⁣The life story of R&B musician Bobby Brown.
Stars
Woody McClain
Luke James
Mekhi Phifer


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Usher stars as Darrell, a hot, young New York DJ who has no trouble with the ladies...other than fending them off! He and his partner Busta (Kevin Hart) work the dance floor at night and dream of their future record label by day. But when Darrell saves the life of a Mafia boss (Chazz Palminteri), he meets his match in the boss's sexy, headstrong daughter (Emmanuelle Chriqui), who picks him as her new bodyguard!

⁣Finds Craig (Ice Cube) and Day-Day (Mike Epps) back in the old neighborhood where it all began. It's Christmas time and a ghetto Santa Claus breaks into their run-down apartment, stealing all their presents, along with anything else he can stuff into his sack, including the rent money hidden in their stereo speakers. Their only hope to not get evicted before Christmas is to take jobs as security guards at a local mall, where they learn some comic lessons about the true meaning of the holidays.

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Teddy Walker is a successful salesman whose life takes an unexpected turn when he accidentally blows up his place of employment. Forced to attend night school to get his GED, Teddy soon finds himself dealing with a group of misfit students, his former high school nemesis and a feisty teacher who doesn't think he's too bright.

⁣A funeral director tells four strange tales of horror with an African American focus to three drug dealers he traps in his place of business.
Director
Rusty Cundieff
Writers
Rusty Cundieff
Darin Scott
Stars
Clarence Williams III
Corbin Bernsen
Joe Torry

⁣Uptown Saturday Night is a 1974 American action comedy crime film written by Richard Wesley and directed by and starring Sidney Poitier, with Bill Cosby and Harry Belafonte co-starring. Cosby and Poitier teamed up again for Let's Do It Again (1975) and A Piece of the Action (1977). Although Cosby's and Poitier's characters have different names in each film, the three films are considered to be a trilogy. Uptown Saturday Night premiered on June 15, 1974 at the Criterion Theatre in New York and opened to positive reviews.

Plot:
After sneaking out of their houses to enjoy themselves at Madame Zenobia's(a high-class but illegal nightclub) on Saturday night, Steve Jackson(Sidney Poitier) and Wardell Franklin(Bill Cosby) are held up by robbers who raid the club and steal Steve's wallet. When they realize that a winning lottery ticket worth $50,000 is in the wallet, Steve and Wardell set out to find the crooks themselves with the help of gangster Geechie Dan Beauford(Harry Belafonte), who wants to defeat his rival Silky Slim(Calvin Lockhart). Steve and Wardell devise a plan to recover the ticket.

Background:
Uptown Saturday Night was produced by Warner Bros. in the midst of the blaxploitation film era along with films such as Cleopatra Jones and Black Belt Jones. Throughout his career, Poitier was frustrated with Hollywood's portrayal of Blacks in film and television, which motivated him to direct films during the blaxploitation era.

Themes
The characters in the film, while different in their motives and demeanor, have a sophisticated and classy appearance in the Black community (with the exception of Sharp Eye Washington). Poitier sought to represent Black actors on screen in an elegant manner in contrast to the usual image of Blacks in Hollywood. During his career, he refused roles that enforced negative stereotypes, and chose to play characters who were "dignified, proud, and ethical." Critics have noted this pattern: "In all his films, [Poitier] was educated and intelligent. He spoke proper English, dressed conservatively, and had the best of table manners.

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⁣The life and death story of The Notorious B.I.G. (a.k.a. Christopher Wallace), who came straight out of Brooklyn to take the world of rap music by storm.
Director
George Tillman Jr.
Writers
Reggie Rock Bythewood
Cheo Hodari Coker
Stars
Jamal Woolard
Anthony Mackie
Derek Luke

⁣When superstar rap mogul C-Note, from Atlanta, tries to join the
conservative Carolina Pines Golf & Country Club, the establishment's
snooty members greet him with fierce opposition.

⁣Rookie lawman Ben Barber (Kevin Hart) aspires to become a detective like James Payton (Ice Cube), his future brother-in-law. James reluctantly takes Ben to Miami to follow up on a lead that's connected to a drug ring. The case brings them to a homicide detective and a computer hacker who reveals evidence that implicates a respected businessman. It's now up to James and Ben to prove that charismatic executive Antonio Pope is actually a violent crime lord who rules southern Florida's drug trade.

⁣The Jacksons are your average working-class family in Gary, Indiana; but when their father discovers the kids have an extraordinary musical talent they form a band. Winning talent show after talent show they soon hit it big when Motown calls. From there they become the now famous Jackson 5. But along the way their success brings trouble and turmoil.