Loretta Devine

Troubled Newark minister Henry Biggs prays for heavenly help that comes in the form of an 'angelic' friend named Dudley. Dudley helps the minister see the true spirit of Christmas and beauty in his wife. There are many good reasons for going to see 'The Preacher's Wife.'--Washington Post

Manny Cortez has scrimped and saved to buy a two-bedroom home for his family. No sooner does the Cortez family move into the suburban school district than the local school board announces that Westbrook High will close at the end of the year and be consolidated into a new 'super-school' to save money. Long known for its extraordinary teachers and being a top school in the state, the teachers, students, and parents unite to fight back.

While flying to his father's funeral in rural Appalachia, an intense storm causes Marquis to lose control of the plane carrying him and his family. He awakens wounded, alone, and trapped in Ms. Eloise's attic, who claims she can nurse him back to health with the Boogity, a Hoodoo figure she has made from his blood and skin. Unable to call for help, Marquis desperately tries to outwit and break free from her dark magic.

Nicole seems to have it all, a great job, an adoring husband, but her perfect world is shattered when her childhood friend is suddenly found dead. The tragedy reunites Nicole with her best friends from years ago, but they each soon find themselves in danger, targets of a deranged stalker. Nicole knows this can2t be a coincidence. The secrets of their past are coming back to haunt them and this deadly nightmare is just beginning for the girls.

Titles included: Boyz N the Hood; Akeelah and the Bee; Waiting to Exhale; Betty & Coretta; Chi-raq.

When food stylist Holly returns home for Christmas, she learns that Loretta, the elderly owner of her favorite childhood bakery, is retiring & has started a contest to give the bakery to whomever can recreate her famous 12 Days of Christmas recipes. Holly enters, as does a local baker named Brad and the 2 adversaries end up cooking up something special together for the holidays.

Flight attendant Nina Thomas (Monica Calhoun) has spent 12 years dating her college sweetheart. After rejecting his many marriage proposals, she finally decided to say yes. But after meeting a handsome divorcee (Brian White) during a long layover in Los Angeles, Nina finds herself in a compromising position she never expected and that may change her life forever.

Danny Glover and writer/director Phil Alden Robinson (Field of Dreams) reveal the impact of the 1960s civil rights movement on a small Southern town in the compelling drama Freedom Song.In the fictional town of Quinlan, Mississippi, the arrival of a civil rights group leader inspires a young African-American teenager, Owen Walker (Vicellous Reon Shannon), to join the crusade to desegregate his hometown. Leading sit-ins and helping black people register...

"Hoodlum" recounts the uneasy alliance between the Italian and Jewish mafias who banded together to declare war on the black gangsters of New York's Harlem in the 1920s. Focusing on the relationship between the three rival leaders, "Bumpy" Johnson (Laurence Fishburne), Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth), and Lucky Luciano (Andy Garcia), "Hoodlum" co-stars Vanessa Williams, Cicely Tyson, Queen Latifah, Richard Bradford and William Atherton and is a compelling...

Dwayne and Ron pledge the same fraternity, and Dwayne notices that his 'Big Brother' has a crush on Whitley.