 2 Fast 2 Furious 2003  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: John Singleton
Cast: Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Eva Mendes, Cole Hauser, Ludacris, Thom Barry, James Remar, Devon Aoki, Amaury Nolasco, Michael Ealy, Jin Auyeung, Edward Finley
Now making a living in the street racing community, former Miami cop Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) joins forces with another ex-cop, Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson), to go undercover in a sting operation. Their job is to catch shady businessman Carter Verone (Cole Hauser) in his laundering of drug money schemes. Fast money and fast talk–but most of this movie is fast cars.
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Barbershop 2002  PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Tim Story
Cast: Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve, Troy Garity, Anthony Anderson, Leonard Earl Howze, Michael Ealy, Keith David, Jazsmin Lewis, Lahmard J. Tate, Tom Wright, Sonya Eddy, Jason Winston George, DeRay Davis
Calvin (Ice Cube) inherits a South Side barbershop but wants out. His solution: sell the shop to Lester (Keith David) with the promise that the storefront sign will remain the "Barbershop." But problems quickly develop when Calvin learns that Lester plans to turn the shop into a strip joint called the "Barbershop," and Calvin realizes he has more to lose than the family business.
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Barbershop 2: Back in Business 2004 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Cast: Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve, Troy Garity, Michael Ealy, Leonard Earl Howze, Queen Latifah, Harry Lennix, Robert Wisdom, Jazsmin Lewis, Carl Wright, DeRay Davis, Kenan Thompson, Garcelle Beauvais
In this sequel to 2002's "Barbershop," Calvin (Ice Cube) and his opinionated crew, including barber Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer) are back. This time around, Calvin encounters a new problem: a development company plans to open a high-tech hair salon featuring "honeys in bikinis" as its barbers directly across the street from Calvin's barbershop. This means that Calvin's "Barbershop" is in jeopardy–and the fight is on.
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Miracle at St. Anna 2008   R, 160 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Spike Lee
Cast: Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alfonso, Omar Benson Miller, Pierfrancesco Favino, Valentina Cervi, Matteo Sciabordi, John Turturro, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Leguizamo, Kerry Washington, D.B. Sweeney, Omero Antonutti, Robert John Burke, Omari Hardwick
In the 1980s, postal worker Hector Negron (Laz Alfonso) unexpectedly shoots a customer, and now Daily News reporter Tim Boyle (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) searches for the story behind the shooting. Through flashbacks, the story is told about four World War II soldiers–Cpl. Negron, Sgt. Stamps (Derek Luke), Sgt. Cummings (Michael Ealy), and Pfc. Train (Omar Benson Miller)–from the all-Black "Buffalo Soldier" Division who are trapped behind enemy lines. Their fellow soldiers have been killed, and they are the sole survivors, but they find relative safety in an Italian village and relate to some of the residents. As the flashbacks progress, they reveal how Negron's shooting relates to an encounter in that village 40 years ago.
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 Never Die Alone 2004 R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Cast: David Arquette, DMX, Michael Ealy, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Clifton Powell, Antwon Tanner, Jennifer Sky, Luenell Campbell, Keesha Sharp, Drew Sidora, Aisha Tyler, Rhoda Jordan
Recently slain drug dealer King David (DMX) tells this story through flashbacks that are made possible when an aspiring journalist (David Arquette) recreates events through King David's audio tapes, which provide an oral history of his days in the drug world.
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November 2005 R, 73 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Greg Harrison
Cast: Courteney Cox, James LeGros, Michael Ealy, Nora Dunn, Nick Offerman, Anne Archer, Matthew Carey, Robert Wu, Amir Talai, Brittany Ishibashi
After her boyfriend, Hugh (James LeGros), is shot and killed during a robbery, Sophie (Courteney Cox) is trying to move on past the tragedy when she begins to experience flashbacks that may lead to the truth behind Hugh's murder.
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Seven Pounds 2008 PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Cast: Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Ealy, Barry Pepper, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Smitrovich, Robinne Lee, Joe Nunez, Tim Kelleher, Gina Hecht, Andy Milder, Sarah Jane Morris, Madison Pettis, Judyann Elder
Haunted by guilt, using the credentials of an IRS auditor, Ben Thomas (Will Smith) interviews seven people whose lives are in danger and sets out to help them. One of the people Ben tries to help is Emily (Rosario Dawson), an artist in need of a heart transplant. Emily and Ben fall in love, but Emily has no idea about the other six people–including blind telemarketer Ezra (Woody Harrelson), abused mother Connie (Elpidia Carrillo), and Ben's own brother (Michael Ealy) to whom he donates his kidney–who are on Ben's list of those he wants to help.
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| 1. 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
2. Barbershop (2002)
3. Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)
4. Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
5. Never Die Alone (2004)
6. November (2005)
7. Seven Pounds (2008)
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