Rated:R In the absence of nurturing parents, Jimmy and his friends - cool and charismatic Future (Mekhi Phifer), optimistic dreamer Sol (Omar Benson Miller), aspiring activist DJ Iz (De'Angelo Wilson) and slow but steady Cheddar Bob (Evan Jones) - have created their own family. Jimmy and his "crew" (Three One Third), live on hopes of "getting that big deal soon," while struggling to eke out a living at their dead end jobs and navigating the minefields of their turbulent personal relationships. As Jimmy so bluntly puts it: "we're all broke as shit and living at home with our moms." At night, they feed their dreams in the hip hop dubs of Detroit where the city's best rappers battle each other with emotionally abusive rhymes as they vie for the respect of their peers. In the un-poetic world of Three One Third, rhyme is wielded like a weapon with words meant to wound. And victory belongs to the quick-witted.
Rated:R A movie in the vein of French film noirs of the '40s, the story centers on a woman who tries to straighten out her life, only to have her past come back to haunt her. Antonio Banderas plays a member of the paparazzi.
Rated:PG-13 It is the fall of 1957. The Whitakers, the very picture of a suburban family, make their home in Hartford, Connecticut. Their daily existences are characterized by carefully observed family etiquette, social events, and an overall desire to keep up with the Joneses. Cathy Whitaker (Julianne Moore) is the homemaker, wife and mother. Frank Whitaker (Dennis Quaid) is the breadwinner, husband and father. They have two pre-teen children, a boy and a girl. As the story unfolds before us, Cathy�s pristine world is transformed. Her interactions with her gardener, Raymond Deagan (Dennis Haysbert); her best friend, Eleanor Fine (Patricia Clarkson); and her maid, Sybil (Viola Davis), reflect the upheavals in her life. Cathy is faced with choices that spur gossip within the community and change several lives forever.
Rated:PG Billy Bob Murphy is trying his best to endure the pain of entering manhood without a father. Although he consistently tries to do what's right and good, his best friend, Preacher Star, makes that next to impossible. Condemned to spend his childhood with a suspected alcoholic father and two red-haired ruthless older brothers, Preacher has not had an easy time of it and has little or no compunction about leading Billy Bob down the path to moral ruin. Billy Bob and Preacher both fall deeply in love with Miss Bobbit at the first sight of her. The two battle for the little girl's attention and as the summer months wear on, it is clear that the two are on a collision course with one another that could not only destroy their friendship, but take their tiny town with them.
In the end, it is the smooth-talking, crooked show promoter Lionel Quince who, in his attempt to rob the locals of their life savings with a bogus talent contest, causes the two boys to realize that true friendship is hard to come by, and that nothing must destroy that precious commodity. The boys, together with Miss Bobbit and Sister Rosalba, a local African-American girl that Miss Bobbit befriends, manage to track down the crooked Mr. Quince, capture him, and turn him in to the local authorities, returning the town's money and dignity in the process.
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