THE PIANO LESSON (2024)

 

Directed By: Malcolm Washington 

Written By: Virgil Williams and Malcolm Washington 

Based on the play by: August Wilson 

Cinematography: Michael Gioulakis 

Editor: Leslie Jones 

Cast: Danielle Deadwyler, Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Corey Hawkins, Stephen James, Erykah Badu, Michael Potts, Pauletta Washington, Skylar Aleece Smith 

Follows the lives of the Charles family as they deal with themes of family legacy and more, in deciding what to do with an heirloom, the family piano.

BLUES BROTHERS 2000 (1998)

 

Directed By: John Landis Written By: John Landis and Dan Aykroyd  Cinematography: David Herrington  Editor: Dale Beldin

Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Joe Morton, Nia Peeples, J Evan Bonifant, Frank Oz, Darrell Hammond, B.B. King, Junior Wells, Aretha Franklin, Matt Murphy, Erykah Badu, Johnny Lang, Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett, Eric Clapton, Steve Lawrence, John Popper, Sam Moore, Paul Shaffer, Clarence Clemmons, Issac Hayes, Bo Diddley

Elwood, the now lone "Blues Brother" finally released from prison, is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospital. Once again hitting the road to re-unite the band and win the big prize at the New Orleans Battle of the Bands, Elwood is pursued cross-country by the cops, led by Cabel the Curtis' son (and Elwood's step-brother), the Russian Mafia, and a militia group. On his new "mission from God" Elwood enlists the help of a young orphan, and a strip club bartender.

WHAT MEN WANT (2019)

Directed By: Adam Shankman 
Written By: Tina Gordon, Peter Huyck & Alex Gregory 
Based on the screenplay “What Women Want” By: Josh Goldsmith & Cathy Yuspa 
Story By: Jas Waters & Tina Gordon 
Based On The Story “What Women Want” By: Diane Drake, Josh Goldsmith & Cathy Yuspa Cinematography By: Jim Denault 
Editor: Emma E. Hickcox 


Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Josh Brener, Aldis Hodge, Erykah Badu, Tracy Morgan, Jason Jones, Max Greenfield, Richard Roundtree, Kellan Lutz, Pheobe Robinson, Tamala Jones, Brian Bosworth, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Pete Davidson 


A woman is boxed out by the male sports agents in her profession, but gains an unexpected edge over them when she develops the ability to hear men's thoughts.

THE LAND (2016)

Written & Directed By: Steven Caple Jr. 
Cinematography By: Steven Holleran 
Editor: Saira Haider 


Cast: Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Moises Arias, Michael Kenneth Williams, Machine Gun Kelly, Robert Hunter, Rafi Garvon, Natalie Martinez, Kim Coates, Erykah Badu 

THE LAND tells the story of four teenage boys who devote their summer to escaping the streets of Cleveland, Ohio to pursue a dream life of professional skateboarding. But when they get caught in the web of the local Queen-pin, their motley brotherhood is tested, threatening to make this summer their last.