Keith Bogart Movies

Yet another teenager discovers how difficult growing up can be in this comedy-drama. It's 1973, and 15-year-old Natalie (Majandra Delfino), shy and bookish, is caught in the emotional crossfire at home when her hippie-ish mom, Ruby (Linda Hamilton), discovers that dad, Hugh (Eugene Levy), a psychology professor at a local college, has been having an affair with one of his students. Natalie is having problems of her own, of the "boys don't make passes at girls who wear glasses" variety, which is not helped very much by her friend Kay (Megan Good), who is pretty enough to have already caught the attention of several good-looking boys. However, much to Natalie's surprise, one of Kay's new flames starts giving her the eye, and appears to like what he sees. The Secret Life Of Girls was the directorial debut for screenwriter Holly Goldberg Sloan, whose previous credits include the remakes of Angels In The Outfield and Mighty Joe Young. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

In this satiric allegory about life on the margins of the entertainment industry, Charlie (Charlie Mattera) is a guy who just wants to find steady work honestly honing on his craft, while his agent thinks that he should lower his sights a bit and take some work he might otherwise think was beneath him. However, Charlie isn't an actor, he's a hit man, and while he's good at his job, he has very strict rules about what sort of assignments he'll take -- he'll only kill women, preferably wives who are unfaithful and an economic burden to their husbands. His agent, on the other hand, thinks that if he's willing to murder the occasional husband for money, they'd both be in better shape. Charlie doesn't care for Los Angeles and is looking for new representation, but in the meantime, he's trying to keep a few steps ahead of the law, hoping that his business partners Johnny (Keith Bogart) and Todd (Todd Newman) will keep their mouths shut, and trying to keep his wife Nina (Nina Siemaszko) happy. Director Jordan Alan and leading man Charlie Mattera created the basic storyline and provided "improvisational guidelines" for the cast; from that point on, the dialogue and other material was generated spontaneously by the cast. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Angling for an "Easy A", Will (Will Smith) suggests that Bel-Air academy begin offering a Black History class. Much to his surprise, the class is taught by his own Aunt Vivian (Janet Hubert-Whitten), a brilliant historian who has probably forgotten more about African-American culture than Will will ever learn! Though Aunt Viv's class is tough and demanding, she proves so popular with the students that she is invited to become a permanent faculty member--and Will is definitely NOT happy about this turn of events. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Hoping to scare the wits out of Ashley's slumber-party guests, Will (Will Smith) regales them with a hip-hop horror story. The eerie tale involves an innocent homeboy named "Wilbert Smithsoniam" who gets into a terrible jam after carving the word "Fresh" on a desk in a fashionable prep school, and is subsequently subjected to unspeakable tortures at the hands of his evil cousin "Carlbert." How long will it be before Ashley (Tatyana M. Ali) catches on that Will is merely embellishing his own experiences during his first day at Bel-Air Academy? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Former boxer Jake LaMotta stars Hangmen along with Rick Washburn and Doug Thomas. The scene is New York's East Side, which according to this film is a hotbed of intrigue. An elite corps of ex-CIA agents form a covert terrorist team known as The Hangmen. When the hero (Washburn) finds out about this, he is targeted for elimination, but the villains forget that he's been trained by the CIA as well. Hangmen later received a home-video release due to the presence of Sandra Bullock as the heroine. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide