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Monday, June 14, 2021

Crime Partners (2003)









































Starring:
Storyline
Homicide makes headlines only when the powerful go down. So if a brother wants to make the front page, he gotta have a plan. Small-time gangstas, Billy Goode (Tyrin Turner) and Jackie Williams (John Bryant) are tired of their work going unrecognized. So, when a ruthless underworld crime boss with a twisted vision of justice (Clifton Powell) contracts them to handle a high-profile hit, it is bad news for Harlem.

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

The Joint Is Jumpin' (1941, Soundie)














Starring:
Fats Waller and his band perform "This Joint Is Jumpin'" (1941).