Love Jones is a chick flick starring Larenz Tate and Nia Long. Tate plays a want to be poet that does his readings around Chicago when he meets the beautiful Nia Long who plays a photographer. A cute movie if you like romances and if you're a Nia fan like me you will love seeing her in thin white tank tops with very hard nipples and even a love scene where she shows off her impressive nips! In HD!

Spirited updating of the 1966 classic finds Jude Law inheriting Michael Caine's role as the philandering Brit who, this time out, sets his sights on a diverse set of New York-based women. Among the lucky ladies who succumb to Alfie's charms are a sexually aggressive older businesswoman (Susan Sarandon), a lonely married gal (Jane Krakowski), a beautiful model (Sienna Miller), his best friend's girl (Nia Long), and a disarming single mom (Marisa Tomei). Omar Epps also stars. Now in HD!

Spirited updating of the 1966 classic finds Jude Law inheriting Michael Caine's role as the philandering Brit who, this time out, sets his sights on a diverse set of New York-based women. Among the lucky ladies who succumb to Alfie's charms are a sexually aggressive older businesswoman (Susan Sarandon), a lonely married gal (Jane Krakowski), a beautiful model (Sienna Miller), his best friend's girl (Nia Long), and a disarming single mom (Marisa Tomei). Omar Epps also stars. 105 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo Surround, French Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; deleted scenes; featurettes; storyboards; photo gallery; theatrical trailer

While the first hour is an engrossing study of African American family life in the 1990's, in its third act Soul Food devolves from a class-act character study into a patchwork quilt of sentimentality and phantasmagoria. By the time viewers reach the end credits, most will be likely to forget the likable performances from the cast thanks to a completely absurd ending that makes "storybook" seem downright realistic.

Ostensibly a "lesson movie," the main through-line for the picture is how the declining health and eventual loss of the family matriarch leads to in-fighting among her children, their spouses, and their extended family. Cousins sleep with cousin's husbands. Money creates rifts. Etc.

Occasionally funny and no doubt a tearjerker for those who don't mind wishy-washy docudrama, Soul Food is worth checking out for some excellent performances from the entire cast, chiefly leading ladies Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, and Gina Ravera.

• Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Director's Cut, Dolby, Subtitled,
• Widescreen, NTSC
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• DVD Release Date: April 3, 2001
• Run Time: 114 minutes