Boomerang 1992   R, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Reginald Hudlin
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Robin Givens, Halle Berry, Martin Lawrence, David Alan Grier, Grace Jones, Geoffrey Holder, Eartha Kitt, Melvin Van Peebles, Chris Rock, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Lela Rochon, John Witherspoon, Bebe Drake, John Canada Terrell
Marcus (Eddie Murphy) is an executive who thrives on attention from women, but he often treats them with indifference. Now, his new boss is a beautiful woman (Robin Givens) who treats him the way he has been treating the opposite sex, and the tables are turned.
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Fist of the North Star 1995  R, 103 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Tony Randel
Cast: Gary Daniels, Costas Mandylor, Malcolm McDowell, Downtown Julie Brown, Dante Basco, Chris Penn, Nalona Herron, Melvin Van Peebles, William L. Nagle, Clint Howard, Kevin Arbouet, Tracey Walter
Banished warrior Kenshiro (Gary Daniels) fights the villainous Lord Shin (Costas Mandylor) who took Kenshiro's bride and murdered his father.
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Gang in Blue 1996  R, 99 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Mario Van Peebles, Melvin Van Peebles
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Josh Brolin, Melvin Van Peebles, Cynda Williams, J.T. Walsh, Stephen Lang, Sean McCann, Zach Grenier, Bruce Smolanoff, William MacDonald, Peter Kosaka, Sandi Ross, Michael Tough, Michael Copeman
Racism and corruption reign supreme within an inner-city police force, and Black policeman Michael Rhoades (Mario Van Peebles) ends up the target of a set-up when he launches a campaign to expose his fellow officers.
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The Hebrew Hammer 2003 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jonathan Kesselman
Cast: Adam Goldberg, Andy Dick, Judy Greer, Mario Van Peebles, Peter Coyote, Nora Dunn, Sean Whalen, Tony Cox, Richard Riehle, Melvin Van Peebles, Rachel Dratch, Harrison Chad
After Santa Claus' evil son (Andy Dick) murders him in a plot to narrow the holiday season back to Christmas by excluding Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, a Jewish superhero (Adam Goldberg)–aided by the head of the Jewish Justice League (Peter Coyote) and Mohammed from the Kwanzaa Liberation Front (Mario Van Peebles)–steps in to save the day.
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La Permission 1968  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Story of a Three-Day Pass
Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Cast: Harry Baird, Nicole Berger, Christian Marin, Pierre Doris, Hal Bray, Tria French, Karell Jonathan Beer, Dany Jacquet, George Birt, Jon Carlson
Black American soldier Turner (Harry Baird) is stationed near Paris when he goes on a three-day pass and romances White Parisian shop clerk Miriam (Nicole Berger). When he returns to base, his bigoted captain demotes him in rank, and the relationship with Miriam is not able to win out over its opposing forces.
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Love Kills 1998 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Lesley Ann Warren, Loretta Devine, Donovan Leitch, Louise Fletcher, Daniel Baldwin, Robert LaSardo, Alexis Arquette, Senen Reyes, Lucy Liu, Susan Ruttan, Melvin Van Peebles
Poe Finklestein (Mario Van Peebles) poses as a masseur in his plan to steal the family jewels belonging to recently widowed Evelyn Heiss (Lesley Ann Warren). But once inside the Heiss mansion, Finklestein finds himself in the middle of a myriad of plots by family members to steal the jewels themselves.
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O.C. & Stiggs 1987 R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Daniel Jenkins, Neill Barry, Paul Dooley, Jane Curtin, Ray Walston, Louis Nye, Tina Louise, Martin Mull, Dennis Hopper, Melvin Van Peebles
Two teenagers have nothing better to do than make life unbearable for an insurance man and his family.
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Posse 1993 R, 109 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Stephen Baldwin, Charles(3) Lane, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Big Daddy Kane, Billy Zane, Melvin Van Peebles, Pam Grier, Isaac Hayes, Blair Underwood
Black soldiers go AWOL from the Army following the Spanish-American War. Along with them is a fortune in Spanish gold. They end up in a town about to be eliminated by the coming railroad and await the showdown.
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Riot in the Streets 1997 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Riot
Director: Galen Yuen, Richard Di Lello, David C. Johnson, Alex Munoz
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Luke Perry, Melvin Van Peebles, Cicely Tyson, Douglas Spain, Mako, Peter Dobson, Kieu Chinh, Alexis Cruz, Lucy Liu
Four stories are interwoven into the theme of events that surrounded the 1992 Los Angeles riots when citizens, learning of the Rodney King court verdict, took to the streets.
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 The Shining 1997 TV, 273 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Stephen King's The Shining
Director: Mick Garris
Cast: Steven Weber, Rebecca De Mornay, Melvin Van Peebles, Wil Horneff, Elliott Gould, Pat Hingle, Courtland Mead, Cynthia Garris, Mickey Giacomazzi, Tomas Herrera
This TV miniseries remake of the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film does a credible job of capturing the novel's intent but plods along at times. Jack (Steven Weber) has had tough times and now takes on the job of caretaker at a mountain hotel for the winter, bringing his wife and son with him. It doesn't take long before it is evident that evil forces are at work at the hotel.
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Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song 1971 R, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Cast: Melvin Van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales, John Dallaghan, Rhetta Hughes, West Gale, Niva Rochellle, Nick Ferrari, John Amos, Mario Van Peebles
This powerful, angry attack on Whites begins with Sweetback (Melvin Van Peebles) performing his job as a prostitute. When he observes two policemen beating up a Black man, he brutally attacks the policemen. Now, he is on the run making his way from L.A. to Mexico. This violent film was originally rated 'X'
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Terminal Velocity 1994 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Deran Sarafian
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Nastassja Kinski, James Gandolfini, Christopher McDonald, Gary Bullock, Melvin Van Peebles, Hans Howes, Suli McCullough, Cathryn de Prume, Richard Sarafian Jr.
This comedy/action film stars Charlie Sheen as Ditch Brody, super skydiver who becomes involved in murder, mayhem, and a beautiful woman (Nastassja Kinski). Ditch is the kind of guy who gets away with saying, "I'm not just a guy with a walking penis, I'm a FLYING penis!"
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True Identity 1991 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles(3) Lane
Cast: Lenny Henry, Frank Langella, Charles(3) Lane, J.T. Walsh, James Earl Jones, Michael McKena, Melvin Van Peebles, Bill Raymond, Andreas Katsulas, Peggy Lipton
Miles Pope (Lenny Henry) is a New York actor who disguises himself as a white hit man to escape gangster Carver (Frank Langella). British comedian Lenny Henry really makes this movie work as he provides some good moments of humor.
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Watermelon Man 1970 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Cast: Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Howard Caine, D'Urville Martin, Mantan Moreland, Erin Moran, Emil Sitka, Ray Ballard, Charles Lampkin, Paul Williams
Jeff Gerber (Godfrey Cambridge) is an extremely bigoted White man who wakes up one day to discover that his skin has turned black.
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| 1. Boomerang (1992)
2. Fist of the North Star (1995)
3. Gang in Blue (1996)
4. The Hebrew Hammer (2003)
5. La Permission (1968)
aka: The Story of a Three-Day Pass
6. Love Kills (1998)
7. O.C. & Stiggs (1987)
8. Posse (1993)
9. Riot in the Streets (1997)
aka: Riot
10. The Shining (1997)
aka: Stephen King's The Shining
11. Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song (1971)
12. Terminal Velocity (1994)
13. True Identity (1991)
14. Watermelon Man (1970)
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