.
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The Underground Railroad 1999 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: No Director Credited
Cast: Alfre Woodard
Hosted by Alfre Woodard, this A & E presentation covers the massive "underground railroad," the network of people against slavery, who helped slaves escape to the North, including Canada, the Northwest, and even out of continental North America.
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What's Cooking? 2000 PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Joan Chen, Dennis Haysbert, Mercedes Ruehl, Maria Carmen, Victor Rivers, Douglas Spain, A Martinez, Lainie Kazan, Maury Chaykin, Isidra Vega, Elena Lopez, Adrian Armas
Thanksgiving celebrations in four different families–Jewish, Latino, Vietnamese, and African-American–are featured showing humor and drama that appear to be inherent in family gatherings, no matter what the cultural heritage.
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 The Wild Thornberrys Movie 2002 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy / Comedy
Director: Cathy Malkasian, Jeff McGrath
Cast: Lacey Chabert, Rupert Everett, Lynn Redgrave, Marisa Tomei, Alfre Woodard, Flea, Jodi Carlisle, Brenda Blethyn, Tim Curry, Danielle Harris, Tom Kane, Cree Summer, Brock Peters, Obba Babatunde
This animated adventure takes place on the African Serengeti Plains where Eliza (voice of Lacey Chabert) and Debbie Thornberry (voice of Danielle Harris) have joined their parents (voices of Tim Curry and Jodi Carlisle) who are shooting a documentary. Eliza can talk to the animals and learns that there are poachers in the area, and they plan to destroy an elephant herd. Eliza and her chimpanzee friend, Darwin (voice of Tom Kane), come to the rescue–but not before her overbearing grandmother (voice of Lynn Redgrave) ships her off to boarding school.
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The Wishing Tree 2000 TV, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ivan Passer
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Helen Shaver, Mary Alice, Blair Underwood, Charles Weldon, Leslie Carlson, Peter Haworth, Stephen Joffe, Kaleigh Nevin, Maria Ricossa
Clara (Alfre Woodard) returns to her Georgia hometown after the death of her mother, a well-known storyteller in the area. As she reminisces with family and friends, she is caught up in the legends told by her mother.
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A Wrinkle in Time 2003 PG, 139 min.
Genre: Family
Director: John Kent Harrison
Cast: Katie Stuart, Alfre Woodard, Alison Elliott, Kate Nelligan, Gregory Smith, David Dorfman, Chris Potter, Kyle Secor, Sean Cullen, Thomas Chambers, Sarah-Jane Redman, Norman Armour
Based on Madeleine L'Engle's children's series, this is the story of a brother and sister–Chris and Meg Murry (David Dorfman and Katie Stuart)–who journey to a mysterious planet in search of their scientist father (Chris Potter). Along to aid and abet on the voyage through time and space are their friend Calvin (Gregory Smith) and cosmic beings Mrs. Which (Kate Nelligan), Mrs. Who (Alison Elliott), and Mrs. Whatsit (Alfre Woodard).
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| 1. Beauty Shop (2005)
2. Blue Chips (1994)
3. Bopha! (1993)
4. The Core (2003)
5. Crooklyn (1994)
6. Cross Creek (1983)
7. Dinosaur (2000)
8. Down in the Delta (1998)
9. Extremities (1986)
10. Follow Me Home (1997)
11. The Forgotten (2004)
12. Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985)
13. Grand Canyon (1991)
14. Gulliver's Travels (1996)
15. The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992)
16. H.E.A.L.T.H. (1979)
17. Heart and Souls (1993)
18. Holiday Heart (2000)
19. K-PAX (2001)
20. Lost Souls (2000)
21. Love & Basketball (2000)
aka: Love and Basketball
22. Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
23. Miss Firecracker (1989)
24. Mumford (1999)
25. Passion Fish (1992)
26. The Piano Lesson (1995)
27. Primal Fear (1996)
28. Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad (1994)
aka: Underground to Canada
29. Radio (2003)
30. Rich in Love (1993)
31. Scrooged (1988)
32. The Singing Detective (2003)
33. Something New (2006)
34. Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
35. Sweet Revenge (1984)
aka: Code of Honor
36. Take the Lead (2006)
37. Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys (2008)
aka: The Family That Preys
38. The Underground Railroad (1999)
39. What's Cooking? (2000)
40. The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002)
41. The Wishing Tree (2000)
42. A Wrinkle in Time (2003)
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