Fame 2009 PG, 107 min. Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Kevin Tancharoen Cast: Kristy Flores, Asher Book, Kay Panabaker, Paul Iacono, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, Naturi Naughton, Debbie Allen, Charles S. Dutton, Kelsey Grammer, Megan Mullally, Bebe Neuwirth, Kherington Payne, Walter Perez, Paul McGill, Collins Pennie
This remake of the 1980's hit film features students attending the New York City High School of Performing Arts and striving to find fame in the entertainment world. Among their teachers are Alvin Dowd (Charles S. Dutton), Martin Cranston (Kelsey Grammer), Fran Rowan (Megan Mullally), and Lynn Kraft (Bebe Neuwirth) who give encouragement as the story takes place from early auditions through the four years until graduation.
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Notorious 2009 R, 120 min. Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: George Tillman Jr. Cast: Jamal Woolard, Angela Bassett, Derek Luke, Naturi Naughton, Dennis L.A. White, Anthony Makie, Antonique Smith, Julia Pace Mitchell, John Ventimiglia, Marc John Jeffries, Christopher Jordan Wallace, Jasper Briggs, Cyrus Farmer, Aunjanue Ellis, Charles Malik Whitfield
Growing up in Brooklyn, young Christopher Wallace (Christopher Jordan Wallace, Jr.) lives with his religious mother Violetta (Angela Bassett). When he reaches his teenage years, Christopher (now played by Jamal Woolard) enters the criminal world of drugs and even serves some time in jail. Along the way, he realizes that he is great at dropping lines, signs a deal with Sean "Diddy" Combs (Derek Luke) to record his rap music, and becomes the phenomenon, Notorious B.I.G., aka Biggie. He lives life out on the edge with women and partying, but fate steps in, and Wallace is murdered in Los Angeles at the young age of 24.
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| 1. Fame (2009)
2. Notorious (2009)
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