MC Lyte Movies

A twenty-seven year old professional basketball player about to sign a lucrative endorsement contract that will set him up for life sees his entire future begin to crumble by the greed of a woman he swears never to have met in a revealing study of the ultra-materialistic "playa" culture starring Allen Payne, Anthony "Treach" Criss, and Elise Neal. Cedrick Tinsley (Payne) has it all: a successful career on the court, a beautiful fiancée he is preparing to propose to, and enough cash to live life in style. As Cedric prepares to enter into an endorsement contract that could propel his career to the next level, a woman who claims to bear his child emerges from the woodwork intending to sue him for paternity. The only problem is that Cedric claims never to have even met the litigious woman currently threatening to bleed him dry. Now determined to keep his career on track and allow let the "playas" that be to drag him down, Cedric prepares to fight for his future in a world where money equals power and everyone is just trying to make a buck. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Battle Night: The Krump Wars features serious dance battles between enterprising young dancers. The video includes appearances by celebrities like MC Lyte, Tony Rock, and Norm Nixon. Debbie Allen lends her dancing expertise to the proceedings. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

This documentary takes a look at the female rap stars who have achieved success in a predominantly male dominated industry. Artists such as Missy Elliot, Eve, MC Lyte, Spinderella and others appear to help give insight about the industry. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide

Four college students are forced to pay for their actions after a startling act of violence in this urban drama. Katrina (MC Lyte) is a college freshman who, after attending a big party on campus, is invited to a smaller private get-together being thrown by Will (Wood Harris), a charismatic senior. After plenty of drinking, Will and his buddies slip a dose of a "date rape" drug into Katrina's wine, and four men violate her after she's passed out. Will and his cohorts think the whole sordid matter is over the next morning, but it quickly becomes evident that Katrina is not about to forgive or forget the incident. Train Ride also features appearances by Russell Hornsby, Joe Clair, rapper Guru, and Esther Rolle in her final screen appearance (the film was released well over a year after her death in November 1998). ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

First, a little background: in 1955, the Director's Guild of America created the pseudonym Alan Smithee, which film directors are allowed to use if they feel their work has been tampered with to such a degree that they no longer want the credit. (For example, if you look at the credits of the expanded and heavily narrated TV version of Dune, you'll notice the director is not listed as David Lynch, but as Alan Smithee.) An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn is a comedy about a film editor (played by Eric Idle) who finally gets his big break -- he's given the opportunity to direct a big-budget action film starring Sylvester Stallone, Whoopi Goldberg, and Jackie Chan. But filming does not go well (the budget eventually balloons to 200 million dollars) and the producer, James Edmunds (Ryan O'Neal), tampers with the final cut of the film. As a result, the hapless neophyte director doesn't want his name to appear on the credits. But his real name is Alan Smithee, so what's he supposed to do? In a stunning example of art imitating life, director Arthur Hiller was supposedly unhappy with the interference of screenwriter and producer Joe Eszterhas on this project and chose to remove his name from the credits -- so An Alan Smithee Film carries the directorial credit of none other than Alan Smithee. Rappers Coolio and Chuck D appear as the filmmaking Brothers Brothers; Chuck D also contributed to the film's score. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

"When in Love," "Lyte as a Rock," "Eyes are the Soul" and other songs are featured in this collection which also includes interviews. ~ All Movie Guide