 The Cheetah Girls 2003   TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Oz Scott
Cast: Raven-Symone, Adrienne Bailon, Kiely Williams, Sabrina Bryan, Lynn Whitfield, Sandra Caldwell, Juan Chioran, Lori Anne Alter, Kyle Schmid, Denton Rowe, Vince Corazza, Linette Robinson, Rothaford Gray
This is the story of four teenage singers–Galleria (Raven), Chanel (Adrienne Bailon), Aqua (Kiely Williams), and Dorinda (Sabrina Bryan)–who call themselves the Cheetah Girls. When they are discovered by record producer Jackal Johnson (Vince Corazza), he wants the girls to have a different look, different songs, and a different name. Galleria becomes caught up in the fame while she is insistent on keeping the Cheetahs together the way they were before Jackal. This leads to a huge fight where the girls must decide whether fame or friendship is more important. (Review by LW)
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The Cheetah Girls 2 2006  TV, 96 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Musical / Drama
Director: Kenny Ortega
Cast: Raven-Symone, Adrienne Bailon, Sabrina Bryan, Kiely Williams, Lynn Whitfield, Belinda, Lori Anne Alter, Abel Folk, Kim Manning, Golan Yosef, Peter Vives Newey, Rosana Pastor
The Cheetah Girls are back. This sequel is full of flava as the girl group jets off to Spain to participate in a musical festival. The girls are in awe and enjoying the beautiful scenery together, but slowly they drift apart. Galleria (Raven) wants the group to practice, practice, practice; Chanel (Adrienne Bailon) finds a new friend in fellow singer Marisol (Belinda); Dorinda (Sabrina Bryan) has her eye on a hot dancer (Golan Yosef); and Aqua (Kiely Williams) decides that fashion is her new passion. Again, the Cheetahs learn about themselves and how hard the journey to stardom truly is. (Review by LW)
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The Color of Courage 1999  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lee Rose
Cast: Linda Hamilton, Lynn Whitfield, Bruce Greenwood, Roger Guenveur Smith, David Andrews, Jenny O'Hara, Kevin McNulty, Laurie Murdoch, Gannon Brown, Shan Elliot
Based on the 1940 civil rights case, "Sipes v McGhee," this made-for-TV movie relates the struggle of a Detroit black family, the McGhees, to move into an all-white neighborhood.
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Doctor Detroit 1983 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Pressman
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Donna Dixon, Lydia Lei, T.K. Carter, Lynn Whitfield, Fran Drescher, Kate Murtagh, Andrew Duggan, George Furth
A college professor (Dan Aykroyd) is transformed into a crime lord defending a group of prostitutes.
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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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 Gone Fishin' 1997 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Cain
Cast: Joe Pesci, Danny Glover, Rosanna Arquette, Lynn Whitfield, Willie Nelson, Nick Brimble, Carol Kane, Gary Grubbs, Edythe Davis, Jenna Bari
Joe Waters (Joe Pesci) and Gus Green (Danny Glover) win a fishing trip in the Everglades. While enjoying their prize, everything goes awry–including capture of a dangerous thief, a stolen car, and even a hurricane.
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 Head of State 2003  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Chris Rock
Cast: Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, Tamala Jones, Dylan Baker, Lynn Whitfield, Nick Searcy, Robin Givens, James Rebhorn, Keith David, Stephanie March, Tracy Morgan, Jude Ciccolella
After the Democratic presidential and vice presidential candidates are killed in a plane crash, the party chooses inept Washington D.C. Alderman Mays Gilliam (Chris Rock) as its replacement for president. Mays names his bail bondsman brother, Mitch (Bernie Mac), as his running mate, and, to the surprise of party bigwigs, the tide turns as Mays' street talk begins to win over the voters.
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In the Army Now 1994 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Daniel Petrie Jr.
Cast: Pauly Shore, Andy Dick, Lori Petty, David Alan Grier, Esai Morales, Lynn Whitfield, Art LaFleur, Fabiana Udenio, Glenn Morshower, Beau Billingslea, Peter Spellos, Paul Mooney
Good friends–Bones Conway (Pauly Shore) and Jack Kaufman (Andy Dick)–join the Army Reserves to make enough money to buy a stereo store. But, they end up being called up for active duty in the Middle East conflict where they accidentally save their fellow soldiers.
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Jaws: The Revenge 1987  PG-13, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles, Karen Young, Michael Caine, Judith Barsi, Lynn Whitfield, Mitchell Anderson, Jay Mello, Cedric Scott
Police Chief Brody's (from the original "Jaws") son has taken over his father's job and is killed by a shark. His mother, Ellen (Lorraine Gary), decides to leave the horrors of Amity behind and heads to the Bahamas to join her other son and his family. But–the shark follows her, wanting, presumably, to finish off the family. Terrible ending to the series.
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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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Redemption 2004 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Lynn Whitfield, CCH Pounder, Brenden Jefferson, Lee Thompson Young, Brenda Bazinet, Wes Williams, Greg Ellwand, Tom Barnett, Barbara Barnes-Hopkins
Stan "Tookie" Williams (Jamie Foxx) founded the notorious L.A. street gang, the Crips, and, in 1981, was convicted of murdering four people. While sentenced to death row, he takes on a new role of writing children's books that encourage anti-violence. One year after this movie was shot, Williams was executed.
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The Slugger's Wife 1985 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Neil Simon's The Slugger's Wife
Director: Hal Ashby
Cast: Michael O'Keefe, Rebecca De Mornay, Martin Ritt, Randy Quaid, Cleavant Derricks, Lisa Langlois, Loudon Wainwright III, Georgann Johnson, Danny Tucker, Lynn Whitfield
Atlanta Braves power-hitter Darryl Palmer (Michael O'Keefe) falls in love with and marries rock singer Debby (Rebecca De Mornay). But almost immediately, a clash in their careers looms when Darryl finds that he can't hit when Debby is not present, and she feels trapped with no time for the music business.
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Stepmom 1998 PG-13, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Ed Harris, Jena Malone, Liam Aiken, Lynn Whitfield, Darrell Larson, Mary Louise Wilson, Andre B. Blake, Russel Harper
Fashion photographer Isabel (Julia Roberts) is dating Luke (Ed Harris), and now she wants to take care of Luke's kids, Anna (Jena Malone) and Ben (Liam Aiken), for the weekend. But these kids have been trained by their mother, Jackie (Susan Sarandon), to resist any new woman in their father's life. Isabel, however, persists in trying to tear down the walls of distrust between them.
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A Thin Line Between Love And Hate 1996  R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Martin Lawrence
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Lynn Whitfield, Regina King, Bobby Brown, Della Reese, Roger E. Mosley, Malinda Williams, Daryl Mitchell, Simbi Khali, Tangie Ambrose
This comedy/thriller–starring, story by, screenplay co-written by, and directed by Martin Lawrence–is about a nightclub promoter, Darnell Wright (Martin Lawrence), who realizes his latest in a long string of lovers, Brandi (Lynn Whitfield), is not as ready as he is to call it a night.
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| 1. The Cheetah Girls (2003)
2. The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006)
3. The Color of Courage (1999)
4. Doctor Detroit (1983)
5. Eve's Bayou (1997)
6. Gone Fishin' (1997)
7. Head of State (2003)
8. In the Army Now (1994)
9. Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
10. Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
11. Redemption (2004)
12. The Slugger's Wife (1985)
aka: Neil Simon's The Slugger's Wife
13. Stepmom (1998)
14. A Thin Line Between Love And Hate (1996)
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