 American Gangster 2007   R, 158 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lymari Nadal, Ted Levine, Roger Guenveur Smith, John Hawkes, RZA, Yul Vazquez, Malcolm Goodwin, Ruby Dee, Armand Assante, Carla Gugino, Cuba Gooding Jr.
Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) takes over the Harlem drug world in 1963 when he sees a big business opportunity: he buys drugs in the Middle East and then manages to use military planes to smuggle the drugs into the United States. Although Frank keeps a low profile, police officer Detective Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe) spots him at a boxing match where Frank is wearing a chinchilla coat–given to him by his wife Eva (Lymari Nadal)–and he is sitting in front of Mafia boss Dominic Cattano (Armand Assante). Roberts is an honest cop, but his department is corrupt, and Detective Trupo (Josh Brolin) works to compromise Frank's integrity. Violence erupts in the attempt to pin down Lucas, and during the confrontation between Roberts and Trupo only one will emerge victorious. The film received two Academy Award nominations including Best Supporting Actress (Ruby Dee).
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The Architect 2006  R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Matt Tauber
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Viola Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Hayden Panettiere, Sebastian Stan, Walton Goggins, Paul James, Serena Reeder, Malcolm Goodwin, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Duane McLaughlin, Constance Wu, Lauren Hodges, David Call, James O'Toole
Chicago activist Tonya Neeley (Viola Davis) dreams of having the drug and crime infested public housing projects torn down. To achieve her goal, she starts a petition and now needs the signature of the project's architect, Leo Waters (Anthony LaPaglia). Tonya does contact Leo at his university class, but his refusal to sign sets off a chain of events that will directly impact both Tonya's and Leo's families.
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Deception 2008  R, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Marcel Langenegger
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, Michelle Williams, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Maggie Q, Natasha Henstridge, Lynn Cohen, Danny Burstein, Malcolm Goodwin, Charlotte Rampling, Frank Girardeau, Bill Camp, Bruce Altman, Stephanie Roth Haberle
Jonathan McQuarry's (Ewan McGregor) profession as an auditor of corporate accounts keeps him working long hours with little time for socializing. When he meets attorney Wyatt Bose (Hugh Jackman), his life changes. They form a friendship that leads to Jonathan joining a sex club, The List, where he meets "S" (Michelle Williams). Jonathan believes "S" is the woman of his dreams, they go out on a date, and "S" is abducted. Police identify Jonathan as the prime suspect as well of the perpetrator in the theft of $20 million. Could Wyatt be using Jonathan as his pawn in a deadly game?
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Leatherheads 2008 PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: George Clooney
Cast: George Clooney, Renee Zellweger, John Krasinski, Stephen Root, Wayne Duvall, Jonathan Pryce, Peter Gerety, Keith Loneker, Malcolm Goodwin, Matt Bushell, Tommy Hinkley, Tim Griffin, Robert Baker, Christian Stolte, JD Cullum
In this fun, football saga, quarterback hero Dodge Connolly's (George Clooney) 1925 football team, the Duluth Bulldogs, loses its sponsor, and the league is in a state of collapse. Dodge sees a solution in World War I war hero Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski) and convinces him to join the team. Now, fans flock to the field to see Carter play. Cub reporter Lexie Littleton (Renee Zellweger) enters the picture because she is suspicious of Carter's wartime heroics and starts digging for a story. Meanwhile, both Dodge and Carter become romantically interested in Lexie and now are competing both on and off the field using similar strategies in the game of love that they use in football.
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The Longshots 2008 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Durst
Cast: Ice Cube, Keke Palmer, Tasha Smith, Jill Marie Jones, Dash Mihok, Matt Craven, Glenn Plummer, Garrett Morris, Miles Chandler, Malcolm Goodwin, Michael Colyar, Dean Delray, Hugo Perez, Sheran Keyton, Earthquake
Former high-school football star Curtis Plummer (Ice Cube) is down on his luck, and his sister-in-law Claire (Tasha Smith) asks him to help take care of her 11-year-daughter Jasmine ("Akeela and the Bees" Keke Palmer) while she works extra hours as a waitress. Curtis encourages Jasmine to throw his football and, after finding that she has a real talent for the sport, talks to the local Pop Warner team's Coach Fisher (Matt Craven) and he agrees to let Jasmine try out for the team. She makes the team, and soon the whole town of Minden, Illinois, is behind the team hoping that Jasmine will turn the team's spirit around and make them winners. Based on a true story.
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| 1. American Gangster (2007)
2. The Architect (2006)
3. Deception (2008)
4. Leatherheads (2008)
5. The Longshots (2008)
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