Nile Rodgers Movies
- 2004
Montreux Music Festival regular Carlos Santana takes the stage with some of the most respected musicians of his generation for a historic concert entirely comprised of songs about peace and understanding. Dubbed "Hymns for Peace," the performance found Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Ravi Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, and Idrissa Drop joining the regular Santana line-up to perform such songs as "A Love Supreme", "Light at the Edge of the World", and "What's Going On". Special guest performers include Steve Winwood, Barbara Morrison, Sylver Sharp, Angelique Kidjo, Patti Austin, and Nile Rodgers. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Carlos Santana, Jeff Cressman, (more)
Join documentary filmmaker Danny Schechter, music producer Nile Rodgers, Spike Lee, and over 200 others including artists, athletes, celebrities, police officers, and emergency workers as they come together for a one-in-a-lifetime musical event designed to benefit the victims of the 9/11 disaster by re-recording the hit song "We Are Family". Candid interviews give participants an opportunity to discuss their involvement with the project that originally hit shelves just one-day before the one-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- 1999
German filmmaker Jens Meurer directs this documentary about the Black Panthers, the seminal militant black power movement that was persecuted by J. Edgar Hoover's FBI during the 1960s. Ultimately, the film portrays the revolutionaries in a positive light and the Feds crusade as a tragic waste of life. Panther leader Bobby Seale (who now hawks a line of barbecue cookbooks), law professor Kathleen Cleaver, and musician Nile Rodgers were interviewed for this film. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bobby Seale, Kathleen Cleaver, (more)
Blue Chips examines greed, cheating, and "winning at all costs" in the world of college basketball. Nick Nolte plays the stressed-out coach on the verge of his first losing season, who hits the road in search of new players not already signed by a bigger school. He finds three prospects: a precision Chicago shooter (Anfernee Hardaway), a giant farmboy (Matt Nover), and a talented troublemaker (Shaquille O'Neal). All three, wise to the ways of college basketball recruitment, make excessive financial and lifestyle demands before they can be persuaded to come to the school; the coach, already haunted by accusations of underhanded dealings, doesn't want to dig himself a deeper hole but has no choice. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Nick Nolte, Mary McDonnell, (more)
The third entry in the popular Beverly Hills Cop series finds Detroit cop Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) returning yet again to Southern California, this time on the trail of two car thieves turned murderers. As he teams up again with L.A. cop Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold), Foley's investigation leads him to Wonder World, a theme park that is also the front for a major counterfeiting ring. More action and less wit are the trademarks of this film, which features Murphy dishing out his usual wisecracks, but with less flair and freshness than in the original film. Alan Young plays the old man who runs the amusement park, an interesting setting that still adds little to the tired premise. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, (more)
Coming to America casts comedian Eddie Murphy as pampered African prince Akeem, who rebels against an arranged marriage and heads to America to find a new bride. Murphy's regal father (James Earl Jones) agrees to allow the prince 40 days to roam the U.S., sending the prince's faithful retainer Semmi (Arsenio Hall) along to make sure nothing untoward happens. To avoid fortune hunters, Prince Akeem conceals his true identity and gets a "Joe job" at a fast-food restaurant. Murphy and Hall play multiple roles, and there are innumerable celebrity cameos peppered throughout the proceedings -- including the Duke Brothers (Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy) from Trading Places. Coming to America made further headlines when humorist Art Buchwald sued the film's producers for plagiarizing one of his works. Buchwald carried the case to trial, where he won a sizeable judgement against the film's producers. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, (more)
- 1988
- R
Also released under the title A Crack in the Mirror, this drama follows the events that befall a well-to-do couple when the husband's loss of a job tempts them into the lucrative drug trade. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Robby Benson, Danny Aiello, (more)
- 1987
- R
In this drama, a New York professional finally agrees to assist a local crack dealer and finds himself embroiled in the seamy world of drugs. The film is also titled "White Hot." ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
This stylishly photographed drama is set in the Lower East Side area known as "Alphabet City." There 19-year-oldJohnny has become a drug lord in charge of the neighborhood gangs and pushers. Unfortunately, he too has a boss and when he asks Johnny to burn down the tenement building that houses his mother and sister, the boy refuses and decides to go straight for the sake of his wife and child. This doesn't set well with his boss who sends gangsters out to kill him. Of course, the gangsters have to catch Johnny first. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Vincent Spano, Michael Winslow, (more)
- 1982
- R
When a young, single, neurotic New Yorker finds the perfect woman, he tries desperately to get her to fall for him. Young director Jonathan Kaufer has been compared to Woody Allen with this, his first feature. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Saul Rubinek, Marcia Strassman, (more)
In this madcap comedy, Geena Davis plays Valerie, a manicurist living in the valley with her cold fiancé, Dr. Ted Gallagher (Charles Rocket). At the Curl Up and Dye beauty salon where she works, Valerie enlists the help of her boss, Candy Pink (Julie Brown), for some style advice to try and win back Ted's affections. After undergoing a brand-new hairstyle, Valerie learns that Ted is having an affair and she kicks him out of the house. Soon, while lounging around in her bikini, a spaceship from the planet Jhazzalan crash-lands in her swimming pool. Curious, Valerie befriends the ship's inhabitants -- three horny aliens covered in fur named Mac (Jeff Goldblum), Whiploc (Jim Carrey), and Zeebo (Damon Wayans). Introducing her new friends to Candy, the aliens get a shave and a total makeover transformation into hot, available dates. They all go out dancing at L.A. nightclubs and party. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, (more)
