Asunder 1999  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Reid
Cast: Blair Underwood, Debbi Morgan, Michael Beach, Marva Hicks, Desiree Marie Velez, Ira Hawkins, Alene Dawson, Wendy Moore, Joe Inscoe, Jen Harper
Chance (Blair Underwood), his pregnant wife Roberta (Marva Hicks), and their best friends Michael and Lauren (Michael Beach and Debbi Morgan) board the Ferris wheel. A freak accident kills Roberta (and her unborn baby). Chance grieves at his friends' home, but when he finds out that Lauren had an abortion, and the baby may have been his, he loses it and begins to stalk Lauren, trying to wreck their marriage. Oft-told tale saved by good acting.
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 Bad Company 1995 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Damian Harris
Cast: Ellen Barkin, Laurence Fishburne, Frank Langella, Michael Beach, David Ogden Stiers, Spalding Gray, Gia Carides, James Hong, Michael Murphy, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Tegan West, Fred Henderson, Michelle Beaudoin, L. Harvey Gold, Alan C. Peterson
Former CIA agent Nelson Crowe (Laurence Fishburne) joins the industrial espionage firm, Grimes Organization, and works with former Covert Operations operative Margaret Wells (Ellen Barkin). She convinces Crowe that they could overthrow the boss Vic Grimes (Frank Langella) and take over the operation. Blackmail and espionage ensue in their deadly game in which no one can be trusted.
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Cadence 1991  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Sheen
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen, F. Murray Abraham, Laurence Fishburne, Blu Mankuma, Michael Beach, Ramon Estevez, James Marshall, John Toles-Bey, Matt Clark
Martin Sheen's directorial debut marks this film about U.S. Army Private Franklin Bean (Charlie Sheen) who is tossed into the brig and befriends fellow prisoners (all Black). Together, they fend off racial bigot Sergeant McKinney (Martin Sheen).
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Crazy as Hell 2002 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Eriq La Salle
Cast: Eriq La Salle, Ronny Cox, Michael Beach, John C. McGinley, Sinbad, Tia Texada, Tracy Pettit, William Bassett, Twink Caplan, Tom Everett, Jane Carr, Roberta Haze, Khylan Jones, Jim Ortlieb, J.P. Manoux
Dr. Ty Adams (Michael Beach) arrives at Sedah State Mental Hospital along with a documentary crew that plans to film his unorthodox psychiatric treatments. But, Adams does not count on a new patient (Eriq La Salle) who claims to be Satan and has more than a few tricks up his sleeve.
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First Sunday 2008   PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: David E. Talbert
Cast: Ice Cube, Katt Williams, Tracy Morgan, Loretta Devine, Michael Beach, Keith David, Regina Hall, Malinda Williams, Chi McBride, Clifton Powell, Nicholas Turturro, Olivia Cole, Red Grant, C.J. Sanders, Rickey Smiley
Durell (Ice Cube) and LeeJohn (Tracy Morgan) have been friends since childhood and still have not learned how to stay out of trouble. When his ex-girlfriend Omunique (Regina Hall) threatens to move away with their young son (C.J. Sanders), Durell joins forces with LeeJohn to rob a church in order to provide funds to keep mother and son in town. They go to the church, but the money is missing, and now they hold the parishioners captive. Among the group of hostages are choirmaster Rickey (Katt Williams), Sister Doris (Loretta Devine), and Pastor Arthur Mitchell (Chi McBride). They are anything but a quiet group of victims and provide arguments convincing Durell and LeeJohn to repent and change their lives. 1 User Review
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Internal Affairs 1990  R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Mike Figgis
Cast: Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Nancy Travis, Laurie Metcalf, William Baldwin, Richard Bradford, Michael Beach, Annabella Sciorra, Katherine Borowitz, Faye Grant, John Kapelos, Xander Berkeley, John Capodice, Victoria Dillard, Pamella D'Pella
Sergeant Raymond Avila (Andy Garcia) is an investigator for the Internal Affairs Department of the LAPD who is obsessed with getting the goods on another cop, Dennis Peck (Richard Gere). Peck has criminals at his disposal and divides the bribery money collected among his four ex-wives and eight children with whom he is obsessed. When Avila finds officers willing to testify against Peck, they end up dead, and the investigation is filled with other problems–including resistance from Avila's superiors who consider Peck an asset to the force. Finally, Avila investigates Peck's partner, Stretch (William Baldwin), and Peck, who believes that Avila is investigating him only to seek a promotion, begins stalking Avila and even turns Avila against his wife, Kathleen (Nancy Travis).
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Johnny Skidmarks 1998 R, 96 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: John Raffo
Cast: Peter Gallagher, Frances McDormand, John Lithgow, John Kapelos, Jack Black, Geoffrey Lower, Charlie Spradling, Lee Arenberg, David Doty, Michael Beach
Johnny Scardino (Peter Gallagher) is a police crime photographer by day; at night he gets pictures of illicit lovers in a motel room for later blackmailing. Then the bodies of his cohorts in the blackmail scheme start turning up–and it's not a pretty sight. Johnny is soon the only one left, and nobody can be trusted.
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 Lean on Me 1989 PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John G. Avildsen
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume, Lynne Thigpen, Jermaine "Huggy" Hopkins, Karen Malina White, Alan North, Robin Bartlett, Michael Beach, Regina Taylor
This is the true story of high-school principal Joe Clark and how he turned Patterson, New Jersey's Eastside High from a den of drugs into a model school where students could expect to get a good education.
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Like Mike 2: Streetball 2006 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama
Director: David(2) Nelson
Cast: Jascha Washington, Kel Mitchell, Michael Beach, Brett Kelly, Micah Williams, Michael Adamthwaite, Moneca Delain, Enuka Okuma, Jonathan Mubanda, Joel Haywood, Viv Leacock, Adrian Holmes, Shay Kuebler, Graham Wardle, Richard O'Sullivan
Uncoordinated and small in stature Jerome (Jascha Washington) finds a pair of vintage Michael Jordan sneakers, puts them on, and instantly gains incredible basketball skills. But, his quickly gained fame does not come without cost.
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Made Men 1999 R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Louis Morneau
Cast: James Belushi, Michael Beach, Timothy Dalton, Steve Railsback, Carlton Wilborn, Vanessa Angel, Jamie Harris, David O'Donnell, Tim Kelleher, Oscar Rowland
Bill (James Belushi) and Debra (Vanessa Angel) are on the run after Bill makes off with $12 million from gangsters. He leads them to drug dealers which results in a shootout. And so it goes in this fair fare with lots of action and some laughs. A James Bond grad (Timothy Dalton) is the crooked sheriff.
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Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault 1996 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Eriq La Salle
Cast: Don Cheadle, James Earl Jones, Michael Beach, Ronny Cox, Loretta Devine, Glynn Turman, Monica Calhoun, Colin Cheadle, Michael Ralph, Daryl Mitchell, Nicole Ari Parker, Tamara Tunie, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Chick Hearn, Cress Williams
Earl "The Goat" Manigault (Don Cheadle) never made it to the NBA; although talented, he was adicted to drugs, and chose them over NBA stardom. Finally, Manigault cleaned up his act and became a legend by teaching basketball to children of Harlem.
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 Soul Food 1997  R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Tillman Jr.
Cast: Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, Michael Beach, Mekhi Phifer, Brandon Hammond, Jeffrey D. Sams, Irma P. Hall, Carl Wright, John M. Watson Sr.
The story of members of an African American family living in Chicago is seen through the eyes of young Ahmad (Brandon Hammond) who has the innate ability to perceive beyond what people intend for others to see.
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Suspect 1987 R, 118 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Peter Yates
Cast: Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson, John Mahoney, Joe Mantegna, Philip Bosco, E. Katherine Kerr, Fred Melamed, Bill Cobbs, Michael Beach, Richard Gant
A deaf and mute street person (Liam Neeson) is accused of murder. A Washington, DC public defender (Cher) is given his case. One of the jurors is played by Dennis Quaid and that is where the real action in this film begins–with Cher and Quaid interacting, as the juror investigates and provides input to the defender.
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 Waiting to Exhale 1995  R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Forest Whitaker
Cast: Angela Bassett, Whitney Houston, Loretta Devine, Lela Rochon, Gregory Hines, Dennis Haysbert, Mykelti Williamson, Michael Beach, Leon, Wesley Snipes
Based on Terry McMillan's novel, this is the story of four African-American women who face life–with romantic setbacks–head on and support one another through thick and thin. 1 User Review
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| | a witness to too many womens story for it to rate less ! | Anonymous 02/13/2007 | | |
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| 1. Asunder (1999)
2. Bad Company (1995)
3. Cadence (1991)
4. Crazy as Hell (2002)
5. A Family Thing (1996)
6. First Sunday (2008)
7. Guilty as Charged (1992)
8. Internal Affairs (1990)
9. Johnny Skidmarks (1998)
10. Lean on Me (1989)
11. Like Mike 2: Streetball (2006)
12. Made Men (1999)
13. One False Move (1991)
14. Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault (1996)
15. Soul Food (1997)
16. Suspect (1987)
17. Waiting to Exhale (1995)
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