 Blue Streak 1999  PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Les Mayfield
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Peter Greene, Dave Chappelle, William Forsythe, Nicole Ari Parker, Graham Beckel, Tamala Jones, Olek Krupa, Saverio Guerra, Robert Miranda, Richard C. Sarafian, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Steve Rankin, Carmen Argenziano
Miles Logan (Martin Lawrence) is a jewel thief, just released from prison, who impersonates a police officer in his attempt to steal a diamond that is locked up at the police station. But, as it turns out, Logan's well-laid plans go awry in this comedy/action tale.
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Brown Sugar 2002   PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance / Musical
Director: Rick Famuyiwa
Cast: Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan, Mos Def, Nicole Ari Parker, Boris Kodjoe, Queen Latifah, Wendell Pierce, Erik Weiner, Reggi Wyns, Melissa Martinez, Marc John Jefferies, Breece Wilson, Brette Taylor, Aaliyyah Hill, Venida Evans
Dre (Taye Diggs) and Sidney (Sanaa Lathan) have been good friends since they were children and share a love for rap music. Dre is a record executive and is now engaged to Reese (Nicole Ari Parker). Meanwhile, Sidney is engaged to professional basketball player Kelby (Boris Kodjoe). It isn't until Sydney gives support when Dre makes a career change that she finally realizes that it is Dre who she truly loves. 1 User Review
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Dancing in September 2000  R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Reggie Rock Bythewood
Cast: Nicole Ari Parker, Isaiah Washington, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Jay Underwood, Marcia Cross, Michael Cavanaugh, Jenifer Lewis, Malinda Williams, Mel Jackson, Estelle Harris
Tommy (Nicole Ari Parker) is a TV writer who is looking for a new job after a run-in with her network management. She heads to a new, upstart network to sell her ideas and is interviewed by George (Isaiah Washington), a recently hired executive in the Programming Department. He likes Tommy's ideas and tries to sell them to upper management. Not the greatest show in town, but Parker is a highlight.
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The End of Violence 1997 R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Bill Pullman, Andie MacDowell, Gabriel Byrne, Loren Dean, Traci Lind, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Udo Kier, Rosalind Chao, K. Todd Freeman, John Diehl, Chris Douridas, Soledad St. Hilaire, Nicole Ari Parker, Daniel Benzali, Samuel Fuller
Surveillance expert Ray Bering (Gabriel Byrne) looks out on Los Angeles via secret TV cameras and watches impotently as Hollywood producer Mike Max (Bill Pullman) is kidnapped, escapes, and hides out with a Mexican family. Numerous subplots evolve in this confusing story.
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Imagine That 2009 PG, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Drama
Director: Karey Kirkpatrick
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Yara Shahidi, Thomas Haden Church, Nicole Ari Parker, Ronny Cox, Martin Sheen, DeRay Davis, Bobb'e J. Thompson, James Patrick Stuart, Vanessa Williams, John DeVito, Stephen Rannazzisi, Timm Sharp, Heidi Marnhout, Mel Harris
Financial executive Evan Danielson (Eddie Murphy) is so obsessed with his work and competing against newly hired Johnny Whitefeather (Thomas Haden Church) that he has little time for his young daughter Olivia (Yara Shahidi) who lives with Evan's ex-wife Trish (Nicole Ari Parker). When Olivia comes to live with Evan for a few days, she tests his nerves with her fantasy games. Evan starts out ignoring Olivia until her fantasy world–in which she obtains stock tips from a queen and a princess–accurately predicts fiscal trends. When Evan follows their suggestions, his career soars, and he has fun with Olivia at the same time.
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 King's Ransom 2005  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jeff Byrd
Cast: Anthony Anderson, Jay Mohr, Kellita Smith, Nicole Ari Parker, Regina Hall, Loretta Devine, Donald Faison, Leila Arcieri, Charles Q. Murphy, Brooke D'Orsay, Jackie Burroughs, Lisa Marcos
When Renee (Kellita Smith) sues wealthy Malcolm King for divorce, to keep his fortune out of Renee's hands, Malcolm plots his own kidnapping in which the demand will be $10 million. Not only does the inept kidnapper nab the wrong man, but Renee has plans of her own to kidnap Malcolm as do Malcolm's disgruntled business employees.
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Loving Jezebel 1999 R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Kwyn Bader
Cast: Hill Harper, Laurel Holloman, Nicole Ari Parker, David Moscow, Phylicia Rashad, Sandrine Holt, Elisa Donovan, Lysa Aya Trenier, Andre B. Blake, John Doman
Cursed with falling for Jezebels (women who are romantically involved with more than one man), Theodurus Melville (Hill Harper) narrates this story of his failures in forming lasting relationships with the opposite sex. While the story is amusing, its parade of beautiful women does not allow time to develop depth in its characterizations, which results in the film's overall lack of substance.
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A Map of the World 1999 R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Scott Elliott
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Julianne Moore, David Strathairn, Arliss Howard, Chloe Sevigny, Louise Fletcher, Ron Lea, Sara Rue, Aunjanue Ellis, Nicole Ari Parker
Alice Goodwin (Sigourney Weaver) is a stressed-out mother and school nurse. She has good reason for her problems: one day after agreeing to take care of her best friend's (Julianne Moore) daughter, the child drowned. Add to this the accusation of abuse brought by one of the students. And, as if that isn't enough, Alice ends up in a jail cell–hated by prison mates and ex-friends as well.
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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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 Remember the Titans 2000  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Boaz Yakin
Cast: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst, Donald Faison, Craig Kirkwood, Ethan Suplee, Kip Pardue, Hayden Panettiere, Nicole Ari Parker
Set in Alexandria, Virginia, during the Civil Rights era–1971 to be exact–this is the inspirational true story of Black football coachHarold Boone (Denzel Washington) who replaces White Coach Bill Yoast (Will Patton) as part of the integration process at T.C. Williams High School. Coach Boone, with Coach Yoast as his assistant, turns the T.C. Williams Titans into champions, and in the process overcomes racial bigotry at the school.
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Stonewall 1995 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Nigel Finch
Cast: Guillermo Diaz, Fred Weller, Brendan Corbalis, Duane Boutte, Bruce MacVittie, John Doman, Luis Guzman, Isaiah Washington, Dwight Ewell, Matthew Faber, Peter Ratray, Michael McElroy, Nicole Ari Parker, Jose Zuniga, John Ventimiglia
In 1969, patrons of the Stonewall bar in Greenwich Village decided to fight off police bashing, and that began the gay liberation movement. This docudrama recreates that era through the eyes of Matty Dean (Fred Weller). This is an interesting film that provides a contrast as well as a reminder of feelings about homosexuals–then and now.
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Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins 2008  PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Cast: Martin Lawrence, James Earl Jones, Margaret Avery, Joy Bryant, Cedric the Entertainer, Nicole Ari Parker, Michael Clarke Duncan, Mike Epps, Mo'Nique, Damani Roberts, Brooke Lyons, Liz Mikel, Carol Sutton, Louis C.K.
At his 10-year-old son Jamaal's (Damani Roberts) request, Rosco Jenkins, a.k.a. TV personality Dr. R.J. Stevens (Martin Lawrence), agrees to head back to Dry Springs, Georgia, for his parents' (James Earl Jones and Margaret Avery) 50th wedding anniversary and family reunion. Jamaal and Rosco's fiancee, TV star Bianca (Joy Bryant), join him for what Rosco hopes will be a chance to convince his relatives that he turned out well, after all. But, Rosco's family members do not accept his super-star attitude and stop at almost nothing to demean him in an effort to make him decide where his real home is.
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| 1. Blue Streak (1999)
2. Brown Sugar (2002)
3. Dancing in September (2000)
4. The End of Violence (1997)
5. Imagine That (2009)
6. The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995)
7. King's Ransom (2005)
8. Loving Jezebel (1999)
9. A Map of the World (1999)
10. Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault (1996)
11. Remember the Titans (2000)
12. Stonewall (1995)
13. Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
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