63% (3) Brown Sugar 109 min, PG-13, [Romance, Comedy, Drama, Music] [Rick Famuyiwa] [11 Oct 2002]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 65%, Rotten Tomatoes: 66%, Metacritic: 58%, External Reviews
Awards: 2 wins & 18 nominations.
Actors: Nicole Ari Parker, Sanaa Lathan, Taye Diggs, Yasiin Bey
Writer: Michael Elliot (story), Michael Elliot (screenplay), Rick Famuyiwa (screenplay)
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Plot: This romantic comedy centers on a romance between an A&R exec, Dre, at a hip-hop label and a magazine editor, Sidney, who have known each other since childhood.. They find themselves drifting towards being more than friends, even as Dre is engaged, and Sidney starts being wooed by a handsome basketball player.
Rotten Tomatoes: A woman wonders if it's just friendship or real love she feels when a close male friend announces he's tying the knot in this romantic comedy. Dre (Taye Diggs) and Sidney (Sanaa Lathan) became best friends when they were ten years old -- the same time that both first became aware of the first rumblings of the Hip Hop revolution in New York City. Today, Dre runs a successful record label, and Sidney is a respected music journalist; both have managed to turn their love for the music into careers, and both are still close friends. Close enough, in fact, that many of their pals wonder why they've never become boyfriend and girlfriend. While both have always denied their attraction to one another, Sidney begins to have second thoughts when Dre proposes to his girlfriend Reese (Nicole Ari Parker), a lawyer. Even though Sidney has a relationship of her own with professional basketball player Kelby (Boris Kodjoe), as Dre's wedding draws closer, Sidney begins to suspect that her longtime best friend is actually the love of her life. Brown Sugar features supporting performances form real life Hip Hop stars Mos Def and Queen Latifah; former basketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson served as executive producer. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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63% (3) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 109 min, PG, [Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi] [Garth Jennings] [29 Apr 2005]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 68%, Rotten Tomatoes: 60%, Metacritic: 63%, External Reviews
Awards: 1 win & 10 nominations.
Actors: Anna Chancellor, Bill Bailey, Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell, Warwick Davis, Yasiin Bey
Writer: Douglas Adams (book), Douglas Adams (screenplay), Karey Kirkpatrick (screenplay)
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Plot: Everyone has bad mornings. You wake up late, you stub your toe, you burn the toast...but for a man named Arthur Dent, this goes far beyond a bad day. When he learns that a friend of his is actually an alien with advanced knowledge of Earth's impending destruction, he is transported off the Earth seconds before it is exploded to make way for a new hyperspace motorway. And as if that's not enough, throw in being wanted by the police, Earth II, an insane electronic encyclopedia, no tea whatsoever, a chronically depressed robot and the search for the meaning of life, and you've got the greatest adventure off Earth.
Rotten Tomatoes: Earthman Arthur Dent is having a very bad day. His house is about to be bulldozed, he discovers that his best friend is an alien and to top things off, Planet Earth is about to be demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. Arthur's only chance for survival: hitch a ride on a passing spacecraft. For the novice space traveler, the greatest adventure in the universe begins when the world ends. Arthur sets out on a journey in which he finds that nothing is as it seems: he learns that a towel is just the most useful thing in the universe, finds the meaning of life, and discovers that everything he needs to know can be found in one book: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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61% (3) Life of Crime 98 min, R, [Comedy, Crime] [Daniel Schechter] [29 Aug 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 58%, Rotten Tomatoes: 66%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews
Actors: Isla Fisher, Jennifer Aniston, Will Forte, Yasiin Bey
Writer: Daniel Schechter (written for the screen by), Elmore Leonard (based on the book "The Switch" written by)
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Plot: Two common criminals get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer who shows no interest in paying the $1 million dollar ransom for her safe return.
Rotten Tomatoes: Based on Elmore Leonard's novel "The Switch," LIFE OF CRIME is a dark caper comedy starring Jennifer Aniston, John Hawkes, Yasiin Bey, Will Forte, Mark Boone Junior, Isla Fisher and Tim Robbins. The wife (JENNIFER ANISTON) of a corrupt real estate developer (TIM ROBBINS) is kidnapped by two common criminals (yasiin bey and JOHN HAWKES), who intend to extort him with inside information about his crooked business and off-shore accounts. But the husband decides he'd actually rather not pay the ransom to get back his wife, setting off an unbelievable sequence of double crosses and plot twists that could only come from the mind of Elmore Leonard. (C) Roadside Attractions
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61% (3) 16 Blocks 102 min, PG-13, [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Richard Donner] [03 Mar 2006]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 56%, Metacritic: 63%, External Reviews
Awards: 2 nominations.
Actors: Bruce Willis, David Morse, Jenna Stern, Yasiin Bey
Writer: Richard Wenk
External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish Country: USA, Germany
Plot: Jack Mosley, a burnt-out detective, is assigned the unenviable task of transporting a fast-talking convict from jail to a courthouse 16 blocks away. However, along the way he learns that the man is supposed to testify against Mosley's colleagues, and the entire NYPD wants him dead. Mosley must choose between loyalty to his colleagues and protecting the witness, and never has such a short distance seemed so long...
Rotten Tomatoes: A hard-drinking, hard-living cop assigned the task of transporting a small-time criminal to the nearby courthouse finds that a simple, 16-block drive can be the longest ride of his life in director Richard Donner's urban action thriller. Hung-over, has-been cop Jack Mosley (Bruce Willis) has seen better days, and all that the force expects out of him these days is to stay out of trouble while he's on the clock. Eddie Bunker (Mos Def) is set to testify before a grand jury at 10:00 a.m., and it's up to Mosely to make sure that Bunker makes it to the courthouse in one piece -- a job that Mosely estimates will take a maximum of 15 minutes. A black van has been trailing the pair unnoticed, though, and after stopping off at a nearby liquor store to pick up some breakfast, Mosely emerges from the store just in time to save Eddie from the lethal bullet of a determined assassin. When backup arrives in the form of Detective Frank Nugent (David Morse), Mosely quickly realizes that the detective on Nugent's team is the same cop that Bunker is set to testify against. Now faced with the tough task of dodging bullets and eluding a massive onslaught of corrupt cops, Mosely must keep Bunker alive long enough to get him before the judge and ensure that justice is served. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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60% (3) Be Kind Rewind 102 min, PG-13, [Comedy] [Michel Gondry] [22 Feb 2008]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 65%, Metacritic: 52%, External Reviews
Awards: 4 nominations.
Actors: Danny Glover, Jack Black, Mia Farrow, Yasiin Bey
Writer: Michel Gondry
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Plot: In Passaic, NJ, Elroy Fletcher runs a video store in a condemned building he claims was the birthplace of Fats Waller. Fletcher goes on a Waller centennial trip, leaving his foster son Mike in charge of the store. Mike's peculiar friend Jerry tries to sabotage a power station and nearly electrocutes himself, getting magnetized in the process. He inadvertently erases every tape in the store. Mike and Jerry hatch an plan to hide the disaster by making a homemade "Ghostbusters" to rent to a woman whom Fletcher will be phoning to check on them. Soon, with help, their homemade versions of films develop a cult following. Will this new business save the store and the building? What about Fats?
Rotten Tomatoes: Jerry is a junkyard worker who attempts to sabotage a power plant that he believes is melting his brain. But, when his plan goes awry, the magnetic field that he creates accidentally erases all of the videotapes in a local video store where his best friend Mike works. Fearing that the mishap will cost Mike his job, the two friends team up to keep the store's only loyal customer--a little old lady with a tenuous grasp on reality--from realizing what has happened by recreating and re-filming every movie that she decides to rent. From "Back to the Future," to "Robocop," to "Rush Hour," to "The Lion King," Jerry and Mike become the biggest stars in their neighborhood by starring in the biggest movies ever made.
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41% (3) Next Day Air 84 min, R, [Action, Comedy, Crime] [Benny Boom] [08 May 2009]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 58%, Rotten Tomatoes: 21%, Metacritic: 46%, External Reviews
Actors: Donald Faison, Mike Epps, Omari Hardwick, Wood Harris, Yasiin Bey
Writer: Blair Cobbs
External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, French Country: USA
Plot: When a misguided delivery driver inadvertently delivers a package containing concealed bricks of cocaine to the wrong address, it sets in motion a desperate search and battle for the coke between the furious dealer that sent it, the fearful intended recipients that missed it, and the conniving accidental recipients that plan to flip it. Time is running out and everyone's trying to get their hands on the package that's been sent...Next Day Air!
Rotten Tomatoes: An overnight shipment of drugs winds up being sent to the wrong recipient, prompting a frantic race to recover the package before the contents are discovered in this fast-paced crime comedy starring Donald Faison, Mos Def, and Mike Epps. When Brody (Epps) and Guch (Wood Harris) received package containing 10 kilos of grade-A cocaine, they assumed their financial woes were a thing of the past. The package was intended for their Brody and Guch's next-door neighbors, but the whacked-out courier (Donald Faison) delivered it to the wrong address. Recognizing the possibility for profit, the scheming duo plans to sell the cocaine to Brody's drug-dealing cousin (Omari Hardwick). Meanwhile Jesus (Cisco Reyes) and his girlfriend Chita (Yasmin Deliz), the intended recipients of the cocaine, set out to procure the package before notorious drug lord Bodego Diablo (Emilio Rivera) realizes it's gone missing. But Bodega is no slouch; he already knows the shipment was botched, and he's determined to get his drugs back no matter what the cost. Later, as Brody and Guch prepare to seal the deal that will set them up for life, the guns are drawn and the chaos begins.
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