 Devil in a Blue Dress 1995  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Carl Franklin
Cast: Denzel Washington, Jennifer Beals, Tom Sizemore, Don Cheadle, Maury Chaykin, Lisa Nicole Carson, Mel Winkler, Terry Kinney, Albert Hall, Jernard Burks, Beau Starr, David Wolos-Fonteno, Scott Lincoln, John Roselius, Steven Randazzo
This is the film adaptation of Walter Mosley's novel about a Black man, Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins" (Denzel Washington), who takes on the job of amateur detective after losing his job in Los Angeles during the late 1940s. De Witt Albright (Tom Sizemore) offers "Easy" money to find a White woman, Daphne Monet (Jennifer Beals), who was engaged to mayoral candidate Todd Carter (Terry Kinney). As he searches for Daphne, "Easy" finds himself not only in a racist world but surrounded by blackmail and murder as well and must rely on help from his friend Mouse (Don Cheadle) to find Daphne and, finally, to even save his own life.
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The Hangover 2009  R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Todd Phillips
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Justin Bartha, Jeffrey Tambor, Sasha Barrese, Rachael Harris, Mike Tyson, Mike Epps, Ken Jeong, Jernard Burks, Rob Riggle, Cleo King, Bryan Callen
Doug (Justin Bartha) and Tracy (Sasha Barrese) are planning to get married, and Doug joins groomsmen Phil Wenneck (Bradley Cooper) and Stu Price (Ed Helms) on a road trip to Las Vegas. They arrive and are joined by Doug's future brother-in-law Alan Garner (Zach Galifianakis) for a wild bachelor party. They wake up in a hotel suite the next day with no memories of what happened, and Doug is missing. Now, the trio tries to retrace their steps to uncover what has transpired in a rowdy effort to locate Doug whose wedding is set to take place in 24 hours.
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| 1. Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
2. The Hangover (2009)
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