Bagdad Cafe 1987  PG, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Out of Rosenheim
Director: Percy Adlon
Cast: Marianne Sagebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance, Christine Kaufmann, Monica Calhoun, Darron Flagg, George Aquilar, G. Smokey Campbell, Hans Stadlbauer, Alan S. Craig, Apesanahkwat, Ray Young, Mark Daneri, Gary Lee Davis, Ronald Lee Jarvis
During a trip with her husband, the German wife (Marianne Sagebrecht) leaves her husband in the Mojave Desert and ends up at the Bagdad Cafe where she is befriended by the manager (CCH Pounder) and becomes part of an extended family.
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 The Best Man 1999  R, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Cast: Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Harold Perrineau, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Monica Calhoun, Melissa De Sousa, Victoria Dillard, Regina Hall, Jarrod Bunch, Jim Moody, Lady Madonna, Stu "Large" Riley, Linis Crosse
Aspiring author Harper Stewart (Taye Diggs) arrives in town for a wedding weekend just a few steps behind his newly published book. It seems everyone except the bride and groom–Mia (Monica Calhoun) and Lance (Morris Chestnut)–have read the snippets in which the thinly disguised character representing Mia enjoys hot sex with Harper's own counterpart in the novel.
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Civil Brand 2003  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Neema Barnette
Cast: LisaRaye, N'Bushe Wright, Mos Def, Lark Voorhies, Da Brat, Monica Calhoun, Tichina Arnold, Clifton Powell, MC Lyte, Robert Archer Lynn, Reed R. McCants
In this expose of prison life, corruption runs rampant in a women's prison, and, while protesting the corruption, women inmates take over the prison.
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Park Day 1998 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sterling Macer Jr.
Cast: Hill Harper, Monica Calhoun, Lande Scott, Brock Peters, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Sonya Hensley, Darius McCrary, Jaqueline Fleming, Edwin Morrow, Henry Calvin, Ron Canada
Long-time friends Steve and John (Hill Harper and Lande Scott) are at decision points with regard to what they will make of their lives. Things become clearer on Park Day in their home town.
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 The Players Club 1998 R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ice Cube
Cast: LisaRaye, Bernie Mac, Monica Calhoun, Anthony Johnson, Ice Cube, Alex Thomas, Jamie Foxx, Chrystale Wilson, Adele Givens, Larry McCoy
LisaRaye portrays a young mother who takes a job as a stripper to pay her tuition at journalism school.
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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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She Stood Alone 1991 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Jack Gold
Cast: Mare Winningham, Ben Cross, Robert Desiderio, Taurean Blacque, Daniel Davis, Lisa Marie Russell, Harry Gibbs, Fredric Cooke, Monica Calhoun, Michael Oppenheimer
Set in the 1830s, this is the biography of Prudence Crandall who fought for education rights of young black girls despite repercussions from other forces in her community. Good Disney fare.
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| 1. Bagdad Cafe (1987)
aka: Out of Rosenheim
2. The Best Man (1999)
3. Civil Brand (2003)
4. Park Day (1998)
5. The Players Club (1998)
6. Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault (1996)
7. She Stood Alone (1991)
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