Body Parts 1991  R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Eric Red
Cast: Jeff Fahey, Kim Delaney, Lindsay Duncan, Peter Murnik, Brad Dourif, Zakes Mokae, Paul Ben-Victor, Nathaniel Moreau, Sarah Campbell, Lindsay Merrithew, James Kidnie
Psychiatrist Bill Crushank (Jeff Fahey) loses an arm in an auto accident and receives a new arm transplanted from an executed psychopathic killer. Bill soon starts having nightmares, and the arm seems to have a will of its own. He seeks out two other recipients of the killer's limbs and finds that both have some of the same symptoms. After the other two are brutally murdered and their transplanted limbs taken, Bill is confronted by the killer–none other than the remnants of the executed man.
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Cry Freedom 1987  PG, 157 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Kevin Kline, Penelope Wilton, Denzel Washington, John Thaw, Sophie Mgcina, Joseph Marcell, Zakes Mokae, John Hargreaves, Alec McCowen, Ian Richardson
Steve Biko (Denzel Washington), a South Afrrican activist, fights to stop the inhumane treatment of blacks. After he dies while in police custody, his white newspaper-editor friend (Kevin Kline) attempts to escape the country to write Biko's story. Generally a well-told tale. Washington received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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Gross Anatomy 1989  PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Thom Eberhardt
Cast: Matthew Modine, Daphne Zuniga, Christine Lahti, Todd Field, John Scott Clough, Alice Carter, Robert Desiderio, Zakes Mokae, J.C. Quinn, Clyde Kusatsu
Joe (Matthew Modine) doesn't take medical school seriously, joking his way through his first year. His teacher (Chrisine Lahti) and his lab partner (Daphne Zuniga) try to change his attitude, realizing that he has untapped potential.
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Outbreak 1995  R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Cuba Gooding Jr., Donald Sutherland, Kevin Spacey, Patrick Dempsey, J.T. Walsh, Zakes Mokae, Dale Dye, Malick Bowens, Susan Lee Hoffman, Benito Martinez, Bruce Jarchow, Kara Keough
When an African monkey carries a lethal bug, Motaba, into the United States, researchers Col. Sam Daniels and Robby Keough (Dustin Hoffman and Rene Russo) race to find a cure for the deadly disease before the world is annihilated.
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A Rage in Harlem 1991  R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bill Duke
Cast: Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines, Robin Givens, Zakes Mokae, Danny Glover, Badja Djola, John Toles-Bey, Ron Taylor, Samm-Art Williams, Stack Pierce, Tyler Collins, Willard E. Pugh
Place: Nachez, MS. Time: 1956. Slim (Badja Djola) and his gang steal a trunk of gold. But, when the police arrive on the scene, Imabelle (Robin Givens) takes off with the loot while the gang shoots it out. She heads to Harlem with the intention of making some money from her contacts in the area. Her adventures start when she meets an undertaker's assistant (Forest Whitaker) who provides the perfect cover. Before long, the many people who want the gold, including Slim, converge on Harlem and Imabelle.
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The River Niger 1976 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Krishna Shah
Cast: Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Louis Gossett Jr., Glynn Turman, Roger E. Mosley, Jonelle Allen, Hilda Haynes, Tony Burton, Ralph Wilcox, Teddy Wilson, Shirley Jo Finney, Zakes Mokae, Ed Crick, Charles Weldon
Based on Joseph Walker's Broadway play, this is the story of an African-American family's–Mattie (Cicely Tyson) and her middle-aged house painter husband Johnny (James Earl Jones)–struggling adjustments and conflicting aims in dealing with the world around them. Mattie has learned that she has incurable cancer, and son Jeff (Glynn Turman) returns home with news that he was kicked out of the Air Force Officer's School. Unable to deal with the problems, Johnny goes on a drinking spree and becomes an alcoholic. Will this family be able to adjust and find their place in the world?
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The Serpent and the Rainbow 1988 R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Paul Winfield, Brent Jennings, Conrad Roberts, Badja Djola, Theresa Merritt, Michael Gough, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Dey Young, Aleta Mitchell, Jaime Pina Gautier, William Newman, Evencio Mosquera Slaco
It appears that zombies really do exist, and scientist Dennis Alan (Bill Pullman) is sent to Haiti by a drug company to find the drug that may used in creating zombies. Teaming up with a local "good" voodoo priest (Paul Winfield) and his daughter (Cathy Tyson), Alan finds that, as he gets closer to the answers, the resistance from the "bad" voodoo priest becomes greater, and he is in jeopardy of becoming a zombie himself. Based on a book by Wade Davis who actually looked for the drug. Good special effects.
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Waterworld 1995 PG-13, 136 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Cast: Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tina Majorino, Michael Jeter, Gerard Murphy, R.D. Call, Zakes Mokae, Robert Joy, Leonardo Cimino, Chaim Girafi, Rick Aviles, Zitto Kazann, Luke Ka'ili Jr., Jack Kehler
Mariner (Kevin Costner) sails his trimaran over a land that has been drowned by the melting of polar ice. While Mariner searches for Paradise (a never-seen place called Dryland), arch-villain Deacon (Dennis Hopper) heads up the Smokers who live on an old oil tanker and attack from jet skis and motorized surfboards. Special effects are great. 1 User Review
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| 1. Body Parts (1991)
2. Cry Freedom (1987)
3. Dad (1989)
4. A Dry White Season (1989)
5. Gross Anatomy (1989)
6. Outbreak (1995)
7. Percy and Thunder (1993)
8. A Rage in Harlem (1991)
9. The River Niger (1976)
10. The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
11. Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
12. Waterworld (1995)
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