 12 Angry Men 1997  TV, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Courtney B. Vance, George C. Scott, Mykelti Williamson, Tony Danza, Ossie Davis, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Dorian Harewood, James Gandolfini, Hume Cronyn
This TV remake of the 1957 original Sidney Lumet film features convincing performances by a strong cast portraying jurors deciding on whether or not to convict a Latino youth of murder.
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Ali 2001 R, 158 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Mann
Cast: Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles, Ron Silver, Jeffrey Wright, Mykelti Williamson, Jada Pinkett Smith, Nona Gaye, Michael Michele
Will Smith takes on the persona of three-time Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali in this biography of the man who was a legend in his own time. Will Smith received a Best Actor Academy Award nomination, and Jon Voight was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
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 The Assassination of Richard Nixon 2004 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Niels Mueller
Cast: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson, Brad William Henke, Michael Wincott, Mykelti Williamson, April Grace, Jared Dorrance, Nick Searcy, Jenna Milton, Mariah Massa
Businessman Samuel Bicke (Sean Penn) believes that life in America is not fair. His solution: hijack a commercial airliner and crash it into the White House hoping to kill President Nixon–and make himself a martyr in the process. Based on history, this film involves the 1974 attempt by Samuel Byek to assassinate Nixon.
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ATL 2006  PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Chris Robinson
Cast: T.I., Evan Ross Naess, Mykelti Williamson, Lauren London, Albert Daniels, Jackie Long, Jason Weaver, Keith David, Lonette McKee, Big Boi, Khadijah, Malika
In the South Atlanta neighborhood of Mechanicsville, teens–Rashad (T. I.) and his brother Ant (Evan Ross Naess)–have assorted problems, but they hang out with their friends at the Cascade roller rink on Sunday nights and, along with those friends and hip-hop music, escape from their everyday existences. 1 User Review
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| | movie | brownskin 08/06/2007 | | i really liked the movie they should come out with a part at the end it left me hangin |
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August Rush 2007  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Kirsten Sheridan
Cast: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard, Robin Williams, William Sadler, Marian Seldes, Mykelti Williamson, Leon G. Thomas III, Aaron Staton, Alex O'Loughlin, Jamia Simone Nash, Ronald Guttman
Irish-born singer Louis Connelly (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and concert cellist Lyla Novacek (Keri Russell) meet and fall in love on a roof-top garden in Greenwich Village. Fate separates them, but their night of love has produced a son. After giving birth, Lyla is told that her infant has died, but the baby is put in an orphanage. Years later, that baby is now a street musician, August Rush (Freddie Highmore), who tries to connect people through music. Will he be able to use his talent to connect with Lyla and Louis and, in the process, form his longed-for family? An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Original Song ("Raise It Up")
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Con Air 1997 R, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Simon West
Cast: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Ving Rhames, Danny Trejo, Steve Buscemi, Rachel Ticotin, Colm Meaney, M.C. Gainey, Monica Potter, Nick Chinlund, Dave Chappelle, Mykelti Williamson, Steve Eastin, Renoly Santiago
On a flight transporting convicts to a maximum-security prison, the convicts murder their guards, take over the plane, and head for South America. Also on board is Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage) who is on his way home to begin his parole–after being unfairly imprisoned for eight years. Now, Poe is trapped on the hijacked plane, and, as the good hero, he cannot walk away from this fight.
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Fatwa 2006  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: John Carter
Cast: Lauren Holly, Lacey Chabert, Angus Macfadyen, Mykelti Williamson, John Doman, Ryan Sands, Roger Guenveur Smith, Rachel Miner, Noa Tishby, Billy Warlock
Senator Maggie Davidson (Lauren Holly) takes a hard line on terrorism–to the extent that a terrorist group plans to kill her (and many more people) with the use of a "dirty" bomb at the Mall of America. When she becomes aware of the plan, Maggie must take action to avert the catastrophe.
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The Final Destination 2009 R, 82 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: David R. Ellis
Cast: Bobby Campo, Shantel VanSanten, Haley Webb, Nick Zano, Krista Allen, Andrew Fiscella, Justin Welborn, Mykelti Williamson, Stephanie Honore, Lara Grice, Jackson Walker, Phil Austin, Juan Kincaid, Dane Rhodes, Laurie Lee
In this fourth offering of "The Final Destination" series, Nick O'Bannon (Bobby Campo) has a premonition of events that lead to NASCAR car race crashes that kill Nick and his friends in the stands. Nick persuades his friends to leave just before his premonition becomes a reality, and cars crash into the stands. But, Nick's premonitions continue, and the "survivors" are killed in brutal ways leaving Nick struggling to cheat his own "final destination."
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 Forrest Gump 1994   PG-13, 140 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn, Gary Sinise, Sally Field, Mykelti Williamson, Harold G. Herthum, George Kelly, Sam Anderson, Rebecca Williams, Michael Conner Humphreys, Bob Penny, John Randall
This film tells the story of the contemporary world as seen through the eyes of Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks), a man with an IQ of only 75. He reveals simple truths about the social mores of the middle 20th century in a witty and profound manner. For his stirring portrayal of Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks became only the second actor to win back-to-back Academy Awards for Best Actor (Spencer Tracy won in 1937 and 1938); five other awards were also won, including Best Picture and Best Director. Seven additional nominations were received. 1 User Review
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| | great family film | 03/17/2007 | | |
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 Heat 1995 R, 165 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Michael Mann
Cast: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Diane Venora, Ashley Judd, Amy Brenneman, Tom Sizemore, Jeremy Piven, Hank Azaria, Mykelti Williamson, Wes Studi, Dennis Haysbert, Natalie Portman, William Fichtner
Any film that Al Pacino and Robert De Niro both agree to perform in is guaranteed good movie fare. In this story, L.A. Police Detective Vincent Hanna (Pacino) becomes obsessed with the criminal activities of Neil McCauley (De Niro) and his gang of thieves. The climax is a riveting gunfight between cops and robbers across city streets in L.A.–do NOT miss this one.
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Holiday Heart 2000 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Townsend
Cast: Ving Rhames, Alfre Woodard, Jesika Reynolds, Mykelti Williamson, Jonathan Wallace, Blu Mankuma, Phil Hayes, Lorena Gale, James Kidnie, Benz Antoine
Holiday (Ving Rhames), an aging drag queen, is also a softy. He takes in a homeless woman (Alfre Woodard), a writer turned drug addict, and her 12-year-old daughter. He works at helping them rebuild their lives. Made for cable TV.
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 Lucky Number Slevin 2006 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Paul McGuigan
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Stanley Tucci, Ben Kingsley, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Lucy Liu, Michael Rubenfeld, Peter Outerbridge, Kevin Chamberlin, Mykelti Williamson, Dorian Missick, Sam Jaeger
Crime bosses The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) and The Boss (Morgan Freeman) are at war when a case of mistaken identity in the kidnapping of Slevin (Josh Hartnett), who captors believe is his friend Nick (Sam Jaeger), throws Slevin into the middle of the battle. Complications include assassin Mr. Goodkat (Bruce Willis) and Nick's neighbor, coroner Lindsey (Lucy Liu), along with that relentless Detective Brikowski (Stanley Tucci) who is determined to uncover what is really happening.
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Miracle Mile 1988 R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steve DeJarnatt
Cast: Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham, John Agar, Lou Hancock, Mykelti Williamson, Kelly Jo Minter, Kurt Fuller, Danny De La Paz, Denise Crosby, Robert DoQui
A man (Anthony Edwards) thinks that the threat of a nuclear attack is eminent when he overhears "the button has been pushed" in a telephone conversation. The ensuing story centers on whether or not he can discover the truth in time to save himself and the residents of the intended target, Los Angeles.
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Our America 2002 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Cast: Josh Charles, Roderick Pannell, Brandon Hammond, Vanessa Williams, Serena Lee, Irma P. Hall, Peter Paige, Mykelti Williamson, Gene Mack, Neil Crone, Chris Collins, Dan Willmott
After teenagers Lloyd Newman (Brandon Hammond) and LeAlan Jones (Roderick Pannell) are hired by NPR to work as reporters, they use past knowledge to uncover the gang that was responsible for a five-year-old boy being tossed from a 14th-story window in one of Chicago's housing projects.
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Species II 1998  R, 92 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Peter Medak
Cast: Michael Madsen, Natasha Henstridge, Marg Helgenberger, Mykelti Williamson, George Dzundza, James Cromwell, Justin Lazard, Myriam Cyr, Richard Belzer, Peter Boyle
Astronauts land on Mars and discover there IS life there. Problems develop when one astronaut (Justin Lazard) becomes infected by an alien DNA that is out to "fxxx the human race out of existence."
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Spinning Into Butter 2009 R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Brokaw
Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Mykelti Williamson, Beau Bridges, Miranda Richardson, James Rebhorn, Victor Rasuk, Paul James, Daniel Eric Gold, Peter Friedman, Jake M. Smith, Joel Johnstone, Linda Powell, Richard Riehle, Maggie Moore, DeWanda Wise
Newly hired as a Dean of Students at Belmont College in New England, Sarah Daniels (Sarah Jessica Parker) finds herself in the midst of chaos brought on by racially motivated crimes against Black student Simon Brick (Paul James). Sarah wants the police to investigate, but fellow Dean Catherine Kenney (Miranda Richardson) and President Winston Garvey (James Rebhorn) are more interested in maintaining the school's reputation than in finding the perpetrator. When Sarah escorts Black reporter Aaron Carmichael (Mykelti Williamson) around campus, they confide in each other about racial prejudice, and Sarah does some serious thinking. Later, Professor Burton Strauss (Beau Bridges) conducts a "Forum on Race," and a riot ensues. Now, Sarah finally must deal with her own prejudices.
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 Three Kings 1999  R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Adventure / Comedy
Director: David O. Russell
Cast: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Nora Dunn, Jamie Kennedy, Mykelti Williamson, Cliff Curtis, Said Taghmaoui, Judy Greer, Liz Stauber, Marsha Horan, Christopher Lohr, Jon Sklaroff, Holt McCallany
Following the Persian Gulf War, Archie Gates (George Clooney), Troy Barlow (Mark Wahlberg), and Chief Elgin (Ice Cube) set out as "Three Kings" determined to retrieve the cache of gold that Saddam Hussein reputedly stole from Kuwait.
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Truth or Consequences, N.M. 1997  R, 106 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Kiefer Sutherland
Cast: Vincent Gallo, Mykelti Williamson, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Pollak, Rod Steiger, Martin Sheen, Kim Dickens, Grace Phillips, Rick Rossovich, John C. McGinley
Raymond Lembecke (Vincent Gallo) has just been released from prison and gets right back into his old lifestyle by joining trigger-happy Curtis Freley (Kiefer Sutherland) and Tony Vago (Rod Steiger) in a robbery. Everything goes wrong, and they end up in New Mexico with a kidnapped couple in tow.
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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. 12 Angry Men (1997)
2. Ali (2001)
3. The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
4. ATL (2006)
5. August Rush (2007)
6. Con Air (1997)
7. Fatwa (2006)
8. The Final Destination (2009)
9. Forrest Gump (1994)
10. Heat (1995)
11. Holiday Heart (2000)
12. Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
13. Miracle Mile (1988)
14. Our America (2002)
15. Species II (1998)
16. Spinning Into Butter (2009)
17. Three Kings (1999)
18. Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997)
19. Waiting to Exhale (1995)
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