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Passion Fish (1992)
Genre: Drama
Starring: Alfre Woodard, David Strathairn, Mary McDonnell, Nora Dunn, Sheila Kelley
Director: John Sayles
Release Date: December 11, 1992
:::Synopsis
A rare film that is both ferociously funny and poignantly real, PASSION FISH stars Mary McDonnell and Alfre Woodard as two women brought together by fate and united by an unlikely friendship. McDonnell earned a 1992 Oscar® nomination for her brilliant portrayal of a wisecracking soap opera star who returns home to rural Louisiana after an auto accident leaves her paralyzed. Her cruel but hilarious humor and hard-drinking drive away a succession of nurses until she meets her match in Chantelle (Woodard). Together, they explore the Louisiana bayou, as well as the murkier waters of men, romance and family. An exhilarating film that carries the viewer on waves of laughter and discovery, PASSION FISH is the work of art you have to see.
Movie Review
How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
Genre: Drama
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Samantha Mathis, Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Alfre Woodard
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Release Date: October 6, 1995
:::Synopsis
Director Jocelyn Moorhouse's film adaptation of the novel by Whitney Otto stars Winona Ryder as Finn Dodd, a Berkeley graduate student on summer hiatus at her grandmother's home to work on her thesis and ponder a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Sam (Dermot Mulroney). Finn's grandma, Hy (Ellen Burstyn), lives with her great aunt, Glady Jo (Anne Bancroft), at their idyllic Northern California home. The two fiery women meet with seven older female relatives and close friends for a regular quilting bee, led by Anna (Maya Angelou). Over the course of the summer, Finn contemplates her future while gaining insight into love and relationships from the different members of the quilting bee. Their experiences are brought to life as each woman shares a unique tale with the confused young woman. The interwoven memories of each sage member of the quilting bee--including Constance (Kate Nelligan); Anna's daughter, Mariana (Alfre Woodard); and Finn's free-spirited mother, Sally (Kate Capshaw)--become lessons in love, pain, and emotional growth for Finn as the women work to make her wedding quilt. Each memory becomes a vivid flashback subtly weaving the past and present together to create a colorful collection of stories, featuring young stars including Claire Danes and Samantha Mathis as the individual women in their youth. A tribute to women's friendship and camaraderie, HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT shines with a cast of all-star actresses.
Movie Review
Follow Me Home (1996)
Genre: Drama
Starring: Alfre Woodard, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Calvin Levels
Director: Peter Bratt
:::Synopsis
Three muralists (one Chicano, one Black, one American Indian) and the socially-maladjusted cousin of the Chicano muralist set off on a road trip with the intent of painting their images on the White House. Along the way they meet a mysterious Black woman. Together, these four men and one woman encounter racism, sexism, internal conflicts, and finally redemption as they discover their common humanity and their internal ability to conquer the societal ills that effect them all.
Movie Review
Primal Fear (1996)
Genre: Drama
Starring: Andre Braugher, Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton, Alfre Woodard
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Release Date: April 3, 1996
:::Synopsis
Powerful, media-hungry Chicago defense attorney Martin Vail (Richard Gere) gets in over his head when he takes the case of an altar boy (Edward Norton making his film debut) accused of murdering an archbishop. His opponent for the prosecution is his former protege and lover Janet Venable (Laura Linney), who's out to make this her watershed case. A suspenseful courtroom with a truly unexpected ending, this drama is based on the novel by William Diehl.
Movie Review
Down in the Delta (1998)
Genre: Drama
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman Jr, Esther Rolle, Mary Alice
Director: Maya Angelou
Release Date: December 25, 1998
:::Synopsis
A city girl gets shipped off to stay with her family in the Mississippi Delta by her mother in order to convalesce from her drug addiction. While there, she works alongside her grandfather at the family restaurant and learns about the trials and adventures of previous generations of her family dating back to their time in slavery before the Civil War. A touching family drama and the directorial debut of poet Angelou.
Movie Review & Trailer
Mumford (1999)
Genre: Comedy and Drama
Starring: Jason Lee, Zooey Deschanel, Alfre Woodard, Hope Davis, Loren Dean
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Release Date: September 24, 1999
:::Synopsis
Mumford (Dean) relocates to a small town named, ironically enough, Mumford. He sets up shop as a psychologist and begins meeting the various lonely, troubled souls in the community. Pretty soon he's the most popular psychologist in town, for no concrete reason, other than his approach is not like that of other psychologists. He takes the time to listen to his patients, and speaks to them sincerely, enabling them to discover for themselves what their problems are. A surprisingly gentle mood piece from Kasdan that rewards viewers who don't need a big payoff or melodramatic climax to make their moviegoing experience feel complete.
Movie Review
Dinosaur (2000)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Hayden Panettiere, Julianna Margulies, Alfre Woodard, Joan Plowright, Ossie Davis
Director: Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag
Release Date: May 19, 2000
:::Synopsis
This technically innovative adventure tale from Disney combines state-of-the-art animation with live action backgrounds to create a feature film the like nothing seen before. The story concerns a young dinosaur, who must flee to safety with his adoptive lemur family after an asteroid impact destroys their home. Along the way he meets with another group of dinosaurs also making the trek to safety. A spectacular achievement, DINOSAUR is a film that will be remembered for furthering animation technology, in addition to being a work of unforgettable entertainment.
Movie Review & Trailer
Love and Basketball (2000)
Genre: Drama and Romance
Starring: Regina Hall, Sanaa Lathan, Alfre Woodard, Dennis Haysbert, Omar Epps
Director: Gina Prince-Blythewood, Gina Prince-Bythewood
Release Date: April 21, 2000
:::Synopsis
LOVE AND BASKETBALL is the powerful story of two next-door neighbors in Los Angeles who grow up loving basketball and, eventually, each other. Monica (Sanaa Lathan) and Quincy (Omar Epps) have wanted to be basketball stars since they were kids. Monica has had to work hard to establish herself as a presence, while Quincy was born with natural star potential. As the two struggle to reach their goals of playing professionally, they must also deal with their feelings for each other.
Movie Review & Trailer
What's Cooking? (2000)
Genre: Art/Foreign, Drama
Starring: Joan Chen, Julianna Margulies, Kyra Sedgwick, Alfre Woodard, Mercedes Ruehl
Director: Gurinder Chadha.
Release Date: October 27, 2000 LA/NY; January 20, 2000 Sundance '00
:::Synopsis
In WHAT'S COOKING, British director Gurinda Chadha takes a step back from her own Indian heritage to explore the cultural, familial, and social traditions of four very different families, each celebrating Thanksgiving in Los Angeles. The families--one African American, one Latino, one Jewish, and one Vietnamese--differ in the ways that they interact, the ways that they celebrate, and of course, in what's cooking on the stove.
Movie Review
K-Pax (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, and Science Fiction
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Alfre Woodard, Aaron Paul, Mary McCormack
Director: Iain Softley
Release Date: October 26, 2001 (nationwide)
:::Synopsis
K-PAX tells the story of Prot (Kevin Spacey), a mysterious patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a distant planet called K-PAX. While his psychiatrist, Dr. Mark Powell (Jeff Bridges),is baffled by this cheerfully confident man, Prot’s descriptions of life on a planet 1000 light years away awaken a sense of possibility among the other patients. When Prot says he’s going back before the summer ends, all the patients on the ward vie to go with him. As the days before Prot’s announced departure from earth race by, Dr. Powell struggles with questions of science versus faith and wonders about his own ability to distinguish reality from delusion.
Movie Review & Trailer
Radio (2003)
Genre: Drama
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr, Debra Winger, Ed Harris, Alfre Woodard, Sarah Drew
Director: Michael Tollin
Release Date: October 24, 2003
:::Synopsis
For anyone who ever had a dream and everyone with the courage to stand up for what they believe, comes the real life story of Robert 'Radio' Kennedy. Experience Radio's journey from a man no one understands to the coach no one could live without. Together with Head Coach Harold Jones, Radio inspired a football team to become champions and a town to open their hearts. Heroic performances from Academy Award Winner Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Academy Award Nominee Ed Harris will have you laughing, crying and cheering for the man who proved, the world's greatest victories happen in real life.
Movie Review & Trailer
The Forgotten (2004)
Genre: Action and Thriller
Starring: Gary Sinise, Julianne Moore, Alfre Woodard, Anthony Edwards, Ken Abraham
Director: Joseph Ruben
Release Date: September 24, 2004
:::Synopsis
Nine-year-old Sam Paretta is dead, killed in a plane crash. Even though it's been fourteen months since the accident, his mother Telly (Julianne Moore, 'Far From Heaven'), still grieves over the loss. But suddenly, her husband (Anthony Edwards, 'ER') swears they never had a child and her psychiatrist (Gary Sinise, 'C.S.I.: NY') insists she's delusional. But worst of all, there is absolutely no evidence to prove Sam ever existed. Haunted by the memories of her son, Telly's search for the truth propels her into a dark mind-shattering conspiracy of unearthly terror.
Movie Review & Trailer
16 Blocks (2006)
Genre: Action and Thriller
Starring: Bruce Willis, David Morse, Mos Def, Alfre Woodard, Cylk Cozart
Director: Richard Donner
Release Date: March 3, 2006
:::Synopsis
All he wanted to do was go home and get a drink. But at 8:02 a.m., hungover NYPD detective Jack Mosley (BRUCE WILLIS) is assigned a seemingly simple task. Petty criminal Eddie Bunker (MOS DEF) set to testify before a grand jury at 10:00 a.m. and needs to be taken from lock-up to the courthouse, 16 blocks away, It should take Jack 15 minutes to drop him off at the courthouse and get home. Broken down, out of shape, with a bad leg and a serious drinking problem, Jack's role on the force is simple - clock in, clock out and stay out of trouble in between. He's in no mood to deal with a punk who's been in and out of jail for more than half his life. But beneath the punk in Eddie lies a man committed to turning his life around and constantly searching for 'signs' that will lead him to a brighter future. Jack knows better, though - people don't change. In Eddie he sees only pathetic rat who was offered a sweet deal... a rat he will be rid of soon enough. When Jack shoves Eddie into the back of his car and pulls out into the morning New York city rush hour, he doesn't notice the black van looming behind them. His head throbbing and Eddie's flair for conversation only making it worse, Jack stops off at the local liquor store to pick up some breakfast. As Eddie waits inside the locked car, fuming at getting stuck with Jack as his escort, he's suddenly faced with a much bigger problem - a loaded gun pointed at his head. Jack emerges just in time to prevent Eddie's execution, killing one assassin and narrowly escaping a second. When Jack calls for backup, homicide detective Frank Nugent (DAVID MORSE) and his team are first to arrive at the scene. Eddie suddenly goes pale - one of the detectives on Nugent's team is the man he is supposed to testify against. In an instant, Jack's quickie trip downtown turns into the nightmare of a lifetime: the criminals that want Eddie dead are actually cops. There's a history between Jack and Nugent - a dark history that Jack has been desperately trying to forget. And as Nugent is quick to point out to his old friend, Eddie's testimony threatens to bring them all down. Nugent offers to stage a mock hostage situation in which Eddie is killed and Jack does what he does best - walk away. But this time, Jack has been pushed too far and seizes his last opportunity to do the right thing. A split second before Nugent's team can execute Eddie, Jack sets in motion a chain of events that will irrevocably impact all of their lives. Battling against time and the corrupt cops gaining on their every movie, Jack and Eddie fight their way to the courthouse block by gut-wrenching block. These are Jack's streets, too - and he won't go quietly. In Eddie, he finds purpose, hope and the strength to do something he should have done six years ago. And Eddie begins to see that all of the 'signs' he's been following were meant to lead him to Jack. It's the story of how two men change - and change each other - during a tense 16 block struggle between life and death.
Movie Review & Trailer
Something New (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama and Romance
Starring: Sanaa Lathan, Taraji Henson, Alfre Woodard, Blair Underwood, Mike Epps
Director: Sanaa Hamri
Release Date: January 29, 2006
:::Synopsis
A romantic comedy about finding love when and where it's least expected. Kenya (Sanaa Lathan) is a beautiful career woman who has achieved great professional success but still yearns for a fulfilling personal life. Looking for that 'perfect man,' she even has a checklist at the ready. When she's set up on a blind date with Brian (Simon Baker), a sexy and free-spirited landscaper who's not exactly what she'd pictured for herself, Kenya is not amuzed…but she does need help fixing up the yard of her new house. An emotional and often hilarious movie about following your heart – no matter where it takes you.
Movie Review & Trailer
Take the Lead (2006)
Genre: Drama and Musical
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Jenna Dewan, Ray Liotta, Alfre Woodard, Dante Basco, Rob Brown
Director: Liz Friedlander
Release Date: April 7, 2006
:::Synopsis
Inspired by a true story, Antonio Banderas stars as internationally acclaimed ballroom dancer Pierre Dulane in the family drama Take The Lead. The film revolves around a professional dancer who volunteers to teach in the New York City public school system. But when his classic methods clash with his students’ hip hop instincts, he teams up with them to create a new style of dance and becomes their mentor in the process.
Movie Review & Trailer
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Starring: Jennifer Hudson, Kathy Bates, Sanaa Lathan, Tyler Perry, Alfre Woodard
Director: Tyler Perry
Release Date: September 12, 2008
:::Synopsis
Academy Award®-winner Kathy Bates (Best Actress, Misery, 1990) and Academy Award®-nominee Alfre Woodard (Best Supporting Actress, Cross Creek, 1983) star as the matriarchs of two very different families being torn apart by greed and scandal in the contemporary drama TYLER PERRY'S THE FAMILY THAT PREYS. The sixth feature film by writer, producer, actor Perry chronicles the inner workings of two families-one upper-crust and the other working class-that become inextricably linked by scandal.
Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright (Kathy Bates) and her dear friend Alice Pratt (Alfre Woodard), a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throughout many years. Suddenly, their lives become mired in turmoil as their adult children's extramarital affairs, unethical business practices and a dark paternity secret threaten to derail family fortunes and unravel the lives of all involved. Alice's self-centered newlywed daughter Andrea (Sanaa Lathan) is betraying her trusting husband Chris (Rockmond Dunbar) by engaging in a torrid affair with her boss and mother's best friend's son William (Cole Hauser). While cheating on his wife Jillian (KaDee Strickland) with a string of ongoing dalliances with his mistress Andrea, William's true focus is to replace the COO of his mother's lucrative construction corporation. Meanwhile, Alice's other daughter Pam (Taraji P. Henson), a kind but no nonsense woman married to a hard working construction worker (Tyler Perry), tries to steer the family in a more positive direction.
While paternity secrets, marital infidelity, greed and unsavory business dealings threaten to derail both families, Charlotte and Alice decide to take a breather from it all by making a cross-country road trip in which they rediscover themselves and possibly find a way to save their families from ruin in TYLER PERRY'S THE FAMILY THAT PREYS.
Movie Review & Trailer
American Violet (2009)
Genre: Drama
Starring: Alfre Woodard, Will Patton, Michael O'Keefe, Nicole Beharie, Tim Blake Nelson
Director: Tim Disney
Release Date: April 17, 2009 (limited)
:::Synopsis
Based on real events and set in a small Texas town in the midst of the 2000 Bush/Gore Presidential election, 'American Violet' tells the astonishing story of Dee Roberts (critically hailed newcomer Nicole Beharie), a 24 year old African-American single mother of four who is wrongfully swept up in a drug raid.
Despite the urgings of her mother (Academy Award� nominee Alfre Woodard), and with her freedom and the custody of her children at stake, she chooses to fight the powerful district attorney (Academy Award� nominee Michael O'Keefe) and the unyielding criminal justice system he represents. Joined in an unlikely alliance with an ACLU attorney (Tim Blake Nelson) and former local narcotics officer (Will Patton), Dee risks everything in a battle that forever changes her life, and the Texas justice system.
Alfre Woodard Movie
Passion Fish (1992)
Genre: Drama
Starring: Alfre Woodard, David Strathairn, Mary McDonnell, Nora Dunn, Sheila Kelley
Director: John Sayles
Release Date: December 11, 1992
:::Synopsis
A rare film that is both ferociously funny and poignantly real, PASSION FISH stars Mary McDonnell and Alfre Woodard as two women brought together by fate and united by an unlikely friendship. McDonnell earned a 1992 Oscar® nomination for her brilliant portrayal of a wisecracking soap opera star who returns home to rural Louisiana after an auto accident leaves her paralyzed. Her cruel but hilarious humor and hard-drinking drive away a succession of nurses until she meets her match in Chantelle (Woodard). Together, they explore the Louisiana bayou, as well as the murkier waters of men, romance and family. An exhilarating film that carries the viewer on waves of laughter and discovery, PASSION FISH is the work of art you have to see.
Movie Review
How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
Genre: Drama
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Samantha Mathis, Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Alfre Woodard
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Release Date: October 6, 1995
:::Synopsis
Director Jocelyn Moorhouse's film adaptation of the novel by Whitney Otto stars Winona Ryder as Finn Dodd, a Berkeley graduate student on summer hiatus at her grandmother's home to work on her thesis and ponder a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Sam (Dermot Mulroney). Finn's grandma, Hy (Ellen Burstyn), lives with her great aunt, Glady Jo (Anne Bancroft), at their idyllic Northern California home. The two fiery women meet with seven older female relatives and close friends for a regular quilting bee, led by Anna (Maya Angelou). Over the course of the summer, Finn contemplates her future while gaining insight into love and relationships from the different members of the quilting bee. Their experiences are brought to life as each woman shares a unique tale with the confused young woman. The interwoven memories of each sage member of the quilting bee--including Constance (Kate Nelligan); Anna's daughter, Mariana (Alfre Woodard); and Finn's free-spirited mother, Sally (Kate Capshaw)--become lessons in love, pain, and emotional growth for Finn as the women work to make her wedding quilt. Each memory becomes a vivid flashback subtly weaving the past and present together to create a colorful collection of stories, featuring young stars including Claire Danes and Samantha Mathis as the individual women in their youth. A tribute to women's friendship and camaraderie, HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT shines with a cast of all-star actresses.
Movie Review
Follow Me Home (1996)
Genre: Drama
Starring: Alfre Woodard, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Calvin Levels
Director: Peter Bratt
:::Synopsis
Three muralists (one Chicano, one Black, one American Indian) and the socially-maladjusted cousin of the Chicano muralist set off on a road trip with the intent of painting their images on the White House. Along the way they meet a mysterious Black woman. Together, these four men and one woman encounter racism, sexism, internal conflicts, and finally redemption as they discover their common humanity and their internal ability to conquer the societal ills that effect them all.
Movie Review
Primal Fear (1996)
Genre: Drama
Starring: Andre Braugher, Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton, Alfre Woodard
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Release Date: April 3, 1996
:::Synopsis
Powerful, media-hungry Chicago defense attorney Martin Vail (Richard Gere) gets in over his head when he takes the case of an altar boy (Edward Norton making his film debut) accused of murdering an archbishop. His opponent for the prosecution is his former protege and lover Janet Venable (Laura Linney), who's out to make this her watershed case. A suspenseful courtroom with a truly unexpected ending, this drama is based on the novel by William Diehl.
Movie Review
Down in the Delta (1998)
Genre: Drama
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman Jr, Esther Rolle, Mary Alice
Director: Maya Angelou
Release Date: December 25, 1998
:::Synopsis
A city girl gets shipped off to stay with her family in the Mississippi Delta by her mother in order to convalesce from her drug addiction. While there, she works alongside her grandfather at the family restaurant and learns about the trials and adventures of previous generations of her family dating back to their time in slavery before the Civil War. A touching family drama and the directorial debut of poet Angelou.
Movie Review & Trailer
Mumford (1999)
Genre: Comedy and Drama
Starring: Jason Lee, Zooey Deschanel, Alfre Woodard, Hope Davis, Loren Dean
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Release Date: September 24, 1999
:::Synopsis
Mumford (Dean) relocates to a small town named, ironically enough, Mumford. He sets up shop as a psychologist and begins meeting the various lonely, troubled souls in the community. Pretty soon he's the most popular psychologist in town, for no concrete reason, other than his approach is not like that of other psychologists. He takes the time to listen to his patients, and speaks to them sincerely, enabling them to discover for themselves what their problems are. A surprisingly gentle mood piece from Kasdan that rewards viewers who don't need a big payoff or melodramatic climax to make their moviegoing experience feel complete.
Movie Review
Dinosaur (2000)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Hayden Panettiere, Julianna Margulies, Alfre Woodard, Joan Plowright, Ossie Davis
Director: Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag
Release Date: May 19, 2000
:::Synopsis
This technically innovative adventure tale from Disney combines state-of-the-art animation with live action backgrounds to create a feature film the like nothing seen before. The story concerns a young dinosaur, who must flee to safety with his adoptive lemur family after an asteroid impact destroys their home. Along the way he meets with another group of dinosaurs also making the trek to safety. A spectacular achievement, DINOSAUR is a film that will be remembered for furthering animation technology, in addition to being a work of unforgettable entertainment.
Movie Review & Trailer
Love and Basketball (2000)
Genre: Drama and Romance
Starring: Regina Hall, Sanaa Lathan, Alfre Woodard, Dennis Haysbert, Omar Epps
Director: Gina Prince-Blythewood, Gina Prince-Bythewood
Release Date: April 21, 2000
:::Synopsis
LOVE AND BASKETBALL is the powerful story of two next-door neighbors in Los Angeles who grow up loving basketball and, eventually, each other. Monica (Sanaa Lathan) and Quincy (Omar Epps) have wanted to be basketball stars since they were kids. Monica has had to work hard to establish herself as a presence, while Quincy was born with natural star potential. As the two struggle to reach their goals of playing professionally, they must also deal with their feelings for each other.
Movie Review & Trailer
What's Cooking? (2000)
Genre: Art/Foreign, Drama
Starring: Joan Chen, Julianna Margulies, Kyra Sedgwick, Alfre Woodard, Mercedes Ruehl
Director: Gurinder Chadha.
Release Date: October 27, 2000 LA/NY; January 20, 2000 Sundance '00
:::Synopsis
In WHAT'S COOKING, British director Gurinda Chadha takes a step back from her own Indian heritage to explore the cultural, familial, and social traditions of four very different families, each celebrating Thanksgiving in Los Angeles. The families--one African American, one Latino, one Jewish, and one Vietnamese--differ in the ways that they interact, the ways that they celebrate, and of course, in what's cooking on the stove.
Movie Review
K-Pax (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, and Science Fiction
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Alfre Woodard, Aaron Paul, Mary McCormack
Director: Iain Softley
Release Date: October 26, 2001 (nationwide)
:::Synopsis
K-PAX tells the story of Prot (Kevin Spacey), a mysterious patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a distant planet called K-PAX. While his psychiatrist, Dr. Mark Powell (Jeff Bridges),is baffled by this cheerfully confident man, Prot’s descriptions of life on a planet 1000 light years away awaken a sense of possibility among the other patients. When Prot says he’s going back before the summer ends, all the patients on the ward vie to go with him. As the days before Prot’s announced departure from earth race by, Dr. Powell struggles with questions of science versus faith and wonders about his own ability to distinguish reality from delusion.
Movie Review & Trailer
Radio (2003)
Genre: Drama
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr, Debra Winger, Ed Harris, Alfre Woodard, Sarah Drew
Director: Michael Tollin
Release Date: October 24, 2003
:::Synopsis
For anyone who ever had a dream and everyone with the courage to stand up for what they believe, comes the real life story of Robert 'Radio' Kennedy. Experience Radio's journey from a man no one understands to the coach no one could live without. Together with Head Coach Harold Jones, Radio inspired a football team to become champions and a town to open their hearts. Heroic performances from Academy Award Winner Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Academy Award Nominee Ed Harris will have you laughing, crying and cheering for the man who proved, the world's greatest victories happen in real life.
Movie Review & Trailer
The Forgotten (2004)
Genre: Action and Thriller
Starring: Gary Sinise, Julianne Moore, Alfre Woodard, Anthony Edwards, Ken Abraham
Director: Joseph Ruben
Release Date: September 24, 2004
:::Synopsis
Nine-year-old Sam Paretta is dead, killed in a plane crash. Even though it's been fourteen months since the accident, his mother Telly (Julianne Moore, 'Far From Heaven'), still grieves over the loss. But suddenly, her husband (Anthony Edwards, 'ER') swears they never had a child and her psychiatrist (Gary Sinise, 'C.S.I.: NY') insists she's delusional. But worst of all, there is absolutely no evidence to prove Sam ever existed. Haunted by the memories of her son, Telly's search for the truth propels her into a dark mind-shattering conspiracy of unearthly terror.
Movie Review & Trailer
16 Blocks (2006)
Genre: Action and Thriller
Starring: Bruce Willis, David Morse, Mos Def, Alfre Woodard, Cylk Cozart
Director: Richard Donner
Release Date: March 3, 2006
:::Synopsis
All he wanted to do was go home and get a drink. But at 8:02 a.m., hungover NYPD detective Jack Mosley (BRUCE WILLIS) is assigned a seemingly simple task. Petty criminal Eddie Bunker (MOS DEF) set to testify before a grand jury at 10:00 a.m. and needs to be taken from lock-up to the courthouse, 16 blocks away, It should take Jack 15 minutes to drop him off at the courthouse and get home. Broken down, out of shape, with a bad leg and a serious drinking problem, Jack's role on the force is simple - clock in, clock out and stay out of trouble in between. He's in no mood to deal with a punk who's been in and out of jail for more than half his life. But beneath the punk in Eddie lies a man committed to turning his life around and constantly searching for 'signs' that will lead him to a brighter future. Jack knows better, though - people don't change. In Eddie he sees only pathetic rat who was offered a sweet deal... a rat he will be rid of soon enough. When Jack shoves Eddie into the back of his car and pulls out into the morning New York city rush hour, he doesn't notice the black van looming behind them. His head throbbing and Eddie's flair for conversation only making it worse, Jack stops off at the local liquor store to pick up some breakfast. As Eddie waits inside the locked car, fuming at getting stuck with Jack as his escort, he's suddenly faced with a much bigger problem - a loaded gun pointed at his head. Jack emerges just in time to prevent Eddie's execution, killing one assassin and narrowly escaping a second. When Jack calls for backup, homicide detective Frank Nugent (DAVID MORSE) and his team are first to arrive at the scene. Eddie suddenly goes pale - one of the detectives on Nugent's team is the man he is supposed to testify against. In an instant, Jack's quickie trip downtown turns into the nightmare of a lifetime: the criminals that want Eddie dead are actually cops. There's a history between Jack and Nugent - a dark history that Jack has been desperately trying to forget. And as Nugent is quick to point out to his old friend, Eddie's testimony threatens to bring them all down. Nugent offers to stage a mock hostage situation in which Eddie is killed and Jack does what he does best - walk away. But this time, Jack has been pushed too far and seizes his last opportunity to do the right thing. A split second before Nugent's team can execute Eddie, Jack sets in motion a chain of events that will irrevocably impact all of their lives. Battling against time and the corrupt cops gaining on their every movie, Jack and Eddie fight their way to the courthouse block by gut-wrenching block. These are Jack's streets, too - and he won't go quietly. In Eddie, he finds purpose, hope and the strength to do something he should have done six years ago. And Eddie begins to see that all of the 'signs' he's been following were meant to lead him to Jack. It's the story of how two men change - and change each other - during a tense 16 block struggle between life and death.
Movie Review & Trailer
Something New (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama and Romance
Starring: Sanaa Lathan, Taraji Henson, Alfre Woodard, Blair Underwood, Mike Epps
Director: Sanaa Hamri
Release Date: January 29, 2006
:::Synopsis
A romantic comedy about finding love when and where it's least expected. Kenya (Sanaa Lathan) is a beautiful career woman who has achieved great professional success but still yearns for a fulfilling personal life. Looking for that 'perfect man,' she even has a checklist at the ready. When she's set up on a blind date with Brian (Simon Baker), a sexy and free-spirited landscaper who's not exactly what she'd pictured for herself, Kenya is not amuzed…but she does need help fixing up the yard of her new house. An emotional and often hilarious movie about following your heart – no matter where it takes you.
Movie Review & Trailer
Take the Lead (2006)
Genre: Drama and Musical
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Jenna Dewan, Ray Liotta, Alfre Woodard, Dante Basco, Rob Brown
Director: Liz Friedlander
Release Date: April 7, 2006
:::Synopsis
Inspired by a true story, Antonio Banderas stars as internationally acclaimed ballroom dancer Pierre Dulane in the family drama Take The Lead. The film revolves around a professional dancer who volunteers to teach in the New York City public school system. But when his classic methods clash with his students’ hip hop instincts, he teams up with them to create a new style of dance and becomes their mentor in the process.
Movie Review & Trailer
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Starring: Jennifer Hudson, Kathy Bates, Sanaa Lathan, Tyler Perry, Alfre Woodard
Director: Tyler Perry
Release Date: September 12, 2008
:::Synopsis
Academy Award®-winner Kathy Bates (Best Actress, Misery, 1990) and Academy Award®-nominee Alfre Woodard (Best Supporting Actress, Cross Creek, 1983) star as the matriarchs of two very different families being torn apart by greed and scandal in the contemporary drama TYLER PERRY'S THE FAMILY THAT PREYS. The sixth feature film by writer, producer, actor Perry chronicles the inner workings of two families-one upper-crust and the other working class-that become inextricably linked by scandal.
Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright (Kathy Bates) and her dear friend Alice Pratt (Alfre Woodard), a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throughout many years. Suddenly, their lives become mired in turmoil as their adult children's extramarital affairs, unethical business practices and a dark paternity secret threaten to derail family fortunes and unravel the lives of all involved. Alice's self-centered newlywed daughter Andrea (Sanaa Lathan) is betraying her trusting husband Chris (Rockmond Dunbar) by engaging in a torrid affair with her boss and mother's best friend's son William (Cole Hauser). While cheating on his wife Jillian (KaDee Strickland) with a string of ongoing dalliances with his mistress Andrea, William's true focus is to replace the COO of his mother's lucrative construction corporation. Meanwhile, Alice's other daughter Pam (Taraji P. Henson), a kind but no nonsense woman married to a hard working construction worker (Tyler Perry), tries to steer the family in a more positive direction.
While paternity secrets, marital infidelity, greed and unsavory business dealings threaten to derail both families, Charlotte and Alice decide to take a breather from it all by making a cross-country road trip in which they rediscover themselves and possibly find a way to save their families from ruin in TYLER PERRY'S THE FAMILY THAT PREYS.
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American Violet (2009)
Genre: Drama
Starring: Alfre Woodard, Will Patton, Michael O'Keefe, Nicole Beharie, Tim Blake Nelson
Director: Tim Disney
Release Date: April 17, 2009 (limited)
:::Synopsis
Based on real events and set in a small Texas town in the midst of the 2000 Bush/Gore Presidential election, 'American Violet' tells the astonishing story of Dee Roberts (critically hailed newcomer Nicole Beharie), a 24 year old African-American single mother of four who is wrongfully swept up in a drug raid.
Despite the urgings of her mother (Academy Award� nominee Alfre Woodard), and with her freedom and the custody of her children at stake, she chooses to fight the powerful district attorney (Academy Award� nominee Michael O'Keefe) and the unyielding criminal justice system he represents. Joined in an unlikely alliance with an ACLU attorney (Tim Blake Nelson) and former local narcotics officer (Will Patton), Dee risks everything in a battle that forever changes her life, and the Texas justice system.
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