Cadillac Records 2008  R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Darnell Martin
Cast: Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Gabrielle Union, Beyonce Knowles, Columbus Short, Mos Def, Cedric the Entertainer, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Eamonn Walker, Natasha Ononogbo, Ginnie Randall, Norman Reedus, Jay O. Sanders, Valence Thomas, Gano Grills
Sex and violence play big roles in this story about a Chicago recording studio, Chess Records. It was founded in 1950 by Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody) and helped produce fame for such stars as Chuck Berry (Mos Def), Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright), and Etta James (Beyonce Knowles) during a period that stretched into the 1960s when the controversial Chess had a booming business. The story is narrated by Willie Dixon (Cedric the Entertainer) and follows the lives of the talented performers who recorded their songs at Chess Records studio.
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Duma 2005   PG, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
Director: Carroll Ballard
Cast: Alex Michaeletos, Campbell Scott, Hope Davis, Eamonn Walker, Mary Makhatho, Nthabiseng Kenoshi, Jennifer Steyn, Nicky Rebello, Garth Renecle, Andre Stolz, Nadia Kretschmer, John Whiteley
Xan (Alex Michaeletos) has adopted a baby cheetah and raised it in rural South Africa. But his father (Campbell Scott) dies, and his mother (Hope Davis) is forced to move with Xan and the cheetah, Duma, to an apartment in the city. It is time to set Duma free, and the responsibility lies on Xan's shoulders. On the journey back to the wilds of South Africa, Xan learns valuable lessons about life. 1 User Review
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| | I LOVE DUMA AND TWO BROTHERS AND MOUSE HUNT!! | DUMA FAN 01/20/2007 | | This movie is one of the greatest movies of all time! You and your family MUST SEE THIS MOVIE! You will love it and love it every time you watch it! It is one of those movies that you can watch over and over again, and never get tired of! DUMA is a great movie that everyone will enjoy! |
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The Messenger 2009 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Oren Moverman
Cast: Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone, Eamonn Walker, Steve Buscemi, Yaya DaCosta, Lisa Joyce, Peter Francis James, Portia, Paul Diomede, Jahmir Duran-Abreau, Gaius Charles, Brendan Saxton III, Brian Adam DeJesus
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Will Montgomery (Ben Foster) returns home from the war in Iraq and begins work with the Casualty Notification Office. Capt. Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson) serves as his mentor, and the two men form a bond. Will's job is to notify military families that their loved ones will never be coming home. This requires emotional detachment, but when Will delivers news to Olivia Pitterson (Samantha Morton) that her husband has died, he is drawn to her and is faced with the ethical dilemma of becoming involved with a vulnerable woman.
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Once in the Life 2000  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Laurence Fishburne
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Titus Welliver, Eamonn Walker, Paul Calderon, Nick Chinlund, Michael Paul Chan, Dominic Chianese Jr., Gregory Hines, Annabella Sciorra, Tiger Chen, Harsh Nayyar, Justin Pierre Edmund
Adapted from his 1994 stage play, Laurence Fishburne wrote, stars in, and directs this dramatic entry about the exploits of two half-brothers: 20/20 Mike (Laurence Fishburne) and "Torch" (Titus Welliver). When a drug deal goes bad, 20/20 calls on his prison friend, Tony (Eamonn Walker). But, unbeknownst to 20/20, Tony works for a drug lord, and matters go from bad to worse.
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Othello 2001 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Cast: Eamonn Walker, Keeley Hawes, Christopher Eccleston, Christopher Fox, Allan Cutts, Patrick Meyers, Del Synnott, Samantha McDonald, Andrew Charleson, Bill Paterson
"Othello" gets a new persona and setting in this made-for-British TV film. Racial tension reigns in near-future London, and John Othello (Eamonn Walker), a black policeman, is promoted to Police Commissioner over his friend and mentor, Ben Jago (Christopher Eccleston). Jago not only thinks he is best qualified for the job, he desperately wants it. Thus, he starts a campaign of lies against Othello and Othello's white wife.
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Shopping 1994  R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Cast: Sadie Frost, Jude Law, Sean Pertwee, Fraser James, Sean Bean, Marianne Faithfull, Jonathan Pryce, Daniel Newman, Lee Whitlock, Eamonn Walker, Ralph Ineson, Jason Isaacs
Ex-con Billy (Jude Law), with girlfriend Jo (Sadie Frost) along for the ride, gets his kicks out of stealing cars then ramming them into store windows, stealing until the police arrive, then riding off at high speed with the police in pursuit. But the town's drug lord, Tommy (Sean Pertwee), isn't happy with the infringement of his territory, and a deadly car race begins.
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 Tears of the Sun 2003 R, 118 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser, Johnny Messner, Eamonn Walker, Malick Bowens, Tom Skerritt, Nick Chinlund, Charles Ingram, Paul Francis, Chad Smith, Awaovieyi Agie
Lt. A.K. Waters (Bruce Willis) leads his crew of Navy SEALS on a mission into Nigeria to rescue American Christian missionary Dr. Lena Hendricks (Monica Bellucci). When Dr. Hendricks refuses to leave without the compound's many refugees, Lt. Waters agrees to take them on a long trek over the mountains to safety in Cameroon.
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 Unbreakable 2000 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Fantasy
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright Penn, Spencer Treat Clark, Charlayne Woodard, Eamonn Walker, Leslie Stefanson, Johnny Hiram Jamison, Michaelia Carroll, Bostin Christopher, Elizabeth Lawrence, David Duffield, Laura Regan, Michael Kelly
Nicknamed "Mr. Glass" as a child, Elija Price (Samuel L. Jackson) was born with a rare bone disease that has confined him to a wheelchair. When David Dunn (Bruce Willis) escapes from a train wreck as the sole survivor, Elija contacts him to share his theory of universal balance. Gleaned from the comic books, Elija is convinced that good balances out evil or, in this case, Elija's frailties balance out the super health of David.
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| 1. Cadillac Records (2008)
2. Duma (2005)
3. The Messenger (2009)
4. Once in the Life (2000)
5. Othello (2001)
6. Shopping (1994)
7. Tears of the Sun (2003)
8. Unbreakable (2000)
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