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Never Die Alone

Sales Rank:23388
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)

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DMX
David Arquette
Michael Ealy
Drew Sidora
Antwon Tanner

There's nothing like a violent, foul-mouthed, drug-laden, misogynistic, post-adolescent gangsta fantasy to teach you (heh heh) that crime doesn't pay. Whassup with Never Die Alone, bro? Here's a pulp-driven movie that wants it both ways, glorifying virtually every negative black-male stereotype in the book (illiterates with absentee parents, gold-toothed pimps, hooded gangstas, bling-bling drug dealers, thugs, and assorted hip-hop wannabes) while presenting a gritty neo-noir crime story of an ill-fated heroin dealer and woman-hater (rapper-turned-bad-actor DMX) who seeks redemption but has too much bad karma to survive. Based on the influential 1974 novel by Donald Goines and directed with plenty of dark-city style by Ernest R. Dickerson, this hard-hitting but woefully trashy crime thriller is rather ambitious in its narrative structure, weaving past and present in telling a doomed man's tale. David Arquette brings urgent desperation to his role as a seedy writer whose inner-city research turns into a violent nightmare, and Michael Ealy is equally good as a vengeful gangsta with blood ties to DMX's character. But what's the real lesson here? In a movie with no moral compass, it's no wonder everyone's spinning off in all the wrong directions. --Jeff Shannon

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Muhammad Ali - Through the Eyes of the World

Sales Rank:45510
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)

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Billy Crystal
Richard Harris
James Earl Jones
Rod Steiger

Muhammad Ali's grace, charisma, and remarkable bravado shine through in this affectionate look at his life and career. Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World takes a fairly straightforward documentary approach, chronicling Ali's life and career through film footage and interviews with journalists, loved ones, and a few bizarre commentators, like Scottish comedian Billy Connolly. The film does an excellent job of conveying both Ali's genuine importance as a historical figure and his incredible personal magnetism. Though the documentary doesn't shy away from his faults, Ali is simply impossible to dislike. Most importantly, the film's commentary and carefully selected fight footage make it clear even to those who don't follow the sport what a remarkable boxer Ali was. At one point, Lennox Lewis refers to the "sweet science" of not getting hit, and watching Ali dodge a barrage of punches, we understand exactly what he means. Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World doesn't pack quite the dramatic wallop of When We Were Kings, but it is a compelling look at one of history's greatest athletes. --Ali Davis

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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in The Hood

Sales Rank:29145
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MPAA Rating: Unrated

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Shawn Wayans
Marlon Wayans
Tracey Cherelle Jones
Vivian Smallwood
Chris Spencer

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in The Hood wants desperately to be an Airplane-like parody of inner-city African American gangsta movies. Instead, it offers us more turkey than we would find at any Thanksgiving spread. Unfunny, stereotypical, stupid, and crass, it was cowritten by Marlon and Shawn Wayans, both of whom should have known better. The two fare better as actors than writers, as they are almost amusing as hardened, dimwitted homeboys. As Ashtray, Shawn returns to his 'hood and hooks up with his best buddy (Marlon) before the two embark on a series of oh-so-wacky adventures. Siblings Keenen Ivory, Kim, and Craig Wayans also make appearances. If you really want a laugh, watch Booty Call. --Rochelle O'Gorman

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Slaughter

Sales Rank:13731
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Jim Brown
Stella Stevens
Rip Torn
Cameron Mitchell
Don Gordon

Ex-pro football hero Jim Brown (The Dirty Dozen, Ice Station Zebra) is El Mucho Macho (Interview) in this fast-paced revenge fest highlighted by 'slick values and direction long on action (Variety)! Featuring hair-raising auto chases and bloody shootings at a lightning pace (Motion Picture Herald) and co-starring Rip Torn, Slaughter is an exercise in unmitigated mayhem (The Hollywood Reporter)! Ex-Green Beret Slaughter (Brown) sets out toget the mafia man who blew up his folks car with them still in it! But when he blows up a planeload of mob henchmanhe finds himself the pawn of Feds who were also on the trail. Ordered to tail the mob murderers to South America, Slaughter will use any means possiblefrom bedding a beautiful mafia babe (Stella Stevens) to blowing up a few vehicles of his ownto get his man! The appropriately titled Slaughter (New York Daily News) is one killer entertainment!

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Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 2

Sales Rank:33639
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)

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Martin Lawrence
Bernie Mac
Chris Rock
Chris Tucker
Rudy Rush

Studio: First Look Home Entertain Release Date: 05/29/2001 Run time: 120 minutes Rating: Nr

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The Chris Rock Show - Seasons 1 & 2

Sales Rank:35875
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)

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Director(s):

Scott Preston
Linda Mendoza

Actor(s):

Chris Rock
Loring Murtha
Wanda Sykes
Ali LeRoi
Cleo Hayes

Chris Rock's ground-breaking, Emmy Award-winning comedy series: The Chris Rock Show now has the first 2 seasons on DVD. It?s an unrated, uncensored, uninhibited 17 episodes of one of America?s finest comic minds, Chris Rock, a magnificent national sensation.

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Sunday School

Sales Rank:35175
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)

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Jerome A. Hawkins
Amber Nicole
Christian Omari
Alonzo Jones

Rachel, the new girl in town, is urged to attend Sunday School, but when she agrees she gets more than she bargained for. Quickly falling for a young handsome pastor, her affections don't go unnoticed by his ex-girlfriend. Torn between her past dreams of Hollywood stardom and a new found relationship with God, Rachel must make a choice.

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Nutty Professor II - The Klumps (Collector's Edition)

Sales Rank:51275
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)

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Eddie Murphy
Janet Jackson
Nikki Cox
Chris Elliott
Enya Flack

Eddie Murphy's remake of The Nutty Professor used the good professor's alter ego, Buddy Love, in much the same way that Jerry Lewis did in his brilliant original: a representation of the id out of control that plays like an admission of the actor's off-screen sins. In the sequel, Murphy expands on his Klump family from the first film and makes them major characters. Consequently, his dark side has plenty more places to express itself, particularly through the oversexed grandmother, Sherman's aggressively impotent father, and his just plain surly uncle, as well as Buddy Love (all played by Murphy).

The movie opens with professor Sherman Klump barely holding onto his sanity as his internal Buddy Love makes him say inappropriate things. He decides to extract his mutant Buddy Love gene (a sort of genetic version of electroshock therapy), but afterward is unable to maintain his original personality and intelligence. Sherman is the most bland character of the bunch, and the audience gets stuck with his boring romance with fellow professor Janet Jackson, his struggle to be nice, and generic intrigue surrounding a Fountain of Youth formula he developed. When it's not trying too hard to be nice--heck, one character is anally raped by a giant hamster--the movie works. The moral of the story is that Sherman needs to reconnect with their inner Buddy Love. That goes for Murphy, too. --Andy Spletzer

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Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery

Sales Rank:29230
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)

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Director(s):

Noland Walker
Jacquie Jones
Susan Bell

Actor(s):

Angela Bassett
Jeremy Rabb
Andre Braugher
Eric Foner
Kemp Harris

"Everything you thought you knew about slavery is about to be challenged." So says WGBH about its six-hour series Africans in America, and they are absolutely right. Interviews with historians and luminaries such as General Colin Powell, dramatic re-creations of important events, and beautiful photography create a vivid and compelling story of over 400 years of tragedy. Ten million Africans died on the journey to America alone; they and the countless numbers whose lives were wasted in servitude find a voice in Angela Bassett's outstanding narration. At once scholarly and moving, Africans in America should be required viewing for anyone interested in the American condition. --Rob Lightner

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To Sir, With Love

Sales Rank:16506
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MPAA Rating: Unrated

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Sidney Poitier
Christian Roberts
Judy Geeson
Suzy Kendall
Lulu

Novelist James Clavell wrote, produced, and directed this 1967 British film (based on a novel by E.R. Braithwaite) about a rookie teacher who throws out stock lesson plans and really takes command of his unruly, adolescent students in a London school. Poitier is very good as a man struggling with the extent of his commitment to the job, and even more as a teacher whose commitment is to proffering life lessons instead of academics. The spirit of this movie can be found in such recent films as Dangerous Minds and Mr. Holland's Opus, but none is as moving as this one. Besides, the others don't have a title song performed by pop star Lulu. --Tom Keogh

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