3000 Miles to Graceland 2001  R, 125 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Demian Lichtenstein
Cast: Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox, Christian Slater, Kevin Pollak, David Arquette, Jon Lovitz, Howie Long, Thomas Haden Church, Bokeem Woodbine
It's Elvis Presley convention week in Las Vegas, and a group of six conspirators (Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell, Howie Long, David Arquette, Christian Slater, and Bokeem Woodbine) have a plan: dress up like Elvis and rob a casino. As in many movies preceding this one, the thieves soon become enemies, and the result is good entertainment. But this film misses its mark, and we are left with little in entertainment value.
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Almost Heroes 1998 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Guest
Cast: Chris Farley, Matthew Perry, Eugene Levy, Kevin Dunn, David Packer, Bokeem Woodbine, Lisa Barbuscia, Scott Anderson, Hamilton Camp, Steven M. Porter
In this film, which marks Chris Farley's last starring role, he plays a 19th-century explorer, Bartholomew Hunt, who sets out with his companion, Leslie Edwards (Matthew Perry), in a race to the Pacific Ocean–with the intent of stealing the thunder from the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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 The Big Hit 1998  R, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Kirk Wong
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate, Avery Brooks, Bokeem Woodbine, China Chow, Elliott Gould, Lainie Kazan, Antonio Sabato Jr., Sab Shimono, Lela Rochon, Joshua Peace, Robin Dunne, David Usher, Danny Smith
Three hit men–Melvin (Mark Wahlberg), Cisco (Lou Diamond Phillips), and Crunch (Bokeem Woodbine)–hatch a scheme to kidnap the daughter of a wealthy businessman. Too late, they realize the daughter, Keiko (China Chow), is the goddaughter of their boss, and he is more than a little interested in obtaining Keiko's safe return.
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Caught Up 1998   R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Darin Scott
Cast: Bokeem Woodbine, Cynda Williams, Joseph Lindsey, Clifton Powell, Basil Wallace, Tony Todd, LL Cool J, Snoop Dogg
Upon release from a five-year prison sentence, Daryl Allen (Bokeem Woodbine) has trouble adjusting to his changed world (his mother has died, his ex-girlfriend (Cynda Williams) and mother of his son has married another, and his job is gone). His new lover (Cynda Williams, in dual roles) has connections and gets him a job as a limo driver transporting dubious characters around town in this story in which NOBODY is who they seem to be. 1 User Review
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| | one of the best scenarios in a plot twist | big jp 03/06/2007 | | |
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 Dead Presidents 1995  R, 122 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Cast: Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker, Rose Jackson, N'Bushe Wright, Freddy Rodriguez, Bokeem Woodbine, Martin Sheen, Alvaleta Guess, James Pickens Jr., Jenifer Lewis, Clifton Powell, Terrence Howard, Elizabeth Rodriguez
Anthony (Larenz Tate) leaves his Bronx neighborhood and joins the Marines to fight in Vietnam. When he returns after two tours in Vietnam, he finds his old neighborhood besieged by drugs, and he finds himself sucked into the criminal aspects of his environment when he joins in a plot to rob an armored car. 1 User Review
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| | see | Ahmad 02/23/2008 | | I love N'Bushe Wright |
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 Jason's Lyric 1994 R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Doug McHenry
Cast: Allen Payne, Jada Pinkett Smith, Anthony "Treach" Criss, Bokeem Woodbine, Forest Whitaker, Suzzanne Douglass, Lisa Nicole Carson, Eddie Griffin
Two brothers, Jason (Allen Payne) and Joshua (Bokeem Woodbine), are destined to live very different lives: one is an upright citizen, and the other is a gang member.
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Jasper, Texas 2003 R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeff Byrd
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Jon Voight, Joe Morton, Emily Yancy, Bokeem Woodbine, Blu Mankuma, Roy T. Anderson, Karen Robinson, Michelle Moffatt, Demor Barnes, Ron White, Eugene Clark, Samantha Bee
This Showtime film is based on events that transpired after three White men dragged a Black man to death after tying him to their pickup truck in 1998. A media frenzy stormed through Jasper–straining relationships, including those of the White sheriff (Jon Voight) and the town's first Black mayor (Louis Gossett Jr.).
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 Life 1999 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ted Demme
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatunde, Ned Beatty, Bernie Mac, Miguel A. Nunez Jr., Nick Cassavetes, Clarence Williams III, Bokeem Woodbine, Brent Jennings
Two Mississippi convicts, Rayford Gibson (Eddie Murphy) and Claude Banks (Martin Lawrence), discover life during their seven-decade relationship that began after each had been wrongfully sentenced to life in prison.
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Panther 1995 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Cast: Kadeem Hardison, Bokeem Woodbine, Courtney B. Vance, Marcus Chong, Joe Don Baker, Robert Culp, Richard Dysart, M. Emmet Walsh, James Russo, Mario Van Peebles
This is a fictionalized version of the 1960's Black Panthers and their movement to encourage guns in the fight against racial oppression.
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 Ray 2004  PG-13, 152 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Taylor Hackford
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King, Clifton Powell, Harry Lennix, Bokeem Woodbine, Aunjanue Ellis, Sharon Warren, C.J. Sanders, Curtis Armstrong, Richard Schiff, Larenz Tate, Terrence Howard, David Krumholtz, Wendell Pierce
Jamie Foxx won an Oscar for his portrayal of soul singer Ray Charles, which begins with Ray's (C.J. Sanders) early life in Georgia when he went blind at age seven, but his mother encouraged him to go on with his life and develop his talent. He becomes a successful musician and rises in the music world. But, his weakness for women and drugs intervenes–until Ray rises above his personal demons and finds his place as a beloved performer. The film received one other Academy Award and was nominated for four others, including Best Picture and Director.
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 The Rock 1996 R, 129 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, David Morse, William Forsythe, Michael Biehn, John Spencer, John C. McGinley, Bokeem Woodbine, Tony Todd, Vanessa Marcil, Gregory Sporleder, Brendan Kelly, Greg Collins
Self-proclaimed patriots, led by Brigadier General Frank Hummel (Ed Harris), hold 81 tourists hostage on Alcatraz and aim deadly nerve gas at San Francisco in an attempt to get funds to support families of those Americans who died performing covert government missions. Navy SEALs–assisted by the only man who ever escaped from Alcatraz, John Patrick Mason (Sean Connery)–are sent in to rescue the hostages. Also helping lead the mission is FBI chemical weapons expert Stanley Goodspeed (Nicolas Cage). The SEALs head out on their mission to break into Alcatraz, but they are ambushed. Now it is up to Mason and Goodspeed to complete the mission.
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Run for the Money 2002 R, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
aka: Hard Cash
Director: Predrag Antonijevic
Cast: Christian Slater, Daryl Hannah, Val Kilmer, Balthazar Getty, Holliston Coleman, Sara Downing, Bokeem Woodbine, Vincent Laresca, Verne Troyer, Peter Woodward, Rodney Rowland, Michael Anthony Rosas, William Forsythe, Milos Milicevic, Peter Jason
Super-thief Thomas Taylor (Christian Slater) is out of jail and back in business with a fresh group of henchmen. His gang includes Eddie (Balthazar Getty), Virginia (Daryl Hannah), and Rock (Bokeem Woodbine). They pull off a heist that could give them $1,000,000 in cash. But, there is a problem: the cash has been marked, and now corrupt FBI agent Cornell (Val Kilmer) decides to use Taylor's gang for his own profit and gets them involved in robbing a riverboat casino. Direct to video.
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The Runner 1999 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ron Moler
Cast: Ron Eldard, Courteney Cox, John Goodman, Joe Mantegna, Bokeem Woodbine, David Jensen, John David Condi, Terrence Evans, Gary Grossman, Steve Schirripa
Loser Edward Harrington (Ron Eldard) is addicted to gambling and, to get himself out of debt to the bookies, gets a job as a "Runner" for a gangster (John Goodman). Eventually he succumbs to the temptation of having lots of money not belonging to him and is now on the run from the mob.
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Sniper 2 2002 R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Cast: Tom Berenger, Bokeem Woodbine, Dan Butler, Linden Ashby, Erika Marozsan, Dennis Hayden, Ben O'Brien, Tamas Puskas, Barna Illyes, Ferenc Kovacs, Can Togay, Bela Jaki, Laszlo Aron, Lukacs Bicskey, Zoltan Seress
Former U.S. Marine sniper Beckett (Tom Berenger) is back and agrees to take on one last top-secret mission: kill a Serbian general who commits atrocities in the Balkans. Death-row inmate Cole (Bokeem Woodbine) is Beckett's partner and can win a pardon if successful. Direct to video/DVD.
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Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies 1999  R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jack Sholder
Cast: Andrew Divoff, Paul Johansson, Holly Fields, Bokeem Woodbine, Vyto Ruginis, Maria Gennaro, Scott Klace, James Staszkiel, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, James Kim
The evil genie (Andrew Divoff) from the original "Wishmaster" is liberated during a failed heist and is now out to make wishes come true–if it gets the wishers' souls. The genie needs 1001 souls to get his own three wishes that will allow his world to take over the Earth. Yuck!
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| 1. 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
2. Almost Heroes (1998)
3. The Big Hit (1998)
4. Caught Up (1998)
5. Dead Presidents (1995)
6. Freeway (1996)
7. Jason's Lyric (1994)
8. Jasper, Texas (2003)
9. Life (1999)
10. Panther (1995)
11. Ray (2004)
12. The Rock (1996)
13. Run for the Money (2002)
aka: Hard Cash
14. The Runner (1999)
15. Sniper 2 (2002)
16. Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (1999)
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