Hell's Kitchen 1998  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Cinciripini
Cast: Rosanna Arquette, William Forsythe, Angelina Jolie, Mekhi Phifer, Johnny Whitworth, Stephen Payne, Jade Yorker, Michael Nicolosi, Ryan Slater, Sharif Rashed, Martin Shakar, Ricky Tyberg
This film opens with a robbery attempt in which only one of the perpetrators, Johnny (Mekhi Phifer), survives. Then the story skips ahead to the end of Johnny's five-year prison sentence when he is released from jail and returns home to his dysfunctional former friends and his family. Despite the odds, Johnny tries to make a life for himself as a boxer by training with former heavyweight champ Lou (William Forsythe).
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 Rent 2005  PG-13, 135 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Tracie Thoms, Porscha Radcliffe, Stephen Payne, Ken Clark, David Fine
Based on Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning rock opera, this film relates stories involving one year in the lives of friends living a Bohemian lifestyle in modern-day East Village, NY. While searching for success, the group faces and sings about their poverty, addictions, and AIDS.
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