The tricky topic of interracial romance gets a sexy, charming, and unexpectedly realistic treatment in Something New. Kenya (Sanaa Lathan, Out of Time, Alien Vs. Predator), a successful accountant, gets set up on a blind date with Brian (Simon Baker, The Ring Two)--only to discover that he's white, leading her to cut the date short. At a party, Kenya admires the garden and ...
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UKStarring: Sanaa Lathan, Simon Baker, Mike Epps, Blair UnderwoodDirected By: Sanaa Hamri
Looking back at Series 1 of The Cosby Show, it's easy to forget that momentous history was being made. Not only did this immensely popular sitcom hold the #1 spot among all network TV shows for five consecutive seasons (a record that still stands), but it promoted an evolutionary progression that influenced the entire TV industry from that point forward. African Americans had enjoyed sitcom ...
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UKStarring: Bill Cosby, Iman, Alicia Keys, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Phylicia RashadDirected By: Jay Sandrich
Confidently conceived and brilliantly executed, Gattaca had a somewhat low profile release in 1997, but audiences and critics hailed the film's originality. It's since been recognised as one of the most intelligent science fiction films of the 1990s. Writer-director Andrew Niccol, the talented New Zealander who also wrote the acclaimed Jim Carrey vehicle The Truman Show, depicts a ...
Manufacturer: UcaStarring: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Gore Vidal, Jude Law, Elias KoteasDirected By: Andrew Niccol
Manufacturer: Lions GateStarring: Tyler Perry, Blair Underwood, Lynn Whitfield, Boris Kodjoe, Lisa Arrindell AndersonDirected By: Tyler Perry
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentStarring: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Alan Arkin, Blair UnderwoodDirected By: Andrew Niccol
Rules of Engagement opens strongly with a Vietnam battle sequence that sets the stage for the rest of the story. But then director William Friedkin knows a thing or two about staging harrowing action sequences, and if you don't believe that, you've never seen The French Connectionor To Live and Die in LA. Unfortunately, Friedkin can't do much about the implausible plot that ...
Manufacturer: Paramount Home EntertainmentStarring: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley, Bruce GreenwoodDirected By: William Friedkin
Even when it misses a dramatic opportunity in favour of generic action, Set It Off benefits from a sharp understanding of its well-drawn central characters. They are a quartet of young African American women in Los Angeles (Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise), all struggling against a system that seems designed to prevent them from realising their dreams. The movie ...
Manufacturer: New Line Home VideoStarring: Queen Latifah, John C. McGinley, Jada Pinkett Smith, Blair Underwood, Dr. DreDirected By: F. Gary Gray
Manufacturer: HallmarkStarring: Cicely Tyson, Erika Alexander, Blair Underwood, Queen Latifah, Mario Van PeeblesDirected By: Peter Werner
Just Cause is a film that relies on phony plot twists and steals openly from any other thriller that it can remember. If there was a drinking game requiring players to drink during every cinematic "homage", you'd be tanked after its first 45 minutes. Take one case of racial injustice, place it in an exotic, exquisitely photographed location (the Florida Everglades), and bring in an ...
Manufacturer: Warner Home VideoStarring: Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Capshaw, Blair Underwood, Ed HarrisDirected By: Arne Glimcher
Based on Robert Ludlum's novel, The Hades Factor puts a bio-terrorism spin on a good old-fashioned spy thriller storyline for this tense TV mini-series. Stephen Dorff is top-billed as a former spy turned medical researcher who is pulled back into the espionage business when a new and mysterious disease erupts simultaneously in three military-sensitive regions. The target of the ...
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentStarring: Stephen Dorff, Mira Sorvino, Sophia Myles, Blair Underwood, Danny HustonDirected By: Mick Jackson
