4 Movies Starring Orlando Jones

Liberty Heights

Liberty Heights

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-12-31

Languages:

English, German, Yiddish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

127 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (5713 Reviews)

Director:

Barry Levinson

Fullplot:

Anti-Semitism, race relations, coming of age, and fathers and sons: in Baltimore from fall, 1954, to fall, 1955. Racial integration comes to the high school, TV is killing burlesque, and rock and roll is pushing the Four Lads off the Hit Parade. Ben, a high school senior, and his older brother Van are exploring "the other": in Ben's case, it's friendship with Sylvia, a Black student; with Van, it's a party in the WASP part of town and falling for a debutante, Dubbie. Sylvia gives Ben tickets to a James Brown concert; Dubbie invites Van to a motel: new worlds open. Meanwhile, their dad Nate, who runs a numbers game, loses big to a small-time pusher, Little Melvin; a partnership ensues.

Say It Isn't So

Say It Isn't So

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-03-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

4.9 (10863 Reviews)

Director:

J.B. Rogers

Cast:

Writer:

Peter Gaulke

Gerry Swallow

Fullplot:

Young orphan Gilly (Klein) finds out his lover Jo (Graham) may actually be his biological sister. After they break up he discovers he's not related and travels across the country to stop her impending wedding. Unfortunately the entire nation has heard the same story and thinks he's just after incestuous thrills.

Drumline

Drumline

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-12-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (27724 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Shawn Schepps (story)

Tina Gordon Chism (screenplay)

Shawn Schepps (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A fish-out-of-water comedy about a talented street drummer from Harlem who enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marching band's drumline to victory. He initially flounders in his new world, before realizing that it takes more than talent to reach the top.

Seconds Apart

Seconds Apart

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-07-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

89 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (5129 Reviews)

Director:

Antonio Negret

Fullplot:

Seth and Jonah are twins with a dangerous ability: telepathy. Things start to spiral out of their control as their classmates end up dying in twisted and bizarre ways. The police suspect them. But, jealousy begins to divide them and soon they can no longer trust each other. Leading up to a horrific battle against themselves.

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