Hoodlum" recounts the uneasy alliance between the Italian and Jewish mafias who banded together to declare war on the black gangsters of New York's Harlem in the 1920s. Focusing on the relationship between the three rival leaders, "Bumpy" Johnson (Laurence Fishburne, "Fled"), Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth, "Vincent & Theo"), and Lucky Luciano (Andy Garcia, "Just The Ticket"), "Hoodlum," directed by Bill Duke ("A Rage in Harlem") and co-starring Vanessa Williams ("Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man"), Cicely Tyson ("King"), Queen Latifah ("Beauty Shop"), Richard Bradford ("The Mean Season") and William Atherton ("Bio-Dome"), is a compelling tale of gangland violence.
A foster kid who lives with her mean foster mom sees her life change when business tycoon and New York City mayoral candidate Will Stacks makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in.
Madea catches teenage Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home. She decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the young delinquents to the only relative they have, their aunt April, who wants nothing to do with the kids.
Financially irresponsible Giant (Spike Lee) manages a jazz group, but his sax player, Shadow (Wesley Snipes), wants to replace him with a better businessman. Bleak (Denzel Washington), the band's trumpeter, then tries to defend his close pal Giant, leading to a power struggle between the two musicians. Meanwhile, as Bleak tries to straighten things out with his band mates and manager, he also must choose to be with either sweet teacher Indigo (Joie Lee) or sultry singer Clarke (Cynda Williams).
After his grandmother is killed in a Mafia hit, Darryl (Damon Wayans) fashions a bulletproof overcoat to wear over red long johns, becoming Blankman, a superhero without any superpowers save some inventive tinkering skills. When Blankman's crime-fighting crusade causes a sensation around the city of Metro, Darryl's brother Kevin (David Alan Grier) reluctantly agrees to become Blankman's sidekick, Other Guy, to impress local news anchor Kimberly (Robin Givens), but the mob is fighting back.
Famed Southern detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece for his latest case. Director Rian Johnson Writer Rian Johnson Stars Daniel Craig Edward Norton Kate Hudson
Two disgraced FBI agents go way undercover in an effort to protect hotel heiresses the Wilson sisters from a kidnapping plot. Director Keenen Ivory Wayans Writers Keenen Ivory Wayans(screenplay) Shawn Wayans(screenplay) Marlon Wayans(screenplay)
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Carmen: A Hip Hopera is a 2001 American musical romantic drama television film produced by MTV and directed by Robert Townsend. Starring Beyoncé Knowles in her debut acting role (predating her theatrical film debut in Austin Powers in Goldmember) along with Mekhi Phifer, Mos Def, Rah Digga, Wyclef Jean, Da Brat, Joy Bryant, Reagan Gomez-Preston (who had previously worked with Townsend on The Parent 'Hood, which ended in 1999), Jermaine Dupri and Lil' Bow Wow, it is based upon the 1875 opera Carmen by Georges Bizet, Ludovic Halévy and Henri Meilhac, but set in modern-day Philadelphia and Los Angeles and featuring a mostly original hip-hop/R&B score in place of Bizet's opera.