Actor Charles S. Dutton (1951)

Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery (2014) is an animated comedy mystery film and the twenty-second installment in the Scooby-Doo direct-to-video series. While out for a jog near WrestleMania, The Miz has an encounter with Kane and is later attacked by the Ghost Bear. Meanwhile, after conquering a challenging level on a WWE video game, Scooby-Doo and Shaggy win an all-expenses-paid trip to WWE City for WrestleMania. Fred, Daphne, and Velma reluctantly agree to accompany them. However, their arrival is marked by some mishaps as Fred narrowly avoids hitting a raccoon and their van ends up in a ditch. With help from wrestler John Cena and his trainer Cookie (and ...

The film Secret Window (2004) is a psychological thriller featuring Johnny Depp and John Turturro. Written and directed by David Koepp, it is based on Stephen King’s novella Secret Window, Secret Garden. After finding his wife Amy in an affair with their friend Ted, mystery writer Mort Rainey seeks solace in his cabin at Tashmore Lake, while Amy remains in their home. Although they have been separated for six months, Mort has yet to finalize their divorce due ...

The American horror film Gothika (2003), directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and written by Sebastian Gutierrez, was co-produced by Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis. Dr. Miranda Grey, a psychiatrist at Woodward Penitentiary in rural western Connecticut, crashes her car one night to avoid hitting a young woman on a country road. After waking up, she discovers that she is now an inmate at the women’s ward where she works. Her colleague, Dr. Pete Graham, is treating her for the ...

Jim Gillespie directed D-Tox (2002), a thriller featuring Sylvester Stallone as FBI agent Jake Malloy. While chasing down a serial killer who targets police officers, Malloy’s former partner becomes a victim. The killer then contacts Malloy from his own home and reveals that he was seeking revenge for being pursued by Malloy in the past for a string of prostitute murders. Tragically, the killer also takes the life of Mary, Malloy’s girlfriend. Despite his efforts to apprehend the killer, it appears that he has taken his own life. Three months later, Malloy ...

A Time to Kill (1996), an American legal drama film, is based on John Grisham’s 1989 novel of the same name. In Canton, Mississippi in 1984, ten-year-old African American girl Tonya Hailey is assaulted by two local white men, Billy Ray Cobb and James Willard, while returning home from running errands. Despite their attempt to hang her and leave her in a nearby river, Tonya manages to survive and the two men are apprehended by Sheriff Ozzie Walls. Seeking justice for his daughter, Tonya’s father Carl Lee Hailey enlists the help of Jake Brigance, a white lawyer who previously defended his brother Lester. ...

Nick of Time (1995), an American political action thriller film produced and directed by John Badham, follows the story of Gene Watson – a mild-mannered, separated and widowed accountant who arrives with his daughter Lynn at Union Station in Los Angeles. While Gene tries to make a pay phone call informing an unknown person about his delayed train, two mysterious strangers in suits – Mr. Smith and Ms. Jones – observe the station from a catwalk. They are discussing a yet-to-be-revealed plan. Soon, they notice Gene standing up against a skater who was bothering his daughter. Focusing their attention on ...

Alien 3 (1992) is an American science fiction horror film directed by David Fincher and written by David Giler, Walter Hill, and Larry Ferguson, from a story by Vincent Ward. The movie encountered various challenges during production, such as filming without a script and the involvement of different screenwriters and directors. Fincher, who was making his feature directorial debut, stepped in to direct after Ward’s ...

Mira Nair’s romantic drama film, Mississippi Masala (1991), follows the story of Jay, Kinnu, and their daughter Mina, a family of Ugandan Indians. After dictator Idi Amin expels Asians from Uganda in 1972, the family tearfully leaves their home behind and settles in Greenwood, Mississippi with relatives who own motels there. Despite spending years in England before arriving in America, Jay struggles to adapt to his new life and longs to return to Kampala. His distrust towards black people stems from the effects of Amin’s rule. Meanwhile, Mina has fully embraced American culture and has a diverse group of ...