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Tag Archives: Samuel L. Jackson
Against the Wall (1994) John Frankenheimer, Kyle MacLachlan, Samuel L. Jackson, Clarence Williams III
Based on the true story of the uprising at Attica Prison in 1971. Read More »
The Spirit (2008) Frank Miller, Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson
Down these mean streets a man must come. A hero born, murdered, and born again. Read More »
Jackie Brown (1997) Quentin Tarantino, Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster
The middle-aged stewardess Jackie Brown smuggles money from Mexico to Los Angeles for the arms dealer Ordell Robbie. Read More »
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) Ken Burns, Jack Johnson, Keith David, Samuel L. Jackson
The story of Jack Johnson is huge. The first black Heavyweight Champion of the World, 1908 to 1915, he was rowdy, smart, rebellious, and proud. Read More »
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) Joe Johnston, Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Samuel L. Jackson, Action, Adventure, Sci-fi
It is 1942, America has entered World War II, and sickly but determined Steve Rogers is frustrated at being rejected yet again for military service. Everything changes when Dr. Erskine recruits him for the secret Project Rebirth. Proving his extraordinary courage, wits and conscience, Rogers undergoes the experiment and his weak body is suddenly enhanced into the maximum human potential. When Dr. Erskine is then immediately assassinated by an agent of Nazi Germany’s secret HYDRA research department (headed by Johann Schmidt, a.k.a. the Red Skull), Rogers is left as a unique man who is initially misused as a propaganda mascot; however, when his comrades need him, Rogers goes on a successful adventure that truly makes him Captain America, and his war against Schmidt begins.
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