Chris Rock
1) Rock this!
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
�1997
Language
English
Description
Comedian Chris Rock discusses relationships, family, race relations, and offers his perspective of what it is like to be an African-American man.
Author
Language
English
Description
Hip talk-radio host and journalist Mingus (Chris Rock) and his French photographer girlfriend, Marion (Julie Delpy), live cozily in a New York apartment with their cat and two young children from previous relationships. But when Marion's jolly father, her oversexed sister, and her sister's outrageous boyfriend unceremoniously descend upon them for an overseas visit, it initiates two unforgettable days of family mayhem.
4) Good Hair
Author
Language
English
Description
Chris Rock visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific laboratories and Indian temples to explore the way hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of the black community in this exposé of comic proportions that only he could pull off. A raucous adventure prompted by Rock's daughter approaching him and asking, "Daddy, how come I don't have good hair?", GOOD HAIR shows Chris Rock engaging in...
Author
Language
English
Description
Classic performances from America's top comics….before any of us knew who they were. With nothing more than a punch line and a dream, these (then) struggling young artists transformed themselves into comedy legends. Here is a rare opportunity to see some of the world's greatest African American stars perform the routines that would someday make them Kings of Comedy.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A candid memoir filled with anecdotes: growing up in the South, navigating stand-up comedy's challenging early days, brushes with celebrities like Chris Rock and Whoopi Goldberg, and insights on Ghostbusters, Supermarket Sweep, The Daily Show. Jones also discusses the challenges of being a tall Black woman in comedy.
8) Spiral
Series
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A criminal mastermind unleashes a twisted form of justice in this terrifying new chapter from the book of Saw. Working in the shadow of his father, an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel 'Zeke' Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city's gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at the center of the killer's morbid game....
9) Good hair
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Comedian Chris Rock tackles the very personal issue of hair, and how attaining good hair can impact African Americans' activities, relationships, wallets, and a self-esteem. Engages in frank, funny conversations with haircare professionals, beautyshop and barbershop patrons, as well as featuring interviews with Dr. Maya Angelou, Nia Long, Ice-T, Raven Symone, and more.
11) Dr. Dolittle
Publisher
Distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©1999
Language
English
Description
A doctor finds out he can understand what animals are saying. When the animals find out, his world is turned upside down.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When four pampered animals from New York's Central Park Zoo accidentally find themselves shipwrecked on the exotic island of Madagascar, they discover that it really is a jungle out there. Along the way, the four team up with a quartet of mischievous penguins and legions of lemures, led by the outrageous King Julien.
13) CB4, the movie
Publisher
Universal Studio
Pub. Date
©2002
Language
English
Description
A comedic spoof of rap stars and life in the hip-hop fast lane. Includes performances by various rap singers.
15) Pootie Tang
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
©2001
Language
English
Description
Women just can't resist him. Pootie's the hip hop hero with style and a language all his own. He is a hit-record maker, criminal empire busting, rabbit-fur shirt wearing superhero who is idolized by kids and love starved women everywhere. But with his one-man war against greed, injustice and unwholesome consumer products begin to cut into the profits of corporate America a demented CEO swipes Pootie's magical villian-whupping belt. Will Pootie buckle...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Follow Central Park Zoo animals, including, Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo, along with the psychotic penguins, the monkeys, and the lemur leaders as they unexpectedly are now stranded in the middle of Africa. While Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria are rather happy with their new environment, they quickly realize that it's not all that it seems. Meanwhile, the penguins attempt to repair the plane that they accidentally...
17) Lethal weapon: 4-film collection.Lethal weapon ; Lethal weapon 2 ; Lethal weapon 3 ; Lethal weapon 4
Series
Lethal weapon volume 1-4
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Lethal weapon: Two Vietnam-vets-turned cops have only one thing in common : they both hate to work with partners, but when a routine murder investigation turns into a no holds barred war with an international heroin ring, their partnership becomes the key to survival.
Lethal weapon 2: Riggs and Murtaugh must guard a free-wheeling witness in a comedy of car chases, gun battles, under-water escapes, even the destruction of a chic hillside house.
Lethal...
18) Head of state
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
When a presidential candidate is needed just a few weeks before the election, Washington picks Mays Gilliam, a powerless politician they plan to use as their puppet, certain that he will lose. Buy Mays won't go down that easy. If he is going to run, he is going to do it his way and have fun doing it that way as well.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
When Aaron's father dies, he must organize the funeral and give the eulogy. Keeping things civil is a problem right from the start when the undertaker makes a horrifying mistake. Then his brother, Ryan wants to be in the spotlight and refuses to pay for anything. But this is nothing compared to information received from a mysterious guest at the funeral who tries to expose way too many family secrets. Remake of the 2007 English film, also written...
20) Bee movie
Publisher
[Paramount Home Entertainment]
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Having just graduated from college, Barry B. Benson finds himself disillusioned with the prospect of having only one career choice - honey. As he ventures outside of the hive for the first time, he breaks one of the cardinal rules of the bee world and talks to a human, a New York City florist named Vanessa. He is shocked to discover that the humans have been stealing and eating the bee's honey for centuries. He ultimately realizes that his true calling...