Ella Joyce Movies
- 2008
A Simple Promise tells the story of two struggling artists who must negotiate their desire for fame in the midst of the surprising love they find for each other. Soon their unexpected relationship triggers profound changes that neither of them anticipated. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Layla Kayleigh, Wallace Demarria', (more)
Family Matters and Camp Cucamonga mainstay Jaleel White headlines the rollicking, direct-to-video urban comedy Who Made the Potatoe Salad?, helmed by Damon 'Coke' Daniels and co-starring Clifton Powell, Eddie Griffin (Undercover Brother) and Deray Davis (Barbershop 2: Back in Business). White stars as Michael, a San Diego police officer who travels to the L.A. home of his intended, Angela (Jennia Frederique), to meet her outrageous, eccentric family and officially announce their wedding plans. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jaleel White, Jennia Fredrique, (more)
- 2002
- Add What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away to QueueAdd What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away to top of Queue
A rare original movie offering from the UPN network, What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away focuses on three high school girls: aspiring singer Temple (Keshia Knight Pulliam) and her lifelong friends Alex (Angell Conwell) and Breena (Monica McSwain). Attending a weekend college-scholarship retreat, the three heroines endeavor to gain financial support for their chosen academic fields. Along the way, Temple squares off against longtime rival Doreen (Alexis Fields), Alex is distracted by a handsome frat boy, and Breena tries to prove that she's a lot more mature than her hip-hop image. The film originally aired on May 31, 2002. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Keshia Knight Pulliam, Angell Conwell, (more)
An ancient evil finds resistance in the most unlikely of places in this oddball comedy horror effort from Phantasm director Don Coscarelli. Resting in the confines of a Mud Creek, TX, nursing home after fading into obscurity following his departure from the limelight, an aging and embittered Elvis (Bruce Campbell) befriends a delusional patient named Jack (Ossie Davis) who claims to be John F. Kennedy. It seems that at the height of his popularity Elvis had switched identities with a convincing double, and, upon the death of the substitute, missed his chance to reclaim his former fame. Despite his anger at never having made a comeback, Elvis finds a new reason to live when Jack tips him off to an evil mummy that is feasting on the souls of hapless nursing home inhabitants. Before long the geriatric duo must muster the strength to fend off the malevolent soul sucker lest they ultimately fall prey to the fearsome Bubba Ho-Tep (Bob Ivy). ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, (more)
In this gritty drama, a woman discovers that her long-lost mother is now her partner in a cutthroat prison gang. Treasure (Yolonda Ross) is a young African-American woman who grew up without a mother and has been in trouble with the law most of her life after falling in with a rough-and-tumble street gang. Treasure has long been told that her mother, a hard-as-nails female criminal nicknamed "Brownie," died years ago, but one of Treasure's best friends and gang-sisters tells her about meeting a hard-core "lifer" named Brownie in an adult lockup, and Treasure wonders if she might be her mother. About to turn 21, Treasure goes out of her way to break enough rules to be sent to the State Facility for Women, where Brownie (Davenia McFadden) is also held. Treasure soon meets Brownie and discovers she is indeed her mother, but finds that the longtime prisoner would prefer to regard her as a gang ally than as a daughter. Treasure also learns that not everyone welcomes her presence in Brownie's gang, especially Kit (Rain Phoenix), a drug dealer who runs with Brownie and feels that her daughter is forcing her to divide her loyalties. Stranger Inside was directed and co-written by Cheryl Dunye, who previously made the controversial independent feminist satire The Watermelon Woman; the film was premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival prior to its telecast on the premium cable network HBO, which financed the project. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Yolonda Ross, Davenia McFadden, (more)
Two friends become mortal enemies when they cross over to the wrong side of the law in this crime drama. Sonya and Mickey are two women who grew up together on the mean streets of New York City. While they're bright, resourceful, and good looking, fate hasn't been giving them an excess of opportunities and so Mickey comes up with an unusual get-rich-quick scheme -- knocking over a bank for a five-million-dollar payday. However, the big numbers have an ugly effect on Sonya, who turns her friend in to the authorities, but not before pocketing the take from the robbery. Just when Sonya thinks she's gotten away with the perfect crime, Mickey reappears on the scene and she's not at all happy. Clockin' Green stars Ella Joyce, Joyce Sylvester, and Michael J. Navarez. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- 1997
"The voice" is actually "the stomach" in this episode -- that is, the weird nocturnal noises emanating from the stomach of Claire (Sara Rose Peterson), the latest girlfriend of Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld). Elsewhere, Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) can't get Puddy (Patrick Warburton) off her mind, or out of her bed. George (Jason Alexander) parlays his phony handicap into a one-year contract with his new employer (Gordon Jump). And Kramer (Michael Richards) hires a college intern (Jarrad Paul) to help him organize "Kramerica Industries." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Despite his status as a major action star, Sylvester Stallone has made a number of attempts to remodel himself as a comic actor; one of his more infamous efforts in this direction was Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot!. Police detective Joe Bromowski (Sylvester Stallone) has just broken off his relationship with his girlfriend (and fellow police officer) Gwen Harper (JoBeth Williams), so Joe's mother Tutti (Estelle Getty) decides it's time to pay him a visit. Tutti proceeds to make Joe's life miserable by nagging him about his clothes, cleaning his apartment, washing his gun, tagging along on investigations, and somehow getting involved with a gun-running organization that the police have been trying to infiltrate. After this film, Stallone would stay away from comedy until 1997, when he played a cameo in another unenthusiastically received film, An Alan Smithee Film -- Burn, Hollywood, Burn. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sylvester Stallone, Estelle Getty, (more)
