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Saturday, January 19, 2013

The Great White Hype (1996)

















































Starring:

When interest in boxing wanes, Reverend Fred Sultan (Samuel L. Jackson), an outrageous, unscrupulous boxing promoter, brings back the only man (Peter Berg) ever to beat the current heavyweight champ (Damon Waynes) as an amateur. Hyped to the hilt, the Reverend sets up the impending battle as the fight of the century.

I Got The Hook Up (1998)
















Starring:
  • Master P
  • Anthony Johnson
  • Gretchen Palmer
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Two broke buddies feel lucky when they come upon a truckload of cellular phones and begin selling them out of the back of their van. Trouble arises though, when the phones develop faults. The two friends then not only have to deal with unsatisfied customers but also the FBI.

Boarding House Blues (1948)




















Starring:

Storyline
When Mom's (Jackie Mabley) boarding house faces foreclosure, the tenants band together to put on a show to raise money to save their home.