2024-09-27
Streetwise cops target a megalomaniacal drug lord, whose empire is threatened by an informer. (Repeat).
The genesis of sweet sweetback's Baadassss Song. (Repeat).
A womanizing ad exec gets his comeuppance when he meets his new boss, Jacqueline, who is every bit his equal. (Repeat).
Inspirational documentary that follows two high-school basketball players over four years as they set their sights on college scholarships and a chance to play in the NBA. (Repeat).
Motorcycle enthusiasts should go hog-wild for this revved-up action flick. Laurence Fishburne is Smoke, president and ace rider of a biker club that engages in illegal street competitions. A young up-and-comer (Derek Luke) with a secret up his sleeve challenges Smoke to become king of the road and the race is on. Orlando Jones, Lisa Bonet, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Kid Rock. (Repeat).
When an outlaw learns that a fortune in Civil War-era gold was hidden by the Confederacy, he puts together a team to find and retrieve it. Learning about his plan, the outlaw's estranged son seeks out his father to get in on the job and try to restore his life to what it once was. (Repeat).
Dynamic Samuel L. Jackson stars as New York City cop John Shaft, who quits the force and decides to dispense his own brand of vigilante justice against a racist killer (Christian Bale) and a Dominican drug lord (Jeffrey Wright). Richard Roundtree, who played the original John Shaft in three '70s crime dramas, has a cameo as Jackson's uncle and namesake. Busta Rhymes, Vanessa Williams, Dan Hedaya.
Live from New Orleans, Lavell Crawford is back with a new comedy special, riffing on everything from white neighborhoods to getting blessed with impossibly good deals on chicken and so much more. (Repeat).
A Memphis pimp and pusher tries to redeem himself by becoming a rapper. (Repeat).
Beyonce Knowles and Cuba Gooding Jr. star in this lively musical comedy about an ad executive who must lead a Georgia choir to victory in a gospel competition if he is to collect his inheritance. Along the way, he finds himself getting in tune romantically with one of the singers. (Repeat).