3 Strikes 2000  R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: DJ Pooh
Cast: Brian Hooks, N'Bushe Wright, Faizon Love, E-40, David Alan Grier, Dean Norris, Starletta DuPois, George(2) Wallace, Mike Epps, Meagan Good, Bennet Guillory
DJ Pooh of rap fame wrote and directed this urban comedy/drama centered on Rob (Brian Hooks) who has just been released from jail. But–he now has two strikes and one more will be a major problem. So, when his friend shoots a cop who stops the car that Rob is riding in, Rob escapes, determined to clear himself. Little appeal to most people.
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Almost an Angel 1990  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Cornell
Cast: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Charlton Heston, Elias Koteas, Doreen Lang, Robert Sutton, Joe Dallesandro, David Alan Grier, Douglas Seale, Parley Baer
Terry Dean (Paul Hogan) is a thief who, after a car accident, is given a second chance to redeem himself by performing good deeds.
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An American Carol 2008 PG-13, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Zucker
Cast: Kevin P. Farley, Kelsey Grammer, Trace Adkins, Geoffrey Arend, Robert Davi, Leslie Nielsen, Dennis Hopper, James Woods, Jon Voight, Serdar Kalsin, Gary Coleman, David Alan Grier, Paris Hilton, Gail O'Grady, Chriss Anglin
In this satire on the career of liberal documentary filmmaker Michael Moore, Kevin P. Farley takes on the role of filmmaker Michael Malone who wants to abolish the Fourth of July holiday. He is visited by his idol John Kennedy's ghost (Chriss Anglin) who tells him that he will be visited by ghosts–including those of George Washington (Jon Voight) and General George S. Patton (Kelsey Grammer)–whose appearances will show him that the American military and patriotism are good.
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Angels in the Infield 2000 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Robert King
Cast: Patrick Warburton, Brittney Irvin, Kurt Fuller, Rebecca Jenkins, Duane Davis, Beau Star, Colin Fox, Peter Keleghan, David Alan Grier, Dan Duran, Joe Bostick, Laura Catalano, Leif Anderson, Joanne Boland, Tannis Burnett
In this film–the third Disney movie in the "Angels in the Outfield" series–pitcher Eddie "Steady" Everett (Patrick Warburton) is suffering through a losing streak when his daughter, Laurel (Brittney Irvin), comes to live with him. Laurel prays for help for her father, and her prayer is answered when guardian angel Bob "Bungler" Bulger (David Alan Grier) arrives on the scene. Fun family fare.
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Baadasssss! 2004  R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Joy Bryant, T.K. Carter, Terry Crews, Ossie Davis, David Alan Grier, Nia Long, Paul Rodriguez, Saul Rubinek, Vincent Schiavelli, Khleo Thomas, Rainn Wilson
In this homage to his father, Melvin, wrote, directed, and independently produced the first blaxploitation film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Mario Van Peebles shows how Melvin was able to get away with showing his 1971 anti-establishment film, which opened Hollywood studios to Blacks.
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Beer 1985  R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Pat Kelly
Cast: Loretta Swit, Rip Torn, Kenneth Mars, David Alan Grier, William Russ, Dick Shawn, Amy Wright, Saul Stein, Peter Michael Goetz, Ray O'Connor
If you have cheap beer to sell, what do you do? Well, you put on a national campaign using real hunks (who were formerly just "regular" guys) to get the word out.
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 Bewitched 2005  PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Nora Ephron
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Jason Schwartzman, Kristin Chenoweth, Heather Burns, Jim Turner, Stephen Colbert, David Alan Grier, Michael Badalucco, Carole Shelley
In this film version of the popular TV show, Nicole Kidman takes on the role of infamous and funny witch Samantha, while Will Ferrell and Shirley MacLaine play Samantha's husband and mother: Darren and Endora. Not Oscar material, but fun to watch. 1 User Review
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| | great movie,great cast,and very intertaining | jet 11/06/2009 | | I loved Nicole Kidmans acting she is so cute I just loved her in this movie |
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Blankman 1994  PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mike Binder
Cast: Damon Wayans, David Alan Grier, Robin Givens, Christopher Lawford, Lynne Thigpen, Jon Polito, Jason Alexander, Michael Wayans, Damon Wayans Jr., John Moschitta Jr.
Darryl (Damon Wayans) decides to clean up the streets of his neighborhood after his grandmother is killed. Being an inventor of various gadgets, he comes up with a bulletproof suit, and with his brother (David Alan Grier) he is off and running as "Blankman." Mean and vulgar at times, and basically low-class trash.
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Boomerang 1992  R, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Reginald Hudlin
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Robin Givens, Halle Berry, Martin Lawrence, David Alan Grier, Grace Jones, Geoffrey Holder, Eartha Kitt, Melvin Van Peebles, Chris Rock, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Lela Rochon, John Witherspoon, Bebe Drake, John Canada Terrell
Marcus (Eddie Murphy) is an executive who thrives on attention from women, but he often treats them with indifference. Now, his new boss is a beautiful woman (Robin Givens) who treats him the way he has been treating the opposite sex, and the tables are turned.
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Dance Flick 2009 PG-13, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action
Director: Damien Wayans
Cast: Damon Wayans Jr., Craig Wayans, Shoshanna Bush, Essence Atkins, Affion Crockett, Chris Elliott, David Alan Grier, Brennan Hillard, Chelsea Makela, Christina Murphy, Amy Sedaris, Ross Thomas, Kim Wayans, Lauren Bowles, George Gore II
This comedy features Thomas Uncles (Damon Wayans Jr.) helping beautiful Megan White (Shoshanna Bush) perfect her dance moves. Megan is a White girl trying to fit in with the predominantly Black student body at Musical High School, and Thomas just might hold the key to her success.
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Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby 1999 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Matthew Bright
Cast: Natasha Lyonne, Vincent Gallo, Maria Celedonio, David Alan Grier, Michael T. Weiss, April Telek, Max Perlich, John Landis, Bob Dawson, Jennifer Griffin
In a twist on the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale, Crystal (Natasha Lyonne) and Cyclona (Maria Celedonio) escape from a juvenile prison and kill and steal on their way to Grandma's/Sister Gomez's (Vincent Gallo) house.
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From the Hip 1987 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bob Clark
Cast: Judd Nelson, Elizabeth Perkins, John Hurt, Darren McGavin, Dan Monahan, David Alan Grier, Nancy Marchand, Ray Walston, Allan Arbus, Priscilla Pointer
Not-so conservative young lawyer "Stormy" Weathers (Judd Nelson) uses rather unorthodox maneuvers in the courtroom. This results in his defense of an accused murderer (John Hurt). The trial provides amusing insights into both personalities. 1 User Review
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| | Awesome Movie | TraceyJ322 06/03/2007 | | I have seen this move about 30 times and it is still just as good as it use to be. |
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In the Army Now 1994  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Daniel Petrie Jr.
Cast: Pauly Shore, Andy Dick, Lori Petty, David Alan Grier, Esai Morales, Lynn Whitfield, Art LaFleur, Fabiana Udenio, Glenn Morshower, Beau Billingslea, Peter Spellos, Paul Mooney
Good friends–Bones Conway (Pauly Shore) and Jack Kaufman (Andy Dick)–join the Army Reserves to make enough money to buy a stereo store. But, they end up being called up for active duty in the Middle East conflict where they accidentally save their fellow soldiers.
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Jumanji 1995 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy / Comedy
Director: Joe Johnston
Cast: Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce, Adam Hann-Byrd, Bonnie Hunt, David Alan Grier, Bebe Neuwirth, Patricia Clarkson, Jonathan Hyde, Malcolm Stewart, Laura Bell Bundy, James Handy, Gillian Barber, Brandon Obray, Cyrus Thiedeke
Alan Parrish (Adam Hann-Byrd) was often beaten up when he was in school in Brantford, New Hampshire, in 1969. Then one day he found a magical jungle board game, Jumanji, and played it with his friend, Sarah (Bonnie Hunt). Now we skip to 1995, and orphans Judy (Kirsten Dunst) and Peter (Bradley Pierce) have moved into Alan's old house, find the Jumanji game, and conjure up Alan (Robin Williams) who has been sucked into the game and remained there for the last 26 years. They track down Sarah so they can end the game. Special effects are amazing as animatronic and computer-generated wild animals thunder through the house and town until the game is finished.
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King of Texas 2002 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Uli Edel
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Marcia Gay Harden, Lauren Holly, Roy Scheider, David Alan Grier, Colm Meaney, Patrick Bergin, Matt Letscher, Liam Waite, Steven Bauer, Richard Lineback
This made-for-cable TV film is another adaptation of a Shakespeare play, King Lear in this case. John Lear (Patrick Stewart), a powerful rancher in the 19th century, decides to divide his vast empire among his three daughters. The bulk of the land will go to the one who is most convincing at expressing her love and devotion.
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Loose Cannons 1990  R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bob Clark
Cast: Gene Hackman, Dan Aykroyd, Dom DeLuise, Ronny Cox, Nancy Travis, Robert Prosky, Paul Koslo, Dick O'Neill, David Alan Grier
When a straight-arrow cop (Gene Hackman) is assigned a new, offbeat partner (Dan Aykroyd), there are differing opinions as to how to solve the murder case to which the new partners have been assigned. These two actors deserve better than this. 1 User Review
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| | non stop laughter and action - aykroyd is at his best | jackdanielsandwater07 10/03/2009 | | I have never laughed so hard and have seen it many times |
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Off Limits 1988 R, 102 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Christopher Crowe
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Gregory Hines, Fred Ward, Amanda Pays, Scott Glenn, Kay Tong Lim, Richard(2) Brooks, David Alan Grier, Keith David
The military, prostitutes, and even a nun combine in this violent movie. Two military investigators (Willem Dafoe and Gregory Hines) are on the trail of a psychotic killer of prostitutes.
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Return to Me 2000 PG, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bonnie Hunt
Cast: David Duchovny, Minnie Driver, Carroll O'Connor, Robert Loggia, Bonnie Hunt, David Alan Grier, Joely Richardson, Eddie Jones, James Belushi, Marianne Muellerleile
Grace Briggs (Minnie Driver), a waitress with progressive heart disease, gets Elizabeth Rueland's (Joely Richardson) heart after a fatal car accident. One year later Elizabeth's widower, Bob (David Duchovny), dines at an Italian restaurant, and guess who's his waitress? Romance blooms, but will it survive the moment that they realize Grace lives only because of Elizabeth's transplanted heart?
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A Soldier's Story 1984  PG, 102 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Adolph Caesar, Denzel Washington, Art Evans, David Alan Grier, David Harris, Robert Townsend, Wings Hauser, Dennis Lipscomb, Larry Riley
Racial hatred in the military is depicted in this story about a black Army lawyer who is given a murder case. When he arrives at the Fort he discovers that proud black soldiers do not understand sneering white soldiers; both groups are so steeped in their prejudices that it seems there is no hope that they can get together. This film does a good job of focusing on man's inhumanity to man and was nominated for an Oscar; Caesar was nominated for Supporting Actor.
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Streamers 1983  R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Matthew Modine, Michael Wright, Mitchell Lichtenstein, David Alan Grier, Guy Boyd, George Dzundza, Albert Macklin, B.J. Cleveland, Bill Allen, Paul Lazar
Lives of paratroopers about to be sent to Vietnam erupt into violence when they discover one of them is a homosexual in this very intense and revealing story.
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 Stuart Little 1999 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Rob Minkoff
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki, Julia Sweeney, Nathan Lane, Jennifer Tilly, Bruno Kirby, Estelle Getty, Dabney Coleman, Chazz Palminteri, Steve Zahn, David Alan Grier, Stan Freberg, Jeffrey Jones
Based on one of E.B. White's children's classics, this is the light-hearted adventure of a mouse, Stuart (voice of Michael J. Fox), that is adopted by the Little family of NYC. Stuart must overcome obstacles along the way that include his major nemesis, the family cat, Snowbell (voice of Nathan Lane).
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Tales from the Hood 1995 R, 97 min.
Genre: Horror / Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Rusty Cundieff
Cast: Clarence Williams III, Corbin Bernsen, Paula Jai Parker, Wings Hauser, David Alan Grier, Joe Torry, De'aundre Bonds, Tom Wright, Michael Massee, Brandon Hammond, Samuel Monroe Jr., Anthony Griffith, Duane Whitaker, Rusty Cundieff, Lamont Bentley
As three drug dealers Bulldog, Stack, and Ball (Samuel Monroe Jr., Joe Torry, and De'aundre Bonds) sit in a mortuary waiting to receive their drugs, mortician Mr. Simms (Clarence Williams III) tells them stories of terror about the deceased bodies lying in open caskets in his mortuary. Each of the four episodes is concerned with the master theme of death and, involve a Black cop (Tom Wright) who seeks revenge from beyond the grave, young Walter (Brandon Hammond) being tormented by a monster, racist Duke Metger (Corbin Bernsen) running for governor and failing to listen to the supernatural being in his home, and criminal Crazy K (Lamont Bentley) undergoing a scary behavioral modification program.
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Tiptoes 2003 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Matthew Bright
Cast: Gary Oldman, Matthew McConaughey, Kate Beckinsale, Peter Dinklage, Patricia Arquette, Debbie Lee Carrington, Bridget Powers, David Alan Grier, Dana Sessen, Ben Foster, Ed Gale, Cherub Freed
Steven's (Matthew McConaughey) girlfriend Carol (Kate Beckinsale) is pregnant, and now she worries that the baby may be a dwarf like Steven's twin brother Rolfe (Gary Oldman). To complicate matters, Carol falls in love with Rolfe. Not much here.
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Top of the World 1997 R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: Peter Weller, Dennis Hopper, Tia Carrere, David Alan Grier, Joe Pantoliano, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Peter Coyote, Julie McCullough, Martin Kove, Kevin Bernhardt
After serving time in prison for stealing police pension funds, ex-cop Ray Mercer (Peter Weller) and his wife (Tia Carrere) go for a Las Vegas quick divorce. While waiting for the decree, the couple win a $450,000 jackpot–at the same moment the casino is being robbed. While the police believe the couple was there as a diversion from the robbery, Mercer sets out to prove his innocence by investigating the casino owner (Dennis Hopper) and his partner (Joe Pantoliano).
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The Woodsman 2004 R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicole Kassell
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Mos Def, Benjamin Bratt, David Alan Grier, Eve, Kevin Rice, Michael Shannon, Hannah Pilkes, Carlos Leon, Gina Philips, Bobby Prochaska
Paroled pedophile Walter (Kevin Bacon) seeks redemption but finds his goal all but unattainable despite returning to his hometown, getting a job at a lumberyard, and dating Vickie (Kyra Sedgewick).
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| 1. 3 Strikes (2000)
2. Almost an Angel (1990)
3. An American Carol (2008)
4. Angels in the Infield (2000)
5. Baadasssss! (2004)
6. Beer (1985)
7. Bewitched (2005)
8. Blankman (1994)
9. Boomerang (1992)
10. Dance Flick (2009)
11. Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (1999)
12. From the Hip (1987)
13. In the Army Now (1994)
14. Jumanji (1995)
15. King of Texas (2002)
16. Loose Cannons (1990)
17. Off Limits (1988)
18. Return to Me (2000)
19. A Soldier's Story (1984)
20. Streamers (1983)
21. Stuart Little (1999)
22. Tales from the Hood (1995)
23. Tiptoes (2003)
24. Top of the World (1997)
25. The Woodsman (2004)
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