CONTACT (1997)

An underrated sleeper of a science fiction classic, about things most movies have no interest in.

WAITING TO EXHALE (1995)

Some people are perfectly happy to watch movies where a bunch of women get together and complain about men and then get together or do not get together with those men. It’s not my thing.

BOYZ N THE HOOD (1991)

John Singleton’s slice-of-life drama about young men dealing with life South Central Los Angeles received wide acclaim and maybe changed Hollywood a little.