Finding Forrester 2000  PG-13, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gus Van Sant
Cast: Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Anna Paquin, Busta Rhymes, April Grace, Michael Pitt, Michael Nouri, Richard Easton, Glenn Fitzgerald
Because Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown) is very bright and an exceptional basketball player as well, he gains entrance to a private school in Manhattan. Once enrolled, Jamal meets the reclusive author William Forrester (Sean Connery). They form a bond, and the ensuing relationship proves beneficial to both.
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Halloween: Resurrection 2002  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Cast: Busta Rhymes, Brad Loree, Bianca Kajlich, Tyra Banks, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sean Patrick Thomas, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Ryan Merriman, Daisy McCrackin, Katee Sackhoff
In John Carpenter's eighth "Halloween" movie, teens sign up for a reality show that will provide a live broadcast of their night spent in slasher Michael Myers' (Brad Loree) home. But, unknown to all, Michael is back and living in his house. Is history going to repeat itself?
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Higher Learning 1995  R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Singleton
Cast: Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson, Ice Cube, Jennifer Connelly, Tyra Banks, Michael Rapaport, Laurence Fishburne, Jason Wiles, Cole Hauser, Bradford English, Regina King, Busta Rhymes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kari Wuhrer, Randall Batinkoff
The Black vs. White, men vs. women issues are exploited in this film about college students in the 1970s. Freshman Malik Williams (Omar Epps) is confronted with conflicting views of senior Fudge (Ice Cube), his Black Professor Maurice Phipps (Laurence Fishburne), and his new girlfriend Deja (Tyra Banks) who becomes his tutor. Meanwhile, after naive Kristen Connor (Kristy Swanson) suffers a date rape, she becomes involved with lesbian Taryn (Jennifer Connelly). And then there is Remy (Michael Rapaport), a confused young man, who joins local skinheads carrying out violent acts. The stories intertwine in this lesson about hypocrisy in institutions of higher learning.
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 Narc 2002 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Thriller
Director: Joe Carnahan
Cast: Ray Liotta, Jason Patric, Chi McBride, Anne Openshaw, Busta Rhymes, Richard Chevolleau, John Ortiz, Thomas Patrice, Alan Van Sprang, Dan Leis, Lloyd Adams, Lina Giomofelice, Alan C. Peterson, Karen Robinson, Booth Savage
Undercover narcotics agent Nick Tellis (Jason Patric)–suspended more than a year ago–is called back to the Detroit Police Department where he joins forces with Lt. Henry Oak (Ray Liotta) in solving the murder of a co-worker who died in the line of duty. Tellis and Oak work on the case, and Tellis goes over and over the known facts. But, unraveling the case proves so complicated that it threatens to destroy both Tellis and Oak.
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 The Rugrats Movie 1998 G, 81 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Igor Kovalyov, Norton Virgien
Cast: Elizabeth Daily, Christine Cavanaugh, Kath Soucie, Cheryl Chase, Tara Strong, Melanie Chartoff, Jack Riley, Joe Alaskey, David Spade, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Bell, Tim Curry, Busta Rhymes, Roger Clinton, Margaret Cho
Tommy (voice of Elizabeth Daily), Chuckie, Phillip, and Lillian (voices of Kath Soucie) try to return Tommy's troublesome baby brother, Dylan–"Dil" (voice of Tara Strong)–to the hospital where he was born. But along the way they get lost–really lost!
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 Shaft 2000  R, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Singleton
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Dan Hedaya, Busta Rhymes, Toni Collette, Richard Roundtree, Josef Sommer, Philip Bosco, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lynne Thigpen, Pat Hingle, Lee Tergesen, Daniel von Gargen
Shaft is back–this time Samuel L. Jackson takes on the title role, and all the action of the original 1971 film returns. Throughout his investigations, Shaft receives advice from his Uncle John Shaft (Richard Roundtree who starred as the original "Shaft"). Shaft arrests Walter Wade, Jr. (Christian Bale) for killing a young Black student, but Walter flees the country to avoid prosecution. Two years later, Wade secretly returns, and Shaft arrests him. With help from his wealthy father, Walter Wade, Sr. (Philip Bosco), Walter posts bail and has a mission: get drug king Peoples Hernandez (Jeffrey Wright) to kill Shaft and find Diane Palmieri (Toni Collette) who was the only witness to the murder. Meanwhile, with Hernandez closing in, an angry Shaft, with help from police colleague Carmen (Vanessa Williams), tracks down Diane only to learn that there is more to Diane than meets the eye.
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| 1. Finding Forrester (2000)
2. Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
3. Higher Learning (1995)
4. Narc (2002)
5. The Rugrats Movie (1998)
6. Shaft (2000)
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