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Sunday, November 11, 2012

Blankman (1994)































































Starring:

Storyline
Inner-city siblings, Darryl (Damon Wayans) and Kevin Walker (David Alan Grier), are living with their grandmother, who is helping out with Mayor Marvin Harris' campaign. Darryl is a geeky tech-savvy nerd that spends most of his day inventing gadgets. His brother, however, is a news cameraman that works for the 'hard edition' at a significant network company. After Darryl and Kevin's grandmother is killed in a mafia hit by the crime boss, Micheal Minelli (Jon Polito), Darryl discovers that a chemical accident made clothes bulletproof, which prompts him to become a crimefighter. With the beautiful reporter Kimberly Jonz (Robin Givens), keeping track of the superhero, Blankman sets out to get revenge on the man that killed his grandmother.

Black and White (1999)
















Starring:
  • Ben Stiller
  • Allan Houston
  • Claudia Schiffer
IMDB.com
Set in New York City, Black and White features several losely related stories centering on a pair of documentary filmmakers, Sam and her husband Terry, in following a group of caucasian teens, Raven, Charlie, Will, Marty, Wren and others who try to fit in with Harlem's black hip-hop crowd who include gangster rapper Rich Bower and his music partner Cigar in landing a recording gig, as well as college basketball player Dean who is conflicted on taking a fall on a game for shady gambler Mark Clear who has hidden agenda for Dean and Rich.