This list clearly needed more representation from Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan. The moments between lines of dialogue are the strongest as Cass and Frida sit side by side and look at each other, with expressions and reactions saved only for us. The evening in question begins near a food truck. A Girl. Meanwhile, Free caved to the pressure of family obligations in becoming a corporate lawyer, giving up her dream of becoming a deejay. Club promoter Cass (Omari Hardwick) and his friend Roc (Jay Ellis) are partying in downtown L.A. with a half-dozen attractive lady friends when Cass’ eye is caught by passer-by Frida aka Free (Meagan Good) as he grabs a quick dinner from a curbside food truck. It’s laughable when Cass tells Frida, “I had a great time. A Girl. A Boy. Check box if your review contains spoilers. Also Read: 'Foxy Brown' TV Series Starring Meagan Good in the Works at Hulu. A Girl. The plot seems simple and focuses a teenage girl who disappears without a trace. This Vivica A. Fox-Morris Chestnut rom-com pulls from a familiar story: A self-assured relationship veteran finds herself having difficulty maintaining a relationship. There, the upscale, mostly African-American attendees are more attuned to the evolving election results, and like much of the nation that night, in a state of growing agitation edging toward shocked disbelief. 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Adele Hosting ‘Saturday Night Live’ Next Week With Musical Guest H.E.R. Please enter your birth date to watch this video: You are not allowed to view this material at this time. He chats her up; she’s polite but ambivalent. What did I tell you? This is where things get more complicated. The attraction between them leads to a kiss, but Cass blows it by becoming too forward, and Free stomps off. 72. For a certain percentage of the country, the best thing that could have happened to them on Election Day 2016 was if they had met someone. The film, adapted from Terry McMillan's best-selling novel, introduced the film community to Taye Diggs, then a broadway actor known for "Rent." The duo wind up traveling by cab to a house party high in the Hollywood Hills. ‘I’m a strong, smart, loving black man.'”. The Boy From the Woods is an action-packed thriller about two missing teenagers, a dirty politician, and damaging secrets. Basir filmed “A Boy. It revolves mainly around the question, “What do you really want?” She’s a lawyer who wants to be a DJ; he’s a promoter who wants to direct movies. In "Deliver Us From Eva," which stars Gabrielle Union and LL Cool J, Eva is an uptight single woman meddling in her sisters' love lives. (Apparently the elaborately pre-planned shoot required 13 full takes.) The film follows the friendship and relationship of Quincy (Omar Epps) and Monica (Sanaa Lathan) as they grow up and pursue their shared dream of playing professional basketball. Though we may wish the structure allowed space to learn more about their characters, it’s to the actors’ credit that we’d be happy to do so — even to the extent of a follow-up feature. A Dream may seem simple but every frame is a vibrant work of a passionate filmmaker. It's the rare (black) rom-com that warranted revisiting with a sequel, some 14 years later. A Dream’ Reviewed online, San Francisco, March 9, 2018. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. A Girl. The film abandons comedy and instead culminates in a one-on-one basketball game for the future of their relationship that will surely make your heart ache. "The Best Man," staring Taye Diggs, touts an ensemble cast of Diggs, Nia Long, Terrence Howard, Morris Chestnut, Harold Perrineau and Monica Calhoun as a group who come together for their friends' wedding only to have old flings, feelings and drama resurface thanks to a new, semi autobiographical book Diggs' character Harper wrote that threatens the wedding and friendships. Meagan Good and Omari Hardwick star in an underwritten one-take film that’s like like an irritating, combative “Before Sunrise”. I had a lot of fun tonight” when he’s been nothing but moody nearly the entire evening. "Love Jones" follows the love at first sight and up and down relationship of two young black artists in Chicago. “You can’t know about it.”), Watch Video: 'Power': Omari Hardwick Tells Us How He Choreographs Those Steamy Sex Scenes (Exclusive). movie reviews & Metacritic score: On the night of the 2016 Presidential election, Cass, an L.A. club promoter, takes a thrilling and emotional journey with Frida, a Midwestern visitor. And she’s not the only one who gets to battle him: When he makes a brief speech at the party after the election is called about how they “still have to fight,” an acquaintance needles him with, “That means you too, right?” What’s being implied there is as much a mystery as what Frida sees in Cass. A film that’s pleasurable to engage with, even if the latter stretch doesn’t come close to realizing some of the early promise. After Cass moves in for a kiss and then more at the club, Frida bolts, and they start the first of their many arguments outside. Nonetheless, she winds up accompanying the group to a nightclub where she and Cass seem to be the only people not merrily oblivious to the fact that history is going down at the polls. Landing in New York City, he and his sidekick Semmi (Arsenio Hall) try to acclimate to American life, while trying to find a wife of his own. But beyond the general somber mood, the pic’s political commentary is implicit rather than explicit, which makes sense enough, as the central characters are too numbed by surprise to immediately wax articulate, or even angry, about the nation’s new era. 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