 Against the Ropes 2004  PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles S. Dutton
Cast: Meg Ryan, Omar Epps, Tony Shalhoub, Tim Daly, Joseph Cortese, Charles S. Dutton, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Kerry Washington, Sean Bell, Dean McDermott, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Holt McCallany
Meg Ryan stars as Jackie Kallen in this true story about a little girl who spent her early years at her father's gym and, despite the odds, grew up to become a very successful boxing promoter.
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Carlito's Way: Rise to Power 2005  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Scott Bregman
Cast: Jay Hernandez, Mario Van Peebles, Luis Guzman, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Michael Kelly, Jaclyn DeSantis, Mtume Gant, Burt Young, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Domenick Lombardozzi, Nelson Vasquez, Giancarlo Esposito, Eric Nieves, Jaime Tirelli, Casper Martinez
This prequel to "Carlito's Way" relates the early years of Puerto Rican Carlito Brigante (Jay Hernandez) as he begins his rise in the 1960s' drug world of Harlem. After being released from prison, Carlito joins his prison friends Afro-American Earl (Mario Van Peebles) and Italian-American Rocco (Michael Kelly), and they begin their drug empire. They hook up with Mafia lord Lerob "Hollywood Nicky" Barnes (Sean "P.Diddy" Combs) and are on their way. But problems lie ahead with Carlito's girlfriend Leticia (Jaclyn DeSantis), Earl's family, and the Mafia.
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Garmento 2002 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michele Maher
Cast: Katie MacNichol, David Thornton, Saundra Santiago, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Jerry Grayson, Gretchen Cleevely, Geoffrey Cantor, Jason Butler Harner, Kevin Sussman, P.J. Minnick, Kevin Geer, Joey Kern
The world of fashion, it seems, is not all glamour. When naive Grindy Malone (Katie MacNichol) goes to work for once-popular designer Ronnie Grossman (David Thornton), she learns that in her new world, people will stop at nothing in the search for success and fame.
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High Crimes 2002  PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Carl Franklin
Cast: Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, James Caviezel, Adam Scott, Amanda Peet, Bruce Davison, Tom Bower, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Michael Gaston, Jude Ciccolella, Michael Shannon, Dendrie Taylor, Paula Jai Parker, John Billingsley, Emilio Rivera
Attorney Claire Kubik (Ashley Judd) teams up with military lawyer Lt. Terrence Embry (Adam Scott) and civilian attorney Charles W. Grimes (Morgan Freeman) after her ex-USMC husband Tom(James Caviezel) is arrested and charged with murder for war crimes he supposedly committed while serving in El Salvador many years earlier.
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 In America 2003  PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jim Sheridan
Cast: Paddy Considine, Samantha Morton, Sarah Bolger, Emma Bolger, Neal Jones, Randall Carlton, Ciaran Cronin, Djimon Hounsou, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Nye Heron, Jason Salkey, Rene Millan
An Irish family–Johnny (Paddy Considine) and Sarah (Samantha Morton) and their two daughters, 11-year-old Christy (Sarah Bolger) and seven-year-old Ariel (Emma Bolger)–tries to pull itself together after losing a young son to cancer. This story is told through Christy as they come to America with hopes for a better life and then struggle to survive on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Samantha Morton was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, and Djimon Hounsou was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
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| 1. Against the Ropes (2004)
2. Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005)
3. Garmento (2002)
4. High Crimes (2002)
5. In America (2003)
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