 The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland 1999  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Gary Halvorson
Cast: Kevin Clash, Mandy Patinkin, Vanessa Williams, Sonia Manzano, Roscoe Orman, Fran Brill, Stepanie D'Abruzzo, Dave Goelz, Joey Mazzarino, Jerry Nelson, Carmen Osbahr, Carroll Spinney
Elmo (voice of Kevin Clash), in pursuit of his blanket, climbs into Oscar's (voice of Carroll Spinney) garbage can and meets a whole world of grouchy characters.
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Another You 1991  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Maurice Phillips
Cast: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Mercedes Ruehl, Stephen Lang, Vanessa Williams, Phil Rubenstein, Peter Michael Goetz, Billy Beck, Jerry Houser, Kevin Pollak
George (Gene Wilder), a pathological liar, is released from a mental institution, and as part of a community service commitment, ex-con Eddie (Richard Pryor) helps George in his transition back into society. When George is mistaken for Beer Baron Abe Fielding, the fun (?) begins. Weak.
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 Bye Bye Birdie 1995  TV, 135 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Gene Saks
Cast: Marc Kudisch, Jason Alexander, Vanessa Williams, Chynna Phillips, George Wendt, Tyne Daly, Jason Gaffney, Karen Elizabeth Austin, Jay Brazeau, Gary Chalk
This remake of the 1963 film is closer to the Broadway play but just doesn't match up with Dick Van Dyke's version. Nonetheless, it is still entertaining.
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 Candyman 1992  R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Bernard Rose
Cast: Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons, Vanessa Williams, DeJuan Guy, Marianna Eliott, Ted Raimi, Ria Pavia, Mark Daniels, Stanley DeSantis, Kenneth A. Brown, Michael Culkin, Rusty Schwimmer, Eric Edwards
Graduate student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) is researching the legend of a Chicago ghostly killer called "Candyman" (Tony Todd). She goes to the housing project where a woman was killed, presumably by Candyman's evil spirit, and finds more than she bargained for. A well-produced and acted psychological thriller.
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Dance with Me 1998 PG, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Randa Haines
Cast: Vanessa Williams, Chayanne, Kris Kristofferson, Joan Plowright, Jane Krakowski, Beth Grant, William Marquez, J.E. Freeman, Rick Valenzuela, Scott Paetty
Ruby Sinclair (Vanessa Williams) and Rafael Infante (Chayanne) team up and represent Houston, Texas, to compete as a dance team in the World Open Dance Championship in Las Vegas.
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 Eraser 1996 R, 107 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Chuck Russell
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan, Vanessa Williams, Robert Pastorelli, James Coburn, Michael Papajohn, James Cromwell, Danny Nucci, Andy Romano, Nick Chinlund, Mark Rolston, Joe Viterelli, John Slattery, Robert Miranda, Roma Maffia
Working for the FBI's Witness Protection Program, United States Marshal John Kruger (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is assigned to protect Lee Cullin (Vanessa Williams) who has blown the whistle on her employer, a weapons manufacturer. It appears her company had been selling high-tech weapons to terrorists. Problems accelerate when government officials, who are in on the deal, plot to get Cullin before her identity can be erased.
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Futuresport 1998 R, 90 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Cast: Dean Cain, Vanessa Williams, Wesley Snipes, Valerie Chow, Adrian Hughes, Bill Smitrovich, JR Bourne, Tara Frederick, Matthew Walker, Francoise Yip
The year is 2025, and futuresport (a combination of basketball and roller derby) is the medium through which an international dispute is to be settled.
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Hannah Montana: The Movie 2009   G, 102 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Musical
Director: Peter Chelsom
Cast: Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Emily Osment, Jason Earles, Mitchel Musso, Moises Arias, Lucas Till, Vanessa Williams, Margo Martindale, Peter Gunn, Melora Hardin, Jared Carter, Barry Bostwick, Beau Billingslea, Katrina Smith
Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus) has a secret: she has a double life. Besides being high school student Miley, unbeknownst to her friends, she is also the superstar Hannah Montana. Her father Robby Ray (Billy Ray Cyrus) is concerned about Miley's lifestyle and wants her to get back to her roots. He sends her away from Los Angeles to Crowley's Corner, Tennessee, to spend some time with her grandmother Ruby (Margo Martindale). While not happy at first, Miley becomes friends with Lilly (Emily Osment) and then with cute ranch hand Travis Brody (Lucas Till). Now, she is enjoying life in the small town when the evil developer, Mr. Bradley (Barry Bostwick), threatens to take over Crowley's Corner, and Miley just might find a way to save the town. 2 User Reviews
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| | Anonymous 08/23/2009 | | she dies in it |
| | Movie was great! | lsmacc 06/12/2009 | | The songs were awesome and my whole family loves Miley. The movie was funny and touching. Well done! |
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Hoodlum 1997  R, 142 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bill Duke
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams, Andy Garcia, Cicely Tyson, Chi McBride, Clarence Williams III, Richard Bradford, William Atherton, Queen Latifah, Loretta Devine, Mike Starr, Beau Starr, Paul Benjamin, Joe Guzaldo
Set in Harlem during the 1930s, this story involves Black and White gangs fighting for control of the numbers racket in Harlem. Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson (Laurence Fishburne) works for the queen of the Harlem's numbers racket Stephanie St. Clair (Cicely Tyson)–despite the fact that social worker Francine Hughes (Vanessa Williams) urges him to get out of the numbers game. When a White gang intrudes on the Black gang's turf, Bumpy declares war on Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth) who is leading the effort to get in on the action. Violence ensues as the body count escalates.
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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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Johnson Family Vacation 2004 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Erskin
Cast: Cedric the Entertainer, Vanessa Williams, Lil' Bow Wow, Steve Harvey, Shannon Elizabeth, Solange Knowles, Gabby Soleil, Aloma Wright, Shari Headly, Jennifer Freeman, Philip Bolden, Lee Garlington
Everything that can go wrong does when members of the Johnson family climb into their Lincoln Navigator and leave L.A. on a cross-country trip to a family reunion in Missouri.
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The Kid Who Loved Christmas 1990 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Michael Warren, Sammy Davis Jr., Gilbert Lewis, Ken Page, Della Reese, Esther Rolle, Ben Vereen, Vanessa Williams, Trent Cameron
This touching Christmas story is about a young orphan (Trent Cameron) who is determined to join his musician father for the holidays. This film, co-produced by Eddie Murphy, was Davis' last appearance.
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Light It Up 1999 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Craig Bolotin
Cast: Usher Raymond, Forest Whitaker, Rosario Dawson, Robert Ri'chard, Judd Nelson, Fredro Starr, Sara Gilbert, Vanessa Williams, Glynn Turman, Vic Polizos
When Mr. Knowles (Judd Nelson), a favorite teacher at Lincoln High, is unfairly suspended, the suspension sets off a reaction from students that quickly explodes in violence when one student, Ziggy (Robert Richard), grabs Officer Jackson's (Forest Whitaker) police weapon. The gun goes off. Within minutes the school is vacated–with the exception of six students, led by Ziggy, who are now holding Jackson hostage.
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Mother 1996 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Albert Brooks
Cast: Albert Brooks, Debbie Reynolds, Rob Morrow, Lisa Kudrow, Isabel Glasser, Peter White, John C. McGinley, Laura Weekes, Paul Collins, Vanessa Williams
Neurotic sci-fi writer John Henderson moves back to his family home in hopes of getting to know his mother, Beatrice (Debbie Reynolds) better. As one would suspect–he REALLY gets on her nerves, but they end up respecting each other.
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 New Jack City 1991  R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock, Mario Van Peebles, Michael Michele, Bill Nunn, Russell Wong, Bill Cobbs, Judd Nelson, Vanessa Williams, Anthony DeSando, Christopher Williams, Tracy Camilla Johns, Nick Ashford
The leader of NYC drug gang "Cash Money Brothers," Nino Brown (Wesley Snipes), fights to retain power in his million-dollars-a-week crack cocaine business. But, streetwise cops Scotty (Ice-T) and Nick (Judd Nelson) are hot on his trail and send former crack addict Pookie (Chris Rock) into Nino's drug factory to spy on him. The plan fails, and a bloody showdown ensues. 1 User Review
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| | tempt93 06/06/2009 | | This movie is a classic. It is also an accurate depiction of the horror that crack cocaine represents. |
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The Odyssey 1996  PG-13, 165 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Cast: Armand Assante, Greta Scacchi, Geraldine Chaplin, Jeroen Krabbe, Christopher Lee, Irene Papas, Bernadette Peters, Eric Roberts, Isabella Rossellini, Vanessa Williams
This is a weak rendition of Homer's classic tale about the brave and clever Odysseus (Armand Assante) and his adventures on the long trek home to his beloved and faithful Penelope (Greta Scacchi).
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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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The Pick-Up Artist 1987 PG-13, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: James Toback
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Molly Ringwald, Dennis Hopper, Danny Aiello, Mildred Dunnock, Harvey Keitel, Vanessa Williams, Robert Towne, Lorraine Bracco, Bob Gunton
Robert Downey Jr. plays the role of a man who has no trouble finding women, and the more the merrier. That was his way of life until he meets Randy Jensen (Molly Ringwald) who has other plans for him. But, Randy just happens to be the daughter of a mobster (Dennis Hopper).
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Punks 2000 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Patrik-Ian Polk
Cast: Seth Gilliam, Dwight Ewell, Rockmond Dunbar, Jazzmun, Renoly Santiago, Loretta Devine, Vanessa Williams, Devon Odessa, Rudolf Martin, Julio Doce Vita
Punks (gay men of color) party and experiment with sex in West Hollywood in this well-acted and well-directed comedy.
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 Shaft 2000 R, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Singleton
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Dan Hedaya, Busta Rhymes, Toni Collette, Richard Roundtree, Josef Sommer, Philip Bosco, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lynne Thigpen, Pat Hingle, Lee Tergesen, Daniel von Gargen
Shaft is back–this time Samuel L. Jackson takes on the title role, and all the action of the original 1971 film returns. Throughout his investigations, Shaft receives advice from his Uncle John Shaft (Richard Roundtree who starred as the original "Shaft"). Shaft arrests Walter Wade, Jr. (Christian Bale) for killing a young Black student, but Walter flees the country to avoid prosecution. Two years later, Wade secretly returns, and Shaft arrests him. With help from his wealthy father, Walter Wade, Sr. (Philip Bosco), Walter posts bail and has a mission: get drug king Peoples Hernandez (Jeffrey Wright) to kill Shaft and find Diane Palmieri (Toni Collette) who was the only witness to the murder. Meanwhile, with Hernandez closing in, an angry Shaft, with help from police colleague Carmen (Vanessa Williams), tracks down Diane only to learn that there is more to Diane than meets the eye.
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 Soul Food 1997 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Tillman Jr.
Cast: Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, Michael Beach, Mekhi Phifer, Brandon Hammond, Jeffrey D. Sams, Irma P. Hall, Carl Wright, John M. Watson Sr.
The story of members of an African American family living in Chicago is seen through the eyes of young Ahmad (Brandon Hammond) who has the innate ability to perceive beyond what people intend for others to see.
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| 1. The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
2. Another You (1991)
3. Bye Bye Birdie (1995)
4. Candyman (1992)
5. Dance with Me (1998)
6. Eraser (1996)
7. Futuresport (1998)
8. Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)
9. Hoodlum (1997)
10. Imagine That (2009)
11. Johnson Family Vacation (2004)
12. The Kid Who Loved Christmas (1990)
13. Light It Up (1999)
14. Mother (1996)
15. New Jack City (1991)
16. The Odyssey (1996)
17. Our America (2002)
18. The Pick-Up Artist (1987)
19. Punks (2000)
20. Shaft (2000)
21. Soul Food (1997)
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