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...played by Denzel Washington, is a poor black boy made good as a professional boxer, "Hurricane" Carter. As a street urchin growing up in racist New Jersey, he defends a friend against a white pedophile and is unjustly sent to a correction home by a sinister police officer, Depalowski (Dan Hedaya). Escaping from the home, he makes it good as an army officer until Depalowski, hell-bent on persecuting Carter, sends him back to prison. Upon release, he becomes a famous boxer but is framed by Depalowski again, this time for killing three white people in a bar. He proceeds...
...Starlight Beach, Calif.; Ava wants a real home and stability, and for her mom to meet the right man and finally settle down. Mary Jo moves herself and Ava in with Jack (Gavin O'Connor), a seemingly nice trucker; Ava makes friends at school and becomes friends with Dan, a nice older man who works with her mom. Though Mary Jo doesn't quite know what's good for her, Ava certainly does; she struggles to get her mom to stop running away from her problems, and even tries to steer her toward Dan, who's a much better...
McTeer and Brown also get a little help from some great supporting players. Gavin O'Connor, also in his debut performance, is good as the frustrated, traditional trucker Jack; kudos also to Jay O. Sanders, for his sensitive portrayal of Dan, and some great scenes with Brown's character Ava. Cody McMains is a delight as Ava's 12-year old, punk-haired boyfriend, and up-and-comer Laurel Holloman matches McTeer's spunk as a close friend of Mary Jo. Director O'Connor had some terrific talent to work with for this film, and gives each one of them...
Reeling from the devastating loss of Dan Clemente for the season and the embarrassing loss to Colgate, the best the Harvard men's basketball team could hope for coming into this game was to find some semblance of poise and try to put in a good showing against Ivy power Dartmouth...
...brutal assignment for Sam Winters, guarding Gee and replacing Dan Clemente, but he really stepped up," Sullivan said...