ATL 2006   PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Chris Robinson
Cast: T.I., Evan Ross Naess, Mykelti Williamson, Lauren London, Albert Daniels, Jackie Long, Jason Weaver, Keith David, Lonette McKee, Big Boi, Khadijah, Malika
In the South Atlanta neighborhood of Mechanicsville, teens–Rashad (T. I.) and his brother Ant (Evan Ross Naess)–have assorted problems, but they hang out with their friends at the Cascade roller rink on Sunday nights and, along with those friends and hip-hop music, escape from their everyday existences. 1 User Review
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| | movie | brownskin 08/06/2007 | | i really liked the movie they should come out with a part at the end it left me hangin |
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 Drumline 2002 PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Charles Stone III
Cast: Nick Cannon, Zoe Saldana, Orlando Jones, Leonard Roberts, GQ, Jason Weaver, Earl Poitier, Candace Carey, Shay Roundtree, Miguel Gaetan, Omar J. Dorsey, J. Anthony Brown
Harlem street drummer Devon (Nick Cannon) wins a scholarship to an Atlanta university, but his background as an inner-city youth did not prepare him to fit in with his fellow band members. After much trial and error, Devon begins to understand the importance of teamwork.
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Freedom Song 2000  TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Cast: Danny Glover, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Loretta Devine, Glynn Turman, Stan Shaw, Michael Jai White, John Beasley, Jason Weaver, David Strathairn
In the 1960s, Mississippi's segregation days were about to end; this film's focus is on the efforts of the SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee). The lead role is that of Owen Walker (Vicellous Reon Shannon) who learns what his father, Will (Danny Glover), already knows: the trials and tribulations of organizing local Blacks to combat segregation.
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 The Ladykillers 2004 R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans, J.K. Simmons, Tzi Ma, Ryan Hurst, Diane Delano, George(2) Wallace, John McConnell, Jason Weaver, Stephen Root, Lyne Odums
Professor G.H. Dorr (Tom Hanks) has ulterior motives when he rents a room in Bible reading, church-going, widow Marva Munson's (Irma P. Hall) house near the Mississippi River. Dorr and his friends (Marlon Wayans, J.K. Simmons, Tzi Ma, and Ryan Hurst) plan to tunnel from Mrs. Munson's root cellar into a riverboat casino's vault. Pretending to be a classical music ensemble practicing in the basement, they play sacred music on a recorder to cover up noises from their tunneling. Problems develop when Mrs. Munson uncovers the plot and tells them to return the money. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 01/29/2008 | | Except for some lousy language, this movie was a riot. It had a great story line and an unexpected ending. |
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The Long Walk Home 1990 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Pearce
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Whoopi Goldberg, Dwight Schultz, Ving Rhames, Dylan Baker, Erika Alexander, Lexi Randall, Richard Habersham, Jason Weaver, Mary Steenburgen
Set in 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, when Dr. Martin Luther King led the boycott of the city's transportation system, the turmoil and racial conflicts are seen through the eyes of two families. Odessa (Whoopi Goldberg) and her husband (Ving Rhames) have three children and she is a maid for the Thompsons (Sissy Spacek and Dwight Schultz), a well-to-do couple. Miriam Thompson becomes an activist for the cause while her husband goes the other direction. A good depiction of an important time in American history.
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| 1. ATL (2006)
2. Drumline (2002)
3. Freedom Song (2000)
4. The Ladykillers (2004)
5. The Long Walk Home (1990)
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