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Clyde Jones Movies

2012  
 
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A promising young attorney must choose between lust and faith after falling for his boss' alluring wife. Clifton Powell, Jackée Harry, and Marla Gibbs star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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2009  
NR  
This program from director Pamela Richardson weaves together several profiles of "gold diggers" - or men and women who use their charm and charisma to reap significant financial gain from others. Subjects include Naomi, the niece of a famous polygamist who escaped from a nudist cult; Carla, who knew her husband for one month before inheriting his entire life savings; and Murphy, a "kept man" who gave up the good life for skid row. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

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2007  
 
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DMX, Clifton Powell, and Vivica A. Foxx star in director Phenomenon's inspirational tale of a well-meaning religious leader whose questionable business decision ignites a shocking scandal. Bishop Calvin Jacobs (Powell) is the kind of pastor who is relied on by the community and trusted by his loyal congregation. When Bishop Jacobs realizes during a board meeting that the church's funds have apparently been plundered, he rightly discerns that the church is in very real danger of having to closing its doors. Desperate, Bishop Jacobs subsequently accepts a substantial loan from an international tycoon involved in some seriously shady dealings. When in "innocent" loan ignites an international scandal and a beloved church leader loses his life, the same religious leader who once turned to the dark side in hopes of keeping his ministry alive must now repent and seek the forgiveness of a higher power if he hopes to set things right. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Starring:
DMXClifton Powell, (more)
 
2007  
PG  
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This independently produced drama from director Andrew P. Jones travels back to the Great Depression of the 1930s. It tells the sad saga of Homer Hobbs (Tyson Beckford), a young African-American man who wraps up a two-year jail sentence and returns home to his dead-end small town with a complete lack of prospects. Instinctively, Homer develops a rapport and begins to stick together with four other people roughly in the same boat as he is: Clarence (Glynn Turman), a zero who longs to be someone significant; Gracie (Lynn Whitfield), a down-and-out boarding-house owner who harbors a shocking secret; Benny (Reginald T. Dorsey), a street hustler who plans to relocate to sunny Florida and start afresh; and Lucy (Linara Washington), a woman whose scandalous past threatens to destroy the lives of those around her. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

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Starring:
Tyson BeckfordLinara Washington, (more)
 
2004  
 
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Old friends Clyde and Roscoe have a serious problem: their attempt to repay a debt to the mafia was botched and now they need to come up with a lot of cash, very fast. Not wanting to have their legs broken, or worse, they two hatch a plan that is so crazy it just might work. They take a rundown restaurant and begin to set about making it into the most popular eatery in town. The boys' keen business strategy looks like it could work, but it might payoff too late to save them. ~ Cammila Collar, Rovi

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Starring:
A.J. Johnson
 
2000  
R  
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Four African-American men learn some unexpected lessons about love, lust, and loyalty in this independent comedy-drama. Glenn (Glenn Plummer) is still sorting out his feelings about his recent breakup with his girlfriend (Kristin Andreotti) when three of his buddies stop by for a game of dominoes. As the evening wears on, Glenn and his friends discuss their attitudes about women and relationships, until Chris (Terrence Howard) lets slip with a startling admission -- he has been seeing Glenn's ex, and their dating began before she parted ways with Glenn. Love Beat the Hell Outta Me also stars Clyde R. Jones and Charles Penland.
~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Starring:
Glenn PlummerTerrence Howard, (more)
 
1994  
R  
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Writer/director Rusty Cundieff's satire of gangsta rappers, focusing on a hiphop trio who release a Christmas album called "Ho Ho 'Hos." ~ Nicole Gagne, Rovi

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Starring:
Rusty CundieffLarry B. Scott, (more)
 
1992  
R  
A Los Angeles detective is sent to New Orleans to trace the origin of a new, heavily addictive killer drug. When he is killed in a bizarre voodoo murder, his partner (Anthony Edwards) is sent to investigate. While there, he teams up with an ex-cop (Lance Henriksen), one of the few people able to guide him through the swamps of the Louisiana Delta to the source of both the drug and the killing. ~ John Bush, Rovi

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1991  
 
Will (Will Smith) is asked to be best man at the wedding of his Aunt Janice (Charlayne Woodard)--only to be forbidden from attending the ceremony by his domineering mother Vy (Vernee Watson-Johnson). The reason is both simple and sad: Vy has just learned to her horror that Janice's fiance is a white man (played by future Drew Carey Show regular Diedrich Bader). Vy's anger overflows during the wedding itself, which has a profound effect on the rest of the family. (Ironically, in real life several of the cast members of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air were the children of biracial parents, or were themselves in biracial relationships.) ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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1989  
R  
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A drama involving the world of inner-city drug dealing, Crack House concerns two students (Gregg Gomez Thomsen, Cheryl Kay) trying to attend school while living with the pressures of ghetto life. ~ John Bush, Rovi

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Starring:
Jim BrownAnthony Geary, (more)
 
1988  
R  
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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, Rovi

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Starring:
Eddie MurphyArsenio Hall, (more)
 
1979  
PG  
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Tim Conway as woeful boxer Bags and Don Knotts as his dim-witted sidekick Shake are out to save a gym and do the impossible in this predictable, cliched comedy from director Michael Preece. The setting is the 1930s and Bags is trying to make it as a boxer. Gangster Mike (Robin Clarke) decides to take advantage of the two losers, so he sets Bags up for a big championship match against a bruiser appropriately nicknamed the Butcher (Michael LaGuardia). At stake is more than the one-sided match, the dull duo's friend "Pop" Morgan (David Wayne) has bet all he has on Bags -- he needs money to save his gym from the clutches of the gangster. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

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Starring:
Tim ConwayDon Knotts, (more)