Cavedweller 2004  R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lisa Cholodenko
Cast: Kyra Sedgwick, Aidan Quinn, Kevin Bacon, Sherilyn Fenn, Regan Arnold, Jill Scott, April Mullen, Vanessa Zima, Jackie Burroughs, Myron Natwick, Panou, Edie Inksetter, Brian Paul
After her rocker husband (Kevin Bacon) dies, musician Delia Byrd (Kyra Sedgwick) packs up her rebellious daughter Cissy (Regan Arnold) and returns to her Southern town to begin life anew with the now-teenage daughters–Dede (April Mullen) and Amanda (Vanessa Zima)–who she abandoned years ago. But the girls now live with ex-husband Clint's (Aidan Quinn) mother (Jackie Burroughs), and Delia must find courage to deal with once-abusive Clint if she wants to see her daughters.
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Hounddog 2008 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Deborah Kampmeier
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Piper Laurie, David Morse, Robin Wright Penn, Afemo Omilami, Isabelle Fuhman, Cody Hanford, Ryan Pelton, Christoph Sanders, Jill Scott, Frank Hoyt Taylor, Jody Thompson, Ron Prather, Sean Andrew Wallace, William Smith Yelton
In the 1950s, young Lewellen (Dakota Fanning) lives with her religious zealot Grammie (Piper Laurie) and alcoholic Daddy (David Morse) in rural Alabama. Lewellen finds comfort in her dreams of singing with her idol Elvis Presley (Ryan Pelton). Her best friend Buddy (Cody Hanford) promises her a ticket to an Elvis Presley show–if she will meet him at the watering hole. She goes to the watering hole, but Buddy betrays her, and Wooden's Boy (Christoph Sanders) rapes her, which changes her life. Now, with help from medicine man Charles (Aferno Omilami), Lewellen learns more about her beloved blues music and finds hope for the future.
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Why Did I Get Married? 2007   PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
aka: Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?
Director: Tyler Perry
Cast: Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson, Jill Scott, Malik Yoba, Richard T. Jones, Michael Jai White, Sharon Leal, Tasha Smith, Denise Boutte, Lamman Rucker, Keesha Sharp, Kaira Whitehead, Brian Bremer
After winning an award for her best-selling book "Why Did I Get Married?" Patricia (Janet Jackson) and her husband Gavin (Malik Yoba) gather with three old college friends and their spouses for their yearly week-long retreat during which Patricia has been using them in her case studies. They arrive at the cabin in snowy Colorado, but this year's vacation together gets off to a rough start. Tensions rise, and, by week's end, secrets that could destroy marriages are revealed leaving couples with decisions regarding the success or failure of their marriages. 2 User Reviews
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| | Anonymous 08/27/2009 | | I loved this movie! I have recommended it to several friends who have also loved it. I felt what the characters were going through. It is a movie that I will watch again because I just loved the way the film takes me through emotions. I am not a black woman and another reviewer stated that I would not connect with it the way the black community would and I challenge that statement. I think EVERY woman will connect with this movie. I may have missed something, but I didn't see it as a racially segregated nor racially targeted movie. If it is such a film then I am glad I failed to identify that because I am a true fan of the movie and don't want any racial bias to taint how I feel. |
| | TYLERS MOVIE | 4real 11/06/2007 | | This film is one of his better films which he acknowledges himself. I don't expect white people to connect to this film the way the black community will connect to it so for that reason is why it did so well. The writing isn't superb but you have to give him credit for improvement. It's the first in a long time where African-Americans we're seen in a way that wasn't "stereotypical". So congrats to Tyler and the cast. Mad KUDOS to Jill Scott and Janet Jackson who surprised everyone with there very raw and real performances. Don't Hate, Celebrate! |
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| 1. Cavedweller (2004)
2. Hounddog (2008)
3. Why Did I Get Married? (2007)
aka: Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?
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