 The Color Purple 1985  PG-13, 152 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey, Willard E. Pugh, Akosua Busia, Adolph Caesar, Rae Dawn Chong, Dana Ivey, Laurence Fishburne, Desreta Jackson, Leonard Jackson, Bennet Guillory
This story is based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and revolves around a Black family in Georgia where success is learned from lessons in adversity. In 1909, teenager Celie (Desreta Jackson) gives birth to two children and is virtually sold off to sharecropper Alfred (Danny Glover) who marries her and then sells the children. Celie is treated like a slave. Later, Albert moves his mistress Shug (Margaret Avery) into the house. Celie (now played by Whoopi Goldberg) develops a good relationship with Shug and Alfred's take-no-guff daughter-in-law Sofia (Oprah Winfrey). Through their friendships, Celie gains the strength to leave Albert and begin a new life. The film received 11 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actress (Whoopi Goldberg), and two for Supporting Actress (Margaret Avery and Oprah Winfrey). A "must see."
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The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh 1979  PG, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gilbert Moses
Cast: Julius Erving, Stockard Channing, Jonathan Winters, Margaret Avery, Jack Kehoe, Meadowlark Lemon, Flip Wilson, M. Emmet Walsh, Nicholas Pryor, Michael V. Gazzo
Astrology is used to turn a hapless Pittsburgh basketball team into championship material. Only those born under the sign of Pisces will be allowed on the team.
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Heat Wave 1990  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kevin Hooks
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood, James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland, David Strathairn, Robert Hooks, Adam Arkin, Margaret Avery, Charlie Korsmo
Good acting and story make this made-for-TV film, based on the 1965 Watts riots, worth watching
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Hell Up in Harlem 1973  R, 94 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Larry Cohen
Cast: Fred Williamson, Julius Harris, Gloria Hendry, Margaret Avery, D'Urville Martin, Tony King, Gerald Gordon, Bobby Ramsen, James Dixon, Esther Sutherland, Charles MacGuire, Ty Randolph, Janelle Webb, Al Kirk
In this sequel to "Black Caesar," Tommy Gibbs (Fred Williamson) is back–yes, he survived the injuries sustained in the gangland war–and reassembles his team. Now, with help from his estranged father Papa Gibbs (Julius Harris), Tommy builds up his criminal empire. Meanwhile, Tommy's henchman Zach (Tony King) and corrupt District Attorney DiAngelo (Gerald Gordon) plot against them, and Zach kills Papa. Now, there is no doubt that there will be hell up in Harlem when Tommy seeks revenge. Lots of violence.
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The Lathe of Heaven 1980  TV, 105 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Fred Barzyk, David Loxton
Cast: Bruce Davison, Kevin Conway, Margaret Avery, Vandi Clark, Niki Flacks, Frank Miller, Peyton E. Park, Bernadette Whitehead, Jo Livingston, Jane Roberts
When George Orr (Bruce Davison) finds that his dreams seem to alter reality, he consults a psychiatrist, Dr. William Haber (Kevin Conway), who uses hypnosis to harness Orr's dreams. While Haber convinces himself that he is using Orr's dreams to eradicate illness, war, and racism, he is still playing God. The consequences are horrifying. 1 User Review
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| | anonymous 06/13/2009 | | The movie makes you think a lot of what if, it is not for eveyone but anyone who is into sci fi even older sci fi that makes you think then read this book or see the movie of course the book is better but usally works that way |
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 Magnum Force 1973  R, 124 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Ted Post
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, David Soul, Robert Urich, Mitch Ryan, Felton Perry, Tim Matheson, Margaret Avery, Kip Niven, Christine White, Maurice Argent, Richard Devon, Tony Giorgio, Jack Kosslyn
"Dirty Harry" Callahan (Clint Eastwood) is back. This time he is investigating some especially brutal murders when he discovers cops are taking the law into their own hands and killing underworld characters. Dirty Harry suspects fellow cop Charlie McCoy (Mitch Ryan), but Charlie ends up murdered by another cop, and now Harry must fight for his own life while hunting the predators, who just might include his own traitorous boss Lt. Neill Briggs (Hal Holbrook).
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Meet the Browns 2008 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
aka: Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns
Director: Tyler Perry
Cast: Tyler Perry, Angela Bassett, Rick Fox, Margaret Avery, David Mann, Tamela J. Mann, Frankie Faison, Jenifer Lewis, Lance Gross, Irma P. Hall, Sofia Vergara, Chloe Bailey, Lamman Rucker, Mariana Tolbert
Brenda (Angela Bassett) is a single mother raising three children in a Chicago housing project where she struggles to make ends meet. She loses her job and then gets a letter telling her that the father she never met has died. Brenda decides to take the children to his small town in Georgia for the funeral. She is greeted by the Brown family who is surprised to learn that Brenda exists but accepts her, with varying degrees of enthusiasm, into the family. Now, Brenda is surrounded by kinfolk and finds herself romantically attracted to a family friend, former pro basketball player Harry (Rick Fox), who just might change her life forever.
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Something Evil 1972  TV, 73 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Sandy Dennis, Darren McGavin, Ralph Bellamy, Jeff Corey, Johnny Whitaker, John Rubinstein, David Knapp, Norman Bartold, Lynn Cartwright, Margaret Avery, Laurie Hagen, Herb Armstrong, Sheila Bartold
When a family moved into a Pennsylvania house, they surely didn't know that an evil spirit already had a claim on the place. Before you know it, the young son is possessed. A well-acted made-for-TV film from Steven Spielberg. 1 User Review
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| | evil so good | Anonymous 03/06/2009 | | very scary one of the best. |
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Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins 2008  PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Cast: Martin Lawrence, James Earl Jones, Margaret Avery, Joy Bryant, Cedric the Entertainer, Nicole Ari Parker, Michael Clarke Duncan, Mike Epps, Mo'Nique, Damani Roberts, Brooke Lyons, Liz Mikel, Carol Sutton, Louis C.K.
At his 10-year-old son Jamaal's (Damani Roberts) request, Rosco Jenkins, a.k.a. TV personality Dr. R.J. Stevens (Martin Lawrence), agrees to head back to Dry Springs, Georgia, for his parents' (James Earl Jones and Margaret Avery) 50th wedding anniversary and family reunion. Jamaal and Rosco's fiancee, TV star Bianca (Joy Bryant), join him for what Rosco hopes will be a chance to convince his relatives that he turned out well, after all. But, Rosco's family members do not accept his super-star attitude and stop at almost nothing to demean him in an effort to make him decide where his real home is.
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Which Way Is Up? 1977  R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Schultz
Cast: Richard Pryor, Lonette McKee, Margaret Avery, DeWayne Jessie, Morgan Woodward, Dolph Sweet, Daniel Valdez, Luis Valdez, Tim Thomerson, Marc Alaimo, Bebe Drake, Ernesto Hernandez, Marilyn Coleman, Gloria Edwards, Morgan Roberts
Richard Pryor takes on three roles in this film. In the first role, Prior plays Leroy Jones, a poor orange picker, who accidentally joins a labor union and gets laid off. He leaves his wife Annie Mae (Margaret Avery) and father Rufus (also Prior) behind and travels to Los Angeles where he falls in love with Vanetta (Lonette McKee) but returns home after being rehired by his former employers. Now he learns that Annie Mae is pregnant, and the father is Reverend Lennox Thomas (also Prior). Leroy's solution to his problems: seduce Reverend Thomas' wife. This film has gained cult favorite status with Pryor's fans. 1 User Review
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| | FAMILY FAVORITE | Anonymous 05/11/2009 | | |
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White Man's Burden 1995 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Desmond Nakano
Cast: John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Kelly Lynch, Tom Bower, Margaret Avery, Carrie Snodgress, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Lawrence Bender, Tom Wright
Racial roles in America are reversed when Louis Pinnock (John Travolta) inadvertently glimpses the naked wife of his boss, Thaddeus Thomas (Harry Belafonte). Pinnock is fired, cannot find a new job, and faces eviction. Next, his wife and kids go home to her mother. Things cannot get much worse than this. BUT, wait, they do!
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| 1. The Color Purple (1985)
2. The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979)
3. Heat Wave (1990)
4. Hell Up in Harlem (1973)
5. The Lathe of Heaven (1980)
6. Magnum Force (1973)
7. Meet the Browns (2008)
aka: Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns
8. Something Evil (1972)
9. Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
10. Which Way Is Up? (1977)
11. White Man's Burden (1995)
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