Antwone Fisher 2002  PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Denzel Washington
Cast: Derek Luke, Joy Bryant, Denzel Washington, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Earl Billings, Kevin Connolly, Viola Davis, Rainoldo Gooding, Novella Nelson, Yolonda Ross, Malcolm David Kelley, Cory Hodges, Leonard Earl Howze, Kente Scott, Leo Nepomuceno
U.S. Navy psychiatrist Jerome Davenport (Denzel Washington) gets to the root of 25-year-old sailor Antwone Fisher's (Derek Luke) anger. Jerome becomes Antwone's surrogate father, encouraging him to search for his biological relatives in order to confront his painful past and, in the process, move forward with his life.
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The Architect 2006  R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Matt Tauber
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Viola Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Hayden Panettiere, Sebastian Stan, Walton Goggins, Paul James, Serena Reeder, Malcolm Goodwin, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Duane McLaughlin, Constance Wu, Lauren Hodges, David Call, James O'Toole
Chicago activist Tonya Neeley (Viola Davis) dreams of having the drug and crime infested public housing projects torn down. To achieve her goal, she starts a petition and now needs the signature of the project's architect, Leo Waters (Anthony LaPaglia). Tonya does contact Leo at his university class, but his refusal to sign sets off a chain of events that will directly impact both Tonya's and Leo's families.
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Disturbia 2007  PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: D.J. Caruso
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Sarah Roemer, Carrie-Anne Moss, David Morse, Aaron Yoo, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Matt Craven, Viola Davis, Brandon Caruso, Luciano Caruso, Daniel Caruso, Kevin Quinn, Elyse Mirto
Suffering from trauma following his father's death in a car accident, 17-year-old Kale (Shia LaBeouf) slugs his teacher, which results in a court-ordered, three-month sentence of house arrest. Bored with his new lifestyle, Kale begins to put together surveillance equipment to spy on the neighbors and is joined by new-girl-in-the-neighborhood Ashley (Sarah Roemer) and his friend Ronnie (Aaron Yoo). Kale discovers that things in the neighborhood are not as they appear, and one who stands out from the rest is Mr. Turner (David Morse) who has made friends with Kale's mother, Julie (Carrie-Anne Moss). Mr. Turner's classic Ford Mustang just happens to match the description of a car involved in a murder case, and Kale soon begins to suspect that Turner is a serial killer. Kale, Julie, and Ronnie rig cameras hoping to catch evidence on Turner as they stake out his house.
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Doubt 2008 PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: John Patrick Shanley
Cast: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Alice Drummond, Audrie J. Neenan, Viola Davis, Carrie Preston, John Costelloe, Susan Bloomaert, Joseph Foster, Lloyd Clay Brown, Bridget Megan Clark, Michael Roukis, Haklar Dezso, Frank Shanley
Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep) serves as principal at a Catholic middle school where her domineering attitude clashes with popular Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman). Sister Aloysius becomes suspicious of Father Flynn after he delivers a sermon on the power of "doubt" and asks one of her teachers, Sister James (Amy Adams), to advise her of any strange behavior. Sister James reports that the school's only Black student, Donald Miller (Joseph Foster), smelled like alcohol after visiting Father Flynn. Now, Sister Aloysius sets out to rid the school of Father Flynn's influence and, in the process, nearly tears the community apart. The film received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Actress (Streep), Supporting Actor (Hoffman), and both Amy Adams and Viola Davis (for her role as Donald Miller's mother) for Supporting Actress.
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Far from Heaven 2002 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Todd Haynes
Cast: Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson, Viola Davis, James Rebhorn, Bette Henritze, Michael Gaston, Ryan Ward, Lindsay Andretta
Set in the 1950s, an upper-class housewife, Cathy Whitaker (Julianne Moore), finds her life spiraling downward. First, she discovers that her husband (Dennis Quaid) is gay and then finds her close friendship with her African American gardener (Dennis Haysbert) is causing a scandal in her community. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Actress (Julianne Moore).
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Get Rich or Die Tryin' 2005 R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Jim Sheridan
Cast: 50 Cent, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Joy Bryant, Omar Benson Miller, Tory Kittles, Terrence Howard, Ashley Walters, Marc John Jefferies, Viola Davis, Bill Duke, Mpho Koaho, Russell Hornsby, Sullivan Walker, Serena Reeder, Joseph Pierre
In this loosely based biography on his own life, 50 Cent takes on the role of an inner-city drug dealer, Marcus, who later obtains success as a rapper. Beginning his life as an orphaned street kid and later sent to jail, Marcus aspires to making it in the music world. His girlfriend Charlene (Joy Bryant) supports Marcus, and he moves on and records a demo tape–but, this does not happen without complications from his former business associates.
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Law Abiding Citizen 2009 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Colm Meaney, Bruce McGill, Leslie Bibb, Michael Irby, Gregory Itzin, Regina Hall, Emerald-Angel Young, Christian Stolte, Annie Corley, Richard Portnow, Josh Stewart, Viola Davis, Michael Kelly
After robbers break into Clyde Shelton's (Gerard Butler) home and kill his wife and daughter, Assistant DA Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx) makes a deal, which gives one of the killers, Clarence Darby (Christian Stolte), only a few years in prison when he testifies against his partner, Rupert Ames (Josh Stewart). Ten years later, Clyde exacts revenge and kidnaps, tortures, and maims Clarence. After Clyde is arrested and jailed, he warns Nick that he will go on a killing spree if Nick cannot fix the fouled-up justice system that is not executing killers.
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Madea Goes to Jail 2009 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail
Director: Tyler Perry
Cast: Tyler Perry, Derek Luke, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Tamela J. Mann, David Mann, RonReaco Lee, Ion Overman, Vanessa Ferlito, Viola Davis, Sofia Vergara, Robin Coleman, Bobbi Baker, Aisha Hinds, Benjamin Benitez, Karan Kendrick
Madea (Tyler Perry) faces a judge after a high-speed chase on the freeway. Her anger management fails her, and she is sent to jail. Meanwhile, prostitute and former drug addict Candace Washington (Keshia Knight Pulliam) has been arrested, and Assistant District Attorney Joshua (Derek Luke) has been assigned to try her case. But, Joshua has past ties to Candace and feels too close to her problems. He asks his fiance Linda Holmes (Ion Overman) to handle the case, and Candace heads to jail. Now in prison, Candace and Madea become friends, and Madea "protects" Candace in Madea's own unique way.
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Nights in Rodanthe 2008  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: George C. Wolfe
Cast: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Christopher Meloni, Viola Davis, Becky Ann Baker, Scott Glenn, Linda Molloy, Pablo Schreiber, Mae Whitman, Charlie Tahan, Carolyn McCormick, Ted Manson, Terri Denise Johnson, Jessica Lucas, Ato Essandoh
Unhappily married Adrienne (Diane Lane) is spending time alone at a friend's Rodanthe, North Carolina, beachfront inn while her husband Jack (Christopher Meloni) and children (Mae Whitman and Charlie Tahan) go off on vacation. Jack and Adrienne have been apart for months, and Jack has just told her that he wants to come back, but Adrienne isn't sure she wants to go along with that plan. The only other guest at the inn is divorced surgeon Paul (Richard Gere), and, as Adrienne and Paul talk, they become very interested in each other. Romance blooms just as a hurricane approaches, and by the end of the storm, their lives are changed. But, are they really ready to make a fresh start? 1 User Review
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| | one of the most captivating movies I have ever seen | al boater 04/30/2009 | | I loved the story, characters, settings, scenery, wild horses and I plan to tell others and to see it again. |
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The Pentagon Wars 1998 R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Benjamin
Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Cary Elwes, Viola Davis, John C. McGinley, Tom Wright, Clifton Powell, Dewey Weber, Richard Schiff, J.C. MacKenzie, Richard Benjamin, Olympia Dukakis, Dwayne Macopson
Produced by HBO-TV and based on a true story, this satire on excessive military spending involves the efforts of Air Force Lt. Col. James Burton (Cary Elwes) to test the vulnerability of the $14 billion Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle that took 14 years in research and development.
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 Solaris 2002 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Davies, Viola Davis, Ulrich Tukur, Morgan Rusler, John Cho, Shane Skelton, Donna Kimball, Michael Ensign
A psychologist, Chris Kelvin (George Clooney), is sent to a space station that orbits Solaris, an ocean world. Upon arrival, Chris finds the captain has died, and the only inhabitants left are two researchers–Snow (Jeremy Davies) and Helen (Viola Davis)–and one young boy (Shane Skelton). It appears that Solaris is able to capture dreams and make them a reality. Chris discovers this when he dreams of his late wife, Rheya (Natascha McElhone), and wakes up finding what seems to be Rheya lying next to him. Other strange events follow.
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State of Play 2009 PG-13, 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Cast: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright Penn, Jason Bateman, Jeff Daniels, Michael Berresse, Harry Lennix, Josh Mostel, Michael Weston, Barry Shabaka Henley, Viola Davis, David Harbour, Sarah Lord
U.S. Congressman Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck) is a rising star in his political party, but, when his research assistant/mistress is murdered, buried secrets are uncovered. Washington, D.C., reporter Cal McAlfrey (Russell Crowe) was Collins' college roommate, and his editor Cameron Lynne (Helen Mirren) assigns Collins the task of investigating the murder. When Collins and fellow reporter Della Frye (Rachel McAdams) attempt to find the facts behind the murder, they discover a political-corporate conspiracy involving a security company taking in billions of dollars from the War on Terror.
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| 1. Antwone Fisher (2002)
2. The Architect (2006)
3. Disturbia (2007)
4. Doubt (2008)
5. Far from Heaven (2002)
6. Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
7. Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
8. Madea Goes to Jail (2009)
aka: Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail
9. Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
10. The Pentagon Wars (1998)
11. Solaris (2002)
12. State of Play (2009)
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