Honeydripper 2007  PG-13, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Danny Glover, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Yaya DaCosta, Charles S. Dutton, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Gary Clark Jr., Mabel John, Stacy Keach, Nagee Clay, Absalom Adams, Arthur Lee Williams, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Davenia McFadden, Daryl Edwards, Sean Patrick Thomas
This story takes place in Harmony, Alabama, during 1950 and revolves around the efforts of Tyrone "Pine Top" Purvis (Danny Glover) to avoid bankruptcy. Pine Top's bar and blues club, the Honeydipper Lounge, is failing, and he hires popular "Guitar Sam" to perform a one-night-only show as a way to draw in customers who, in turn, will bring in enough money to save the club. But, "Guitar Sam" fails to appear, and now Pine Top has to find someone to impersonate "Guitar Sam" in order to save the club. The answer to his dilemma is itinerant guitarist Sonny Blake (Gary Clark Jr.) who will impersonate "Guitar Sam." But, will the ruse work, and will Pine Top be able to save his club?
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The Messenger 2009  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Oren Moverman
Cast: Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone, Eamonn Walker, Steve Buscemi, Yaya DaCosta, Lisa Joyce, Peter Francis James, Portia, Paul Diomede, Jahmir Duran-Abreau, Gaius Charles, Brendan Saxton III, Brian Adam DeJesus
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Will Montgomery (Ben Foster) returns home from the war in Iraq and begins work with the Casualty Notification Office. Capt. Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson) serves as his mentor, and the two men form a bond. Will's job is to notify military families that their loved ones will never be coming home. This requires emotional detachment, but when Will delivers news to Olivia Pitterson (Samantha Morton) that her husband has died, he is drawn to her and is faced with the ethical dilemma of becoming involved with a vulnerable woman.
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 Take the Lead 2006 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Liz Friedlander
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Rob Brown, Yaya DaCosta, Alfre Woodard, Dante Basco, John Ortiz, Laura Benanti, Lauren Collins, Marcus T. Paulk, Jo Chin, Katya Virshilas, Jonathan Malen
After widower and former professional dancer Pierre Dulaine (Antonio Banderas) witnesses a teenager, Rock (Rob Brown), vandalizing the car owned by high-school principal Augustine James (Alfre Woodard), he talks to James and offers to teach dance lessons after school to bring some culture to disadvantaged students. James agrees to the plan, and a whole new style of dance is created by these New York public school students.
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| 1. Honeydripper (2007)
2. The Messenger (2009)
3. Take the Lead (2006)
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