Blacula 1972  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: William Crain
Cast: William Marshall, Denise Nicholas, Vonetta McGee, Thalmus Rasulala, Charles Macauley, Gordon Pinsent, Elisha Cook Jr., Emily Yancy, Lance Taylor Sr., Ted Harris, Rick Metzler, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Logan Field, Ketty Lester, Eric Brotherson
Manuwalde (William Marshall), an African prince who was bitten by Count Dracula (Charles Macauley) in 1780, rises from the dead as vampire Blacula in 1972. He finds Tina (Vonetta McGee), who is his wife Tuva reincarnated, and, after awhile, they fall in love. Meanwhile, Blacula creates havoc in Los Angeles while Tina's friend Dr. Gordon Thomas (Thalmus Rasulala), with help from Michelle (Denise Nicholas), figures out the vampire connection and is on Blacula's trail.
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Capricorn One 1978  PG, 124 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterston, O.J. Simpson, Hal Holbrook, Karen Black, Telly Savalas, David Huddleston, James Sikking, David Doyle, Lee Bryant, Denise Nicholas, Alan Fudge, Robert Walden
There is a flaw in the design of the spaceship, and as a means of protecting the reputation of NASA, mission controller Dr. James Kelloway (Hal Holbrook) stages a Mars landing that is never meant to take place. The astronauts–(James Brolin, O.J. Simpson, and Sam Waterston)–are removed from the spaceship before it is launched and taken to a studio where they must pretend to be on the journey to Mars. But, journalist Robert Caulfield (Elliott Gould) becomes suspicious and investigates the conspiracy, which will go so far as to end the astronauts' lives as the means of keeping the hoax a secret.
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Ghost Dad 1990  PG, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Poitier
Cast: Bill Cosby, Kimberly Russell, Denise Nicholas, Ian Bannen, Christine Ebersole, Barry Corbin, Arnold Stang, Salim Grant
A box office flop, this film stars Bill Cosby as a father who dies and is reincarnated as a ghost. Unfortunately, the film dies soon after the novelty of the father as the ghost wears off. There are plenty of special effects, which may be enough to keep kids entertained.
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Let's Do It Again 1975 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Poitier
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Calvin Lockhart, John Amos, Jimmie Walker, Ossie Davis, Denise Nicholas, Mel Stewart, Julius Harris, Val Avery
Two Atlanta members (Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby) of a fraternal lodge find a way to con gamblers by using the occult to turn Bootney Farnsworth (Jimmie Walker) into a winning prizefighter. This film follows "Uptown Saturday Night" and is followed by "A Piece of the Action."
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Marvin and Tige 1983  PG, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Eric Weston
Cast: John Cassavetes, Billy Dee Williams, Gibran Brown, Denise Nicholas, Fay Hauser, Georgia Allen, Jerry Penson, Charles Darden, May K. Pearce, Lou Walker
Marvin Stewart (John Cassavetes) is an unhappy widower who gains a second chance at life when he befriends a young black boy, Tige Jackson (Gibran Brown), and takes him under his wing.
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A Piece of the Action 1977 PG, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Poitier
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, James Earl Jones, Denise Nicholas, Hope Clark, Tracy Reed, Titos Vandis, Marc Lawrence, Frances Foster, Sheryl Lee Ralph
This sequel to "Uptown Saturday Night" has Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby again teamed, but this time around they are determined to help ghetto kids improve their lot in life.
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Proud 2004 PG, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Proudly We Served
Director: Mary Pat Kelly
Cast: Erik LaRay Harvey, Ossie Davis, Albert Jones, Jeffrey Nash, Stephen Rea, Rashad Haughton, Kiesha Whitaker, Aidan Quinn, Darnell Williams, Vernel Bagneris, Denise Nicholas, Edward O'Blenis Jr.
Veteran Lorenzo DuFau (Ossie Davis) tells grandson Larry (Albert Jones) the story of his military service during World War II with the predominantly Black crew that manned the Navy war ship, U.S.S. Mason. Flashbacks are used to illustrate many points of the story.
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Ritual 2000 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stanley Bennett Clay
Cast: Clarence Williams III, Denise Nicholas, Shawn Michael Howard, Angelle Brooks, Gerrie Ellis
To the outside world, the wealthy African-American Beckers are a model family. But all is not right inside the household. Patriarch Leron (Clarence Williams III) was a 1960s' activist before meeting his rich wife Sylvia (Denise Nicholas). She is now an alcoholic and daughter Teresa (Angelle Brooks) performs her mother's duties, doting on her father. Son Mason (Shawn Michael Howard), home from college to "fix" things, dotes on his mother while constantly fighting with his father who does not understand Mason's being gay. When the parents are sent off on vacation, control of the family is on the line as the two siblings duke it out.
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| 1. Blacula (1972)
2. Capricorn One (1978)
3. Ghost Dad (1990)
4. Let's Do It Again (1975)
5. Marvin and Tige (1983)
6. A Piece of the Action (1977)
7. Proud (2004)
aka: Proudly We Served
8. Ritual (2000)
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