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Director: Tanya Hamilton
Starring: Amari Cheatom | Anthony Mackie | Black Thought | Jamie Hector | Kerry Washington | Ron Simons | Wendell Pierce
Chris says: “Tanya Hamilton’s truly independent, long-gestating project is personal cinema of the sort one rarely sees anymore. Set in 1976 Philadelphia, it reunites two former Black Panthers: Marcus (Anthony Mackie), who returns to his old neighborhood after years in
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Rodrigo García
Starring: Annette Benning | Cherry Jones | Jimmy Smitts | Kerry Washington | Naomi Watts | Samuel Jackson | Shareeka Epps
Michael says: “Rodrigo García is so clearly a writer/director who knows how to create dramatic stories about women, and we can always use more filmmakers like that. He also lets some beautiful performances by women and men shine through beautifully
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Karen Moncrieff
Starring: Brittany Murphy. Piper Laurie | Bruce Davison | James Franco | Kerry Washington | Marcia Gay Harden | Mary Beth Hurt | Mary Steenburgen | Rose Byrne | Toni Collette
Michael says: “With an outstanding cast and a handful of Independent Spirit Award nominations (including Best Director, Best Feature, and Best Supporting Actress), I would have thought that Karen MoNcrieff’s somber, powerful film, THE DEAD GIRL, would have had better
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Starring: Forest Whitaker | James McAvoy | Kerry Washington
Bruce says: “As Idi Amin, the military ruler of Uganda from 1971-1979, Forest Whitaker develops his character brilliantly. Like many charismatic leaders, Amin is a man who can charm anyone who crosses his path and, at the same time, instill
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Tim Story
Starring: Chris Evans | Ioan Gruffudd | Jessica Alba | Julian McMahon | Kerry Washington | Michael Chiklis
Michael says: “As a longtime Fantastic Four fan I enjoyed the film quite a bit. It wasn’t what it could have been, but for me, it was much better than most of the critics make it out to be. I
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Anthony Mackie | Dania Ramirez | Ellen Barkin | John Turturro | Kerry Washington | Monica Bellucci | Woody Harrelson
Ivy says: “My phrase for this movie is: She Hate It. “Although Kerry Washington’s performance was good, and there were lots of good appearances from some of my other favorite indie actresses I do think that the film was more
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Taylor Hackford
Starring: Jamie Foxx | Kerry Washington | Regina King
Janet says: “‘This film, the story of Ray Charles with Chlotrudis fave Kerry Washington as Ray’s long-suffering wife Bea, has a lot to recommend it although it’s constrained by the usual limitations of the biopic. “There is that seemingly unavoidable
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: DeMane Davis | Khari Streeter
Starring: Barbara Montgomery | Eugene Byrd | Kerry Washington | Lonette McKee
Michael says:”LIFT takes the viewer into the world of ‘boosters,’ or professional shoplifters to the rest of us. Set on the streets of Boston and Roxbury, Kerry Washington, so loved in OUR SONG, plays Niecy, floor manager of an upscale
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