Clarence Williams III

Musician Max Tooney goes to sell his prized Conn trumpet to a music shop, where he plays the instrument one last time. The shopkeeper recognises the song as one on a record matrix he found and asks who the piece is by. Tooney tells the story of an infant found abandoned in the first class dining room of the four-stacker ocean-liner SS Virginian on 1 January 1900. Danny Boodman, a coal-man from the boiler room, names the boy Danny Boodman T. D. Lemon 1900, after himself, the fruit crate the boy was found in, and the year, and raises him as his own.

Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore · With Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Mélanie Thierry

Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches the boss.

Dir. Bill Duke · With Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Victoria Dillard

A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in a local funeral parlor.

Dir. Rusty Cundieff · With Clarence Williams III, Joe Torry, De'Aundre Bonds

When the body of Army Capt. Elisabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details emerge about Campbell's life, leading to allegations of a possible military coverup of her death and the involvement of her father, Lt. Gen. Joseph Campbell.

Dir. Simon West · With John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell

Three lovable party buds try to bail their friend out of jail. But just when the guys have mastered a plan, everything comes dangerously close to going up in smoke.

Dir. Tamra Davis · With Dave Chappelle, Jim Breuer, Harland Williams

A victim of his own anger, the Kid is a Minneapolis musician on the rise with his band, the Revolution, escaping a tumultuous home life through music. While trying to avoid making the same mistakes as his truculent father, the Kid navigates the club scene and a rocky relationship with a captivating singer, Apollonia. But another musician, Morris, looks to steal the Kid's spotlight -- and his girl.

Dir. Albert Magnoli · With Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day

In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.

Dir. Bill Duke · With Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams

Undead cop Matt Cordell rises from the grave, and is after the criminals who murdered him in prison.

Dir. William Lustig · With Robert Davi, Claudia Christian, Michael Lerner

Harry Mitchell is a successful Los Angeles manufacturer whose wife is running for city council. His life is turned upside down when three blackmailers confront him with a videotape of him with his young mistress and demand $100,000. Fearing that the story will hurt his wife's political campaign if he goes to the police, Harry pretends that he will pay the men, but does not follow through.

Dir. John Frankenheimer · With Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Vanity

The inimitable VW Beetle is losing all his races and destined for the scrap heap until mechanic Hank takes him over and gives him a new lease of life. Soon, Herbie is winning again, to the fury of his previous owner, who builds a menacing black bug to challenge Herbie to the ultimate race.

Dir. Peyton Reed · With Bruce Campbell, John Hannah, Ali Wentworth

After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.

Dir. John Frankenheimer · With Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron, Gary Sinise

A down-on-his-luck American Indian recently released from jail is offered the chance to "star" as the victim of a snuff film, the resulting pay of which could greatly help his poverty stricken family.

Dir. Johnny Depp · With Johnny Depp, Marshall Bell, Elpidia Carrillo

In the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the Mafia steps in when a drug dealer quits his partner and brother to lead a straight life with his girlfriend.

Dir. Leon Ichaso · With Wesley Snipes, Michael Wright, Theresa Randle