Asunder 1999  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Reid
Cast: Blair Underwood, Debbi Morgan, Michael Beach, Marva Hicks, Desiree Marie Velez, Ira Hawkins, Alene Dawson, Wendy Moore, Joe Inscoe, Jen Harper
Chance (Blair Underwood), his pregnant wife Roberta (Marva Hicks), and their best friends Michael and Lauren (Michael Beach and Debbi Morgan) board the Ferris wheel. A freak accident kills Roberta (and her unborn baby). Chance grieves at his friends' home, but when he finds out that Lauren had an abortion, and the baby may have been his, he loses it and begins to stalk Lauren, trying to wreck their marriage. Oft-told tale saved by good acting.
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 Deep Impact 1998  PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller
Director: Mimi Leder
Cast: Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilian Schell, Morgan Freeman, Leelee Sobieski, James Cromwell, Mary McCormack, Blair Underwood, Dougray Scott, Laura Innes, Richard Schiff, Jon Favreau, Ron Eldard
A giant comet is heading on a collision course with Earth, and the U.S. President Tom Beck (Morgan Freeman) orders astronaut Spurgeon Tanner (Robert Duvall) and his team aboard a spaceship to destroy the comet. The mission fails, and the President devises Plan B to hold a lottery in which the winners will be sent to giant caves in the hope that IF they can survive the comet's impact, they will continue to propagate the human race. Fourteen-year-old Leo Biederman (Elijah Wood) discovered the comet, and he and his family are given a pass to enter the cave, but his girlfriend Sarah (Leelee Sobieski) and her family must be left behind. Meanwhile, Tanner has not given up and is devising another plan to prevent the catastrophe and save Earth.
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Father & Son: Dangerous Relations 1993 TV, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Dangerous Relations
On the Streets of L.A.
Director: Georg Stanford Brown
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Blair Underwood, Rae Dawn Chong, David Harris, Christopher M. Brown, Eddie De Harp, Luke Askew, Clarence Williams III, Tony Plana, Milt Kogan
A prisoner (Louis Gossett Jr.) is a prison "boss" until a new prisoner (Blair Underwood) challenges him for the leadership role. The new prisoner turns out to be the boss' son and their lives continue to intersect after parole. Made for TV.
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 Full Frontal 2002 R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Blair Underwood, Julia Roberts, David Hyde Pierce, Catherine Keener, David Duchovny, Nicky Katt, Mary McCormack, Erika Alexander, Enrico Colantoni, Rainn Wilson, Brad Pitt, Terence Stamp
For the unofficial sequel to "Sex, Lies, and Video Tape," Steven Soderbergh has assembled a good cast for his ensemble piece. The story involves a movie within a movie and multiple characters who meet, change, and go on with life during a 24-hour period.
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 Gattaca 1997  PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Andrew Niccol
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Gore Vidal, Xander Berkeley, Alan Arkin, Jude Law, Loren Dean, Ernest Borgnine, Elias Koteas, Jayne Brook, Tony Shalhoub, Blair Underwood, Maya Rudolph, Una Damon, Elizabeth Dennehy
This science fiction fable contemplates a world in which genetic engineering is used to achieve human perfection. Vincent (Ethan Hawke) was born with a heart defect but will sacrifice almost anything to be employed at the Gattaca Corp. where he could achieve his dream: flying to the edge of the solar system. To get his foot in the door, Vincent assumes the identity of an athlete, Jerome (Jude Law). All goes well–until the head of Gattaca is murdered, and fingerprints are requested from all employees.
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Heat Wave 1990 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kevin Hooks
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood, James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland, David Strathairn, Robert Hooks, Adam Arkin, Margaret Avery, Charlie Korsmo
Good acting and story make this made-for-TV film, based on the 1965 Watts riots, worth watching
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Just Cause 1995 R, 102 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Arne Glimcher
Cast: Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Capshaw, Blair Underwood, Ruby Dee, Ed Harris, Hope Lange, Daniel J. Travanti, Kevin McCarthy, Ned Beatty, Christopher Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Victor Slezak, Kevin McCarthy, Lynne Thigpen
In this adaptation of John Katzenbach's novel, Sean Connery plays Harvard law professor Paul Armstrong who is opposed to the death penalty. Bobby Earl Ferguson (Blair Underwood) has been in a Florida prison for eight years awaiting the death penalty for the crimes of rape and murder. After Bobby's grandmother Evangeline (Ruby Dee) delivers Bobby's letter asking Paul for help, he agrees to investigate. Despite the fact that he has not practiced law for 25 years, Paul heads to Florida with his wife Laurie (Kate Capshaw) and young daughter Katie (Scarlett Johansson). As he uncovers clues during the investigation, Paul finds that his own life has become endangered.
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Madea's Family Reunion 2006  PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tyler Perry
Cast: Tyler Perry, Blair Underwood, Lynn Whitfield, Boris Kodjoe, Henry Simmons, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Maya Angelou, Rochelle Aytes, Jenifer Lewis, Tangi Miller, Keke Palmer, Cicely Tyson
In this sequel to "Diary of a Mad Black Woman," Tyler Perry wrote, directed, and took on the role of gun-toting grandma Mable "Madea" Simmons who, while planning a family reunion, contends with her unhappy nieces Vanessa and Lisa (Lisa Arrindell Anderson and Rochelle Aytes). She also must deal with a juvenile delinquent, Nikki (Keke Palmer), who has been placed under her care. Despite family troubles in this touching comedy, lessons about love and life are learned. 1 User Review
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| | Excellent, excellent, and excellent | Anonymous 03/23/2007 | | |
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Malibu's Most Wanted 2003 PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: John Whitesell
Cast: Jamie Kennedy, Taye Diggs, Anthony Anderson, Blair Underwood, Regina Hall, Damien Dante Wayans, Ryan O'Neal, Bo Derek, Snoop Dogg, Jeffrey Tambor, Kal Penn, Nick Swardson, Keili Lefkovitz, Greg Grunberg, J.P. Manoux
Bill Gluckman (Ryan O'Neal) plans to run for governor of California and is afraid that his son Brad (Jamie Kennedy) will embarrass him by acting like and believing that he is from the "hood." Even his psychiatrist can't convince Brad that he is not Black. Bill's solution: have Brad kidnapped and dropped off in a Black neighborhood to "scare the White into him."
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Mama Flora's Family 1998 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Werner
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood, Queen Latifah, Erika Alexander, Mario Van Peebles, Hill Harper, Preston Brant, Della Reese, Sharon Blackwood, DJ Qualls
This TV miniseries is based on Alex Haley's book and is the saga of a large family during a 50-year span with Mama Flora (Cicely Tyson) at the center during a time of great change in the U.S.
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Mistrial 1996  R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Heywood Gould
Cast: Bill Pullman, Robert Loggia, Blair Underwood, Jon Seda, Josef Sommer, Casey Siemaszko, Leo Burmester, James Rebhorn, Roma Maffia, Kate Burton, Peter MacNeill, Roberta Maxwell
When it looks like accused cop-killer Eddie Rios (Jon Seda) is going to be set free, the arresting policeman, Steve Donahue (Bill Pullman), grabs control of the courtroom and proves Rios' guilt.
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Posse 1993 R, 109 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Stephen Baldwin, Charles(3) Lane, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Big Daddy Kane, Billy Zane, Melvin Van Peebles, Pam Grier, Isaac Hayes, Blair Underwood
Black soldiers go AWOL from the Army following the Spanish-American War. Along with them is a fortune in Spanish gold. They end up in a town about to be eliminated by the coming railroad and await the showdown.
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 Rules of Engagement 2000 R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Kingsley, Blair Underwood, Anne Archer, Guy Pearce, Philip Baker Hall, Bruce Greenwood, Nicky Katt, Roma Maffia
After Colonel Terry L. Childers (Samuel L. Jackson) is accused of inciting a riot and then firing on innocent civilians, Colonel Hayes Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones) reluctantly takes on the legal case in defense of his comrade, who, 28 years ago, saved his life in Vietnam.
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 Set It Off 1996  R, 121 min.
Genre: Action
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise, John C. McGinley, Blair Underwood, Vincent & Van Baum, Chaz Lamar Shepherd, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Charles Robinson
Four L.A. housing-project friends–Stony (Jada Pinkett Smith), Cleo (Queen Latifah), Frankie (Vivica Fox), and Tisean (Kimberly Elise)–obtain guns and begin casing banks for possible robberies after realizing that a stoned acquaintance of theirs got away with a $20,000 bank heist.
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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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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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| 1. Asunder (1999)
2. Deep Impact (1998)
3. Father & Son: Dangerous Relations (1993)
aka: Dangerous Relations
aka: On the Streets of L.A.
4. Full Frontal (2002)
5. Gattaca (1997)
6. Heat Wave (1990)
7. Just Cause (1995)
8. Krush Groove (1985)
9. Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
10. Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)
11. Mama Flora's Family (1998)
12. Mistrial (1996)
13. Posse (1993)
14. Rules of Engagement (2000)
15. Set It Off (1996)
16. Something New (2006)
17. The Wishing Tree (2000)
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