 Candyman 1992  R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Bernard Rose
Cast: Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons, Vanessa Williams, DeJuan Guy, Marianna Eliott, Ted Raimi, Ria Pavia, Mark Daniels, Stanley DeSantis, Kenneth A. Brown, Michael Culkin, Rusty Schwimmer, Eric Edwards
Graduate student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) is researching the legend of a Chicago ghostly killer called "Candyman" (Tony Todd). She goes to the housing project where a woman was killed, presumably by Candyman's evil spirit, and finds more than she bargained for. A well-produced and acted psychological thriller.
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The Caveman's Valentine 2001  R, 105 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Kasi Lemmons
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Colm Feore, Ann Magnuson, Damir Andrei, Aunjanue Ellis, Tamara Tunie, Peter MacNeill, Jay Rodan, Rodney Eastman, Anthony Michael Hall
Romulus Ledbetter (Samuel L. Jackson) is a homeless cave dweller living in NYC's Inwood park who, despite his schizophrenia, is determined to find the killer of a young street kid.
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Eve's Bayou 1997 R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kasi Lemmons
Cast: Jurnee Smollett, Meagan Good, Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield, Debbi Morgan, Jake Smollett, Ethel Ayler, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Diahann Carroll, Lisa Nicole Carson
Ten-year-old Eve Batiste (Jurnee Smollett) who adores her father, Louis (Samuel L. Jackson). During the summer of 1962 she watches as her father makes love to a married woman, and she confides her secret to her older sister, Cisely (Meagan Good). This leads to a series of lies through which Cisely tries to sort out truth.
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Fear of a Black Hat 1994 R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Rusty Cundieff
Cast: Larry B. Scott, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Rusty Cundieff, Kasi Lemmons, Howie Gold, G. Smokey Campbell, Lamont Johnson, Faizon Love, Bobby Mardis, Brad Sanders, Moon Jones, Tim Hutchinson, Deezer D
This is good satire on hip-hop music and its performers. It is the story about a rap group named Niggaz With Hats and shows what happens as the group rises in popularity.
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Hard Target 1993   R, 92 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: John Woo
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Arnold Vosloo, Lance Henriksen, Yancy Butler, Wilford Brimley, Kasi Lemmons, Ted Raimi, Robert Apisa, Chuck Pfarrer, Mike Leinert, Douglas Forsythe Rye, Lenore Banks, Eliott Keener
Natasha (Yancy Butler) is looking for her homeless, war-veteran father (Chuck Pfarrer) in New Orleans and hires Chance Boudreaux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) to help in her search. They find her father dead, and the trail leads to Randal Poe (Elliott Keener) who, in turn, works for wealthy Emil Fouchon (Lance Henriksen) who manages a game offering rich clients the chance to hunt down homeless veterans. After their discovery, Chance and Natasha find themselves the targets in the game. 1 User Review
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 The Silence of the Lambs 1991  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Brooke Smith, Kasi Lemmons, Diane Baker, Roger Corman, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald, Charles Napier, George A. Romero, Tracey Walter, Frankie Faison, Paul Lazar, Dan Butler
FBI recruit Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) is given quite an assignment for her first case. In order to get a psychological profile of the killer she is pursuing, she must go to Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) who is himself a homicidal maniac locked in a cell for eight years. The film received five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, Actress (Foster), and Actor (Hopkins) and was nominated for two other awards.
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Talk to Me 2007 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kasi Lemmons
Cast: Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cedric the Entertainer, Mike Epps, Martin Sheen, Taraji P. Henson, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Peter MacNeill, Adam Gaudreau, J. Miles Dale, Sean MacMahon, Richard Chevolleau, Martin Randez, Todd Schroeder, Bruce McFee
Based on the true life story of Ralph Waldo "Petey" Green Jr., this story really begins when ex-con Petey Green (Don Cheadle) lands a job as the morning host on the WOL-AM radio station in Washington, D.C., during the 1960s. Petey forms a friendship with program director Dewey Hughes (Chiwetel Ejiofor) who had offered him the job while visiting his own brother (Mike Epps) at Petey's prison. Dewey runs interference for Petey when dealing with station owner E.G. Sonderling (Martin Sheen) who is often dismayed by Petey's anti-establishment comments. But Petey plays a key role instilling hope in a generation of listeners as he addresses the Black community during the turbulence of the anti-Vietnam War and pro-Civil Rights era.
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Til There Was You 1997  PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Scott Winant
Cast: Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dylan McDermott, Sarah Jessica Parker, Craig Bierko, Nina Foch, Jennifer Aniston, Ken Olin, Christine Ebersole, Karen Allen, Kasi Lemmons
Gwen (Jeanne Tripplehorn) and Nick (Dylan McDermott) attended the same elementary school, and their paths have crossed and re-crossed many times over the years, but they have never quite met–until NOW.
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 Vampire's Kiss 1989 R, 96 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Horror / Comedy
Director: Robert Bierman
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Jennifer Beals, Maria Conchita Alonso, Elizabeth Ashley, Kasi Lemmons, Jessica Lundy, Bob Lujan, Michael Knowles, John Michael Higgins, Jodie Markell, Johnny Walker, Boris Leskin, David Hyde Pierce, Marc Coppola
A Manhattan literary agent Peter Lowe (Nicolas Cage) behaves in a neurotic manner and takes out his frustration on his secretary Alva (Jennifer Beals). Then, one night, he is sure he has been bitten by a vampire and that he will become one, also. Are the events imagined, or is Peter really becoming a vampire? Cage's performance helped make this film a cult classic.
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| 1. Candyman (1992)
2. The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
3. Eve's Bayou (1997)
4. Fear of a Black Hat (1994)
5. Hard Target (1993)
6. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
7. Talk to Me (2007)
8. Til There Was You (1997)
9. Vampire's Kiss (1989)
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