The Distinguished Gentleman (1992) is a political satire comedy starring Eddie Murphy as Thomas Jefferson Johnson, a slick Florida con artist who hustles his way into the U.S. Congress. Continue reading
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Category: Hollywood Monday
9/28/26 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Sucker Free City (2004) — Spike Lee’s Gritty Masterpiece of Urban Life
Sucker Free City (2004) is a television crime drama film directed by Spike Lee and written by San Francisco native Alex Tse, exploring the volatile intersection of race, gentrification, and the criminal underworld in San Francisco. Continue reading
8/10/26 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: A Raisin In The Sun – Ruby Dee, Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil
The 1961 classic film adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry‘s groundbreaking play, A Raisin In The Sun, is available to watch online. The movie stars its acclaimed original Broadway cast members, including Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, and Claudia McNeil. Continue reading
8/3/26 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Uptown Saturday Night 1974
Uptown Saturday Night is a celebrated 1974 American crime buddy comedy film directed by and starring Sidney Poitier, alongside co-star Bill Cosby. The plot centers on two ordinary friends, Steve Jackson and Wardell Franklin, who sneak away for a night out at Madame Zenobia’s illegal underground after-hours nightclub. Continue reading
7/27/26 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: The Devil To Pay – She Must Kill To Save Her Son
The phrase She Must Kill To Save Her Son, The Devil To Pay is an Action, Survival Thriller independent film, The Devil To Pay (originally titled Reckoning), starring Danielle Deadwyler, Catherine Dyer and Brad Carter. Continue reading
7/20/26 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Django Unchained – Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio
Django Unchained is a 2012 American revisionist Western Film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson,with Walton Goggins, Dennis Christopher, James Remar, Michael Parks and Don Johnson in supporting roles. Continue reading
7/13/26 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Sepia Cinderella (1947)
Sepia Cinderella (1947) is the second in a series of films produced by Jack Goldberg and Arthur Leonard, made primarily for the 684 theatres (in 1947) that catered exclusively to Black audiences that were kept out, or placed in a special balcony section, in most of the theatres in segregated America. Continue reading
7/6/26 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Willie Dynamite (1973)
Willie Dynamite is a classic 1973 Blaxploitation Film directed by Gilbert Moses and released by Universal Pictures. It stars Roscoe Orman, Diana Sands, Thalmus Rasulala, Joyce Walker, Roger Robinson, George Murdock, Albert Hall, Juanita Brown, Royce Wallace, Judith Brown, Marcia McBroom, Nathaniel Taylor. A arrogant New York City pimp trying to become the number one operator in the city. Continue reading
6/29/26 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: The Marva Collins Story (1981) – Cicely Tyson, Morgan Freeman
The Marva Collins Story (1981) is a critically acclaimed biographical television film starring Cicely Tyson as the pioneering educator Marva Collins and Morgan Freeman as her devoted husband, Clarence Collins. Continue reading
6/1/26 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Don’t Be A Menace (Full Movie) – Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Bernie Mac
Innocent young black man Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) is forced to move into a tough Los Angeles slum with his family, including his oddly streetwise, pot-smoking grandma (Helen Martin). Continue reading
