The Longshots 2008  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Durst
Cast: Ice Cube, Keke Palmer, Tasha Smith, Jill Marie Jones, Dash Mihok, Matt Craven, Glenn Plummer, Garrett Morris, Miles Chandler, Malcolm Goodwin, Michael Colyar, Dean Delray, Hugo Perez, Sheran Keyton, Earthquake
Former high-school football star Curtis Plummer (Ice Cube) is down on his luck, and his sister-in-law Claire (Tasha Smith) asks him to help take care of her 11-year-daughter Jasmine ("Akeela and the Bees" Keke Palmer) while she works extra hours as a waitress. Curtis encourages Jasmine to throw his football and, after finding that she has a real talent for the sport, talks to the local Pop Warner team's Coach Fisher (Matt Craven) and he agrees to let Jasmine try out for the team. She makes the team, and soon the whole town of Minden, Illinois, is behind the team hoping that Jasmine will turn the team's spirit around and make them winners. Based on a true story.
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The Perfect Holiday 2007  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Family / Romance
Director: Lance Rivera
Cast: Morris Chestnut, Gabrielle Union, Queen Latifah, Terrence Howard, Faizon Love, Charles Q. Murphy, Katt Williams, Jill Marie Jones, Rachel True, Malik Hammond, Khail Bryant, Lisa Datz, Ira Hawkins, Jeremy Gumbs
Nancy (Gabrielle Union) is the divorced mother of John-John (Malik Hammond), Mikey (Jeremy Gumbs), and Emily (Khail Bryant). Christmas is approaching, and Nancy takes the children to the mall to see Santa. Emily has overheard her mother saying that all she wants for Christmas is a compliment from a man, and that's what she tells Santa. Santa is actually a struggling songwriter, Ben Armstrong (Morris Chestnut), who falls for Nancy, and they begin dating. All goes well–until Ben meets rap impresario J.Jizzy (Charles Q. Murphy) who wants to record Ben's songs, and they become partners. But there is a problem: J.Jizzy just happens to be Nancy's ex-husband, and John-John, who is determined to get his parents back together, wants Ben out of their lives.
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| 1. The Longshots (2008)
2. The Perfect Holiday (2007)
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