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90 reviews
Rae Dawn Chong, Guy Davis

MGM (Video & DVD), 2003

RRRRRRAAAAMMMMMOOOO!!!!!!
If you see the movie, you will understand the title for this review! I had this on video (taped from TV, as alot of us used to do as kids!) and I watched it until the tape unraveled in the VCR. It's a bonafide classic for anyone who grew up in this era.

The Women of Brewster Place

51 reviews
Oprah Winfrey, Mary Alice

Xenon, 2001

Have not seen the DvD version
This movie is great. Anytime it comes on TV I have to hit record or stop what I'm doing and watch. It doesn't come on Tv too often though. If I decide to purchase I will make sure not to purchase the DVD. I'll go on Ebay or something and get the VHS.

City of God

314 reviews
Alexandre Rodrigues, Matheus Nachtergaele

Miramax Films, 2004

Cidade de Deus
Many movies try to recreate the real world, giving us a "true" story that's supposed to be gripping, gritty, and scary but never completely accomplishing the goal. Other times we get movies that would appear to give us what we were expecting if it weren't for the fact that they've been done over and over again. In 2002, though, Fernando Meirelles gave us a new story that showed us a new world. ...

Mean Streets (Special Edition)

106 reviews
Robert DeNiro, Harvey Keitel

Warner Home Video, 2004

Give it up for Scorsese, Keitel, and De Niro!
I am a big fan of gangster flicks (The Godfather Trilogy, Casino, etc.) and crime dramas (Heat, Collateral, etc.). It's not the violence that fascinates me, but the characters and their motives & personalities. So it's no surprise that I fell in love with Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets. It's quickly becoming one of my all-time favorite films. Made in 1973, this is a classic independent film ...

Dead Presidents

63 reviews
Larenz Tate, Keith David

Walt Disney Video, 1998

" I don't think I want any of this dirty money."
Not just one of the best movies but also Dead Presidents has the one of the best soundtracks. I love this money very much and there was a theme to this movie and that is ADJUSTMENT. Anthony had to adjust to the changes in has city after coming home from the amry, he had to adjust to his daughter and adjust to lossing his job. Skip adjust to the army by doing drugs to claim his mind and adjust to ...

Trainspotting - Director's Cut (Collector's Edition)

272 reviews
Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner

Miramax Home Entertainment, 2004

Cynical but Brilliant!
This dark comedy ranks as one of the great films of the '90s. The acting is good, the story is highly engaging, and the take on life it offers is definitely a reflection of the modern world, albeit a dark one.

Schindler's List (Widescreen Edition)

633 reviews
Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes

Universal Studios, 2004

"Mesmerizing"
One of the greatest Steven Speilberg films ever made, "Shindler's List" is widely regarded as the best movie to ever dramatize the horriffic trauma that Jewish people faced during Hitler's terrifying reign. Winner of an amazing seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, "Shindler's List" accounts how Oskar Shindler (played beautifully by Liam Neeson) saved the lives of over ...

Elite Squad

24 reviews
Wagner Moura, André Ramiro

Weinstein Company, 2008

Tropa da Elite....
I had the pleasure of viewing this film at a film festival in my country. I'm a fan of Brazillian cinema so I had to take a look at it...Also because it was about BOPE, I was intrigued. I learned about BOPE in the special features section of City of God. During the filming of this movie the film crew was robbed at gunpoint of their guns, real and fake, and some of their equipment. This may ...

Strapped

14 reviews
William James Stiggers Jr., Chi Ali

Hbo Home Video, 2005

a five star movie all the way-strapped
this is movie is so good, you don't see movies like these anymore.the movie captivates you about crooked cops and it demonstrates how far people will go to better their life situations.i highly recommend this movie for anybody that wants to see cops and street criminals dealing with guns,but its more about survival for these good actors.fredo starr is such a good actor like tupac shakur, he makes ...

Menace II Society

143 reviews
Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate

New Line Home Video, 1997

menace II society blu-ray review
Dang i remember when i first saw menace II society back in the day.lowriders were the thing having a set of daytons on your ride was the thing.this movie fit in perfect with that culture at the time.so i was so excited when this was released on dvd.what a letdown the most grainy mess i have ever seen and the sound was crappy.then here comes high def and blu-ray! now i finally got to see this ...

Fritz the Cat

66 reviews
Skip Hinnant, Rosetta LeNoire

MGM (Video & DVD), 2001

Flower Power & Revolution
Fritz is one funny seeker of Life = Sex. Director Ralph Bakshi has left us an almost forgotten hero of the huge social changes that were simultaneously happening during the Age of Hippiedom. The animation and coloring is just as awesome as when I first saw it at the movies and fans of Robert Crumb will will really dig this. Whether you were there or not, this is a great flick. Rating system ...

The People Under The Stairs

78 reviews
Brandon Quintin Adams, Everett McGill

Universal Studios, 2003

Why all the hatred?
I saw this movie when I was younger, a couple of years after it came out. I purchased it because it is a clasic. I saw some of the reviews on the movie and I need those people to realize this is not a movie made in 2010. That 's why I call it a classic. Classics are movies you seen when you were young, but you'll watch it now eventhough technology is different now then in the movie. My wife has ...

Bluehill Avenue

29 reviews
W.B. Alexander, Dana Bair

Lions Gate, 2003

Good movie with very interesting characters
The market is presently over run with urban drug gang movies, but this one is a standout good story with great interplay between the actors this film was made over ten years ago but you can still see the solid effect it has to present day living.

Meteor Man

22 reviews
Robert Townsend, Marla Gibbs

MGM (Video & DVD), 2003

Laughing out Loud
My family watched this together and rolled in the floor. They have one scene where 2 men were dancing like sissies out in the street. I had to stop the tape because my niece started hyperventilating from laughing so hard. We played that part over and over. This was a good movie.

Blackboard Jungle

30 reviews
Glenn Ford, Anne Francis

Warner Home Video, 2005

"DO YOU LIKE SWING"? A CLASSIC....... OH DADDY O!
Blackboard Jungle is an interesting film that features Glen Ford and some young new talent that would find bigger fame in later years. Sidney Poitier,Vic Marrow and Jamie Farr(Jameel Farrah then) all play teens in this tale of juvenile delinquents in a lower class school that Ford comes to teach in. Still holds up well considering it's age. Poitier would later do "To Sir With Love" and switch ...

The Cross and the Switchblade-DVD

44 reviews
Pat Boone, Erik Estrada

Ross Records, 2003

Movie
This DVD replaces a old VHS movie of the same name. A excellent movie for all to see.

Europa Europa

101 reviews
Solomon Perel, Marco Hofschneider

MGM (Video & DVD), 2003

A Boy In Search Of Himself
If it were not for the fact that the real Solomon Perel appears towards the end of Europa Europa, I would be tempted to believe this film was fiction. It seems too unlikely that a Jewish boy could survive World War II, first as a good Soviet, then as a good Nazi, without being discovered. But apparently it happened, and this film does an excellent job of depicting the extraordinary story. ...

Schindler's List (Full Screen Edition)

Fresh

56 reviews
Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito

Miramax, 2002

Fresh
A bright young boy attempts to survive life in the city by acting as an errand boy for a drug dealer in this thoughtful, sharply plotted drama. Known as Fresh, the young man must use his delivery jobs to support himself and his troubled sister, receiving nothing from his distant, alcoholic father but the occasional chess lesson. His intelligence and quiet determination serve him well, as he wins ...

City of Men

16 reviews
Douglas Silva

Miramax, 2008

Great movie
I have watched City of God, great movie, so I got this movie to watch from blockbuster and had to buy it. Its great, but after buying it and realizing there is a tv series about these boys I recommend watching that first. It builds up to them wanting to search for their fathers. But aside from that I was able to enjoy the movie and fully appreciate a journey between two best friends.