Disappearing Acts 2000  R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gina Prince
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Sanaa Lathan, Regina Hall, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, CCH Pounder, John Amos, Clark Johnson, Q-Tip, Aunjanue Ellis, John Beasley
Schoolteacher Zora (Sanaa Latham), who dreams of becoming a singing sensation, moves into a new neighborhood. She meets soon-to-be-divorced Franklin (Wesley Snipes), an out-of-work construction worker who wants to open his own business. A stormy love affair begins in this good, made-for-HBO film from a novel by Terry McMillan.
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A Lesson Before Dying 1999  PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson, Mekhi Phifer, Irma P. Hall, Brent Jennings, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Frank Hoyt Taylor, Stuart Culpepper, Patty Mack, Elijah Kelley
Set in the South during the 1940s, Don Cheadle plays the role of Grant Wiggins–a teacher, who at the request of a condemned man's mother, Miss Emma (Irma P. Hall) and aunt Tante Lou (Cicely Tyson), goes to visit Jefferson (Mekhi Phifer) daily while he awaits execution. Jefferson was wrongly convicted in a brutal trial that took away his dignity; it falls on Wiggins to help restore this black man's self esteem.
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Madea's Family Reunion 2006   PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tyler Perry
Cast: Tyler Perry, Blair Underwood, Lynn Whitfield, Boris Kodjoe, Henry Simmons, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Maya Angelou, Rochelle Aytes, Jenifer Lewis, Tangi Miller, Keke Palmer, Cicely Tyson
In this sequel to "Diary of a Mad Black Woman," Tyler Perry wrote, directed, and took on the role of gun-toting grandma Mable "Madea" Simmons who, while planning a family reunion, contends with her unhappy nieces Vanessa and Lisa (Lisa Arrindell Anderson and Rochelle Aytes). She also must deal with a juvenile delinquent, Nikki (Keke Palmer), who has been placed under her care. Despite family troubles in this touching comedy, lessons about love and life are learned. 1 User Review
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Trial by Jury 1994  R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Heywood Gould
Cast: Joanne Whalley, Armand Assante, Gabriel Byrne, William Hurt, Kathleen Quinlan, Margaret Whitton, Ed Lauter, Richard Portnow, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Jack Gwaltney
Mob boss Rusty Pirone (Armand Assante) goes on trial and juror Valerie (Joanne Whalley) is paid a visit by his henchman with a message: acquit or she and her son will be killed. What WILL she do? A premise with promise is torpedoed by weak acting (except by Assante) and lame storyline.
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| 1. Disappearing Acts (2000)
2. A Lesson Before Dying (1999)
3. Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
4. Trial by Jury (1994)
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