Carmen: A Hip Hopera 2001  PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Townsend
Cast: Beyonce Knowles, Mekhi Phifer, Mos Def, Rah Digga, Joy Bryant, Jermaine Dupri, Wyclef Jean, Da Brat, Lil' Bow Wow, Casey Lee, Troy Winbush, Sam Sarpong
The Prosper Merimee novel is filmed again, this time updated to modern-day L.A. Policeman Derrick Hill is ordered by his corrupt boss to arrest aspiring actress Carmen (Beyonce Knowles) for involvement in a bar incident. He falls in love with her, and she leads him down the road to ruin.
|  | |
Dirty 2006 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Chris Fisher
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Clifton Collins Jr., Cole Hauser, Wyclef Jean, Keith David, Wood Harris, Robert LaSardo, Lobo Sebastian, Taboo, Khleo Thomas, Aimee Garcia, Nicholas Gonzalez, Judy Reyes, Chris Mulkey, Soledad St. Hilaire
This movie follows a nightmarish 24 hours in the lives of Officers Salim Adel (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and Armando Sancho (Clifton Collins Jr.) who work out of LAPD's gang violence unit. The two cops make a deal with drug dealers that sets off a string of events spiraling out of control as they struggle with decisions between bad and worse.
| | |
One Last Thing... 2006  R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Alex Steyermark
Cast: Michael Angarano, Cynthia Nixon, Sunny Mabrey, Matt Bush, Gideon Glick, Gina Gershon, Wyclef Jean, Gia Carides, Johnny Messner, Dana Eskelson, Coati Mundi, Brian Stokes Mitchell
Sixteen-year-old Dylan (Michael Angarano) is dying, and when "United Wish Givers" grants him a wish, he reveals during a televised news conference that he wishes to spend a weekend with supermodel Nikki Sinclair (Sunny Mabrey). A photo-op is scheduled, and during the shoot Nikki tells Dylan to call if he ever comes to New York. It doesn't take long before Dylan and friends Ricky (Matt Bush) and Slap (Gideon Glick) set off on a series of misadventures during a trip to the Big Apple where Dylan hopes to cross paths with Nikki.
| | |
| 1. Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001)
2. Dirty (2006)
3. One Last Thing... (2006)
In The News
|
