Movies Starring Mos Def
Next Day Air
Emilio Rivera, Malik Barnhardt, Kevin Benton, Lombardo Boyar, Inny Clemons, Mos Def, Mike Epps, Donald Faison, Omari Hardwick, Wood Harris, Shawn Michael Howard, Jo D. Jonz, Roman Macias, Darius McCrary, Gerald Rawles
DIRECTOR:Benny Boom
When a misguided UPS driver inadvertently delivers a package containing concealed bricks of cocaine to the wrong address, it sets in motion a desperate search and battle for the coke between the furious dealerthat sent it, the fearful intended recipients that missed it, and the conniving accidental recipients that plan to flip it. Time is running out and everyone's trying to get their hands on the package that's been sent...Next Day Air!
Cadillac Records
Tim Bellow, Tony Bentley, Lawrence P. Beron, Eric Bogosian, Marc Bonan, Adrien Brody, Cedric the Entertainer, Wayne Cobham, Ryan Curtis, Mos Def, Eshaya Draper, John Farrer, Shiloh Fernandez, Doug W. Goldman, Gano Grills
DIRECTOR:Darnell Martin
n this tale of sex, violence, race, and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, "Cadillac Records" follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
Be Kind Rewind
You name it, we shoot it
Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, Melonie Diaz, Irv Gooch, Chandler Parker, Arjay Smith, Quinton Aaron, Gio Perez, Basia Rosas, Tomasz Soltys, Marcus Carl Franklin, Blake Hightower, Amir Ali Said
DIRECTOR:A small VHS only video store faces foreclosure in a poor community. While watching the store for the owner, a blundering employee's friend accidentally erases all of the tapes. In order to keep their blunder from becoming apparent, the duo of Mos Def and Jack Black begin remaking the films themselves using homemade special effects and outdated filming techniques.
16 Blocks
For a New York cop and his witness, the distance between life and death just got very short.
Bruce Willis, Mos Def, David Morse, Steve Nuke, Jim Lavin
DIRECTOR:Jack Mosley, a burnt-out detective, is assigned the unenviable task of transporting a fast-talking convict from jail to a courthouse 16 blocks away. However, along the way he learns that the man is supposed to testify against Mosley's colleagues, and the entire NYPD wants him dead. Mosley must choose between loyalty to his colleagues and protecting the witness, and never has such a short distance seemed so long...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Don't Panic
Mos Def, Martin Freeman, John Malkovich, Warwick Davis, Simon Jones, Anna Chancellor, Zooey Deschanel, Bill Bailey, Stephen Fry, Su Elliot, Richard Griffiths, Dominique Jackson, Thomas Lennon, Mark Longhurst, Kelly Macdonald
DIRECTOR:Garth Jennings
Arthur Dent is a British everyman. When he finally meets his perfect woman he balks at her request to go some place and she is then stolen away from him by a man claiming to have his own spaceship arrives at the party. Arthur next finds that his home is to be demolished for a bypass. He thinks it is only his house, but later realizes, with the help of Ford Prefect, that his galactic home, Earth, is going to be destroyed as well. Ford and Arthur then catch a ride on a spaceship and are Arthur finds himself on the adventure of a lifetime. He also finds the woman stolen away from him and the man who pilfered her. If Earth can be restored will Arthur want to ease back into his boring life?
The Woodsman
What's the worst thing you ever did?
Kevin Bacon, David Alan Grier, Eve, Kyra Sedgwick, Benjamin Bratt, Carlos Leon, Michael Shannon, Kevin Rice, Mos Def, Hannah Pilkes, Jessica Nagle, Liam Daniels, Joey Hazinsky, Clara Infinity Daniels, Ashley C. Coombs
DIRECTOR:Nicole Kassell
After twelve years in prison, Walter arrives in an unnamed city, moves into a small apartment across the street from an elementary school, gets a job at a lumberyard, and mostly keeps to himself. A quiet, guarded man, Walter finds unexpected solace from Vickie, a tough-talking woman who promises not to judge him for his history. But Walter cannot escape his past. A convicted sex offender, Walter is warily eyed by his brother-in-law, shunned by his sister, lives in fear of being discovered at work, and is hounded by a suspicious local police officer, Detective Lucas. After befriending a young girl in a neighborhood park, Walter must also grapple with the terrible prospect of his own reawakened demons.
The Italian Job
Steal The Day 5.30.03
Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Jason Statham, Seth Green, Mark Wahlberg, Donald Sutherland, Mos Def, Fausto Callegarini, Tiberio Greco, Jimmy Shubert, Tammi Cubilette, Mary Portser
DIRECTOR:A gang of robbers, lead by career criminal Charlie Croker, create the largest traffic jam in Los Angeles history, giving them time to pull off a theft of gold bullion. They get away in their Mini Coopers, which are small enough to drive on sidewalks so they can make a clean get away before the traffic jam clears.
Showtime
Lights. Camera. Aggravation.
Robert De Niro, Eddie Murphy, Rachael Harris, Zaid Farid, Alex Borstein, Holly Mandel, Marshall Manesh, Nestor Serrano, T.J. Cross, James Roday, Joel Hurt Jones, Chris Harrison, Perri Peltz, Amy Powell, Mos Def
DIRECTOR:LAPD Detective Sergeant Mitch Preston cares only about doing his job and nailing crooks. LAPD Patrol Officer Trey Sellars joined the force as a day job until his acting career took off. During an undercover drug buy Mitch was working that Trey botched by calling in for backup and drawing media attention, Mitch's partner is shot with a very exotic 12-gauge automatic weapon; Mitch then shoots the video camera out of the hands of a reporter filming the action when the cameraman refused to shut it down. Faced with a $10 million lawsuit, the department agrees to let producer Chase Renzi film Mitch's investigation for a new reality TV show, and constantly tries to make everything more "viewer friendly" by changing everything about Mitch's life to fit the stereotypical view of police officers—and partners him with Trey.
Monster's Ball
A lifetime of change can happen in a single moment.
Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Taylor Simpson, Gabrielle Witcher, Heath Ledger, Amber Rules, Peter Boyle, Charles Cowan Jr., Taylor LaGrange, Mos Def, Anthony Bean, Francine Segal, John McConnell, Marcus Lyle Brown, Milo Addica
DIRECTOR:Hank Grotowski is a prison guard. He works with his son, Sonny, and lives at home with his racist father, Buck. Lawrence Musgrove has just been executed and a horrible tragedy has happened at home. Now, Hank has just met Leticia, a young black woman struggling to make ends meet and they quickly fall in love to ease each other's pains. If only he knew that Leticia is Musgrove's widow...
