Courtney B Vance
3) Ben is back
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Ben Burns, a drug-addicted teenager, shows up unexpectedly to visit his family on Christmas Eve. His wary mother welcomes him, but after finding out he's still in danger, she must do everything she can to help her family.
4) Joyful Noise
Appears on list
Description
The small town of Pacashau, Georgia, has fallen on hard times, but the people are counting on the Divinity Church Choir to lift their spirits by winning the National Joyful Noise Competition. The choir has always known how to sing in harmony, but the discord between its two leading ladies now threatens to tear them apart. Their newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill (Latifah), stubbornly wants to stick with their tried-and-true traditional style,...
5) The Mummy
Description
Thought safely entombed deep beneath the desert, an ancient princess whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day. Her malevolence has grown over millennia and with it come terrors that defy human comprehension.
Violence, action and scary images, and for some suggestive content and partial nudity.
Description
When the CEO tries to close her hard-partying brother's branch, he and his Chief Technical Officer must rally their co-workers and host an epic office Christmas party in an effort to impress a potential client and close a sale that will save their jobs.
"Office Christmas Party is an invitation to the kind of mind-and-conscience-erasing escapism that doesn't really exist outside of movie theaters."--Washington Post
"It benefits from an excellent...
7) Ben is back
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Description
When a drug addict surprises his family by returning home on Christmas Eve, he and his mother realize that they must rebuild their relationship.
10) The Mummy
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient princess, whose destiny was unjustly taken from her, is awakened in our current day. Her malevolence, grown over millennia, unleashes terrors that defy human comprehension.
"...rollicking take on The Mummy..."--Entertainment Weekly
"A tomb full of action-packed guilty pleasure that owns its horror, humor and rampant silliness equally."--USA Today
Pub. Date
2003.
Description
This is the first episode of the Law & Order spinoff from the criminal's point of view. Carl Atwood and his girlfriend, Gia, have enlisted three people to help them plan and execute a major jewelry heist: Carson, fresh out of a Canadian prison; Nathan, an expert in phony identification; and a muscular Serbian named Zivkovic.
14) Forgotten genius
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Story of Percy Julian's scientific breakthroughs and a biography of his life with period reenactments based on newly opened family archives and interviews with dozens of colleagues and relatives.
15) Hamburger Hill
Description
Fourteen American soldiers in Vietnam battle for a mud-covered mound of earth that chews up soldiers like meat. They are fighting for their country, their fellow soldiers and their lives. War is hell, but this is worse.
Pub. Date
2000
Description
It is 1943 and the Germans are winning the Second World War as the U.S. suffers huge losses on the ground and in the air. Four newly recruited pilots are united by a desire to serve their country, at a time when Black flyers are not welcomed in the Air Force. Now, through the brutal demands of their training, to the perils of flying over nations at war, the men they call "The Tuskegee Airmen" must undertake the riskiest mission of their lives--to...
18) The Photograph
Pub. Date
2020
Appears on list
Description
When famed photographer Christina Eames unexpectedly dies, she leaves her estranged daughter Mae Morton hurt, angry and full of questions. When a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box is found, Mae finds herself on a journey delving into her mother’s early life and ignites a powerful, unexpected romance with a rising-star journalist, Michael Block.
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Out of nowhere, a mysterious flash causes nearly everyone in the world to lose consciousness and gain a glimpse of his or her life six months into the future. As one elite FBI unit attempts to solve the mystery, the rest of the world's population soon discovers that, when it comes to destiny, nothing is set in stone. Includes 22 episodes, featurettes, commentary, interviews, blooper reel, and deleted scenes.
20) Dangerous Minds
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
When an ex-Marine becomes a high school teacher, she is assigned to a tough class of inner-city teenagers.
.png)