Barbershop (2002) A smart comedy about a day in a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin (
Ice Cube), who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and a waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out.
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) This sequel to the 2002 film returns to the Chicago barbershop owned by Calvin Palmer Jr. (
Ice Cube). His employees—Isaac (
Troy Garity), Terri (
Eve), Ricky (
Michael Ealy), Dinka (Leonard Earl Howze) and Kenard (
Kenan Thompson)—have their own personal and workplace problems, and a new barbershop called Nappy Cutz has moved in across the street. As Calvin tries to change the character of his business, Nappy Cutz and gentrification become a threat to the surrounding community.
Beauty Shop (2005) A spin-off from the first two
Barbershop films, Gina Norris (
Queen Latifah) is a widowed hairstylist who has moved from Chicago to Atlanta so her daughter, Vanessa (
Paige Hurd), can attend a private music school. She has made a name for herself as a stylist, but after her self-centered boss, Jorge (
Kevin Bacon), criticizes her decisions, she leaves and sets up her own shop, purchasing a run-down salon by the skin of her teeth by helping out a loan officer.
Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016) Malcolm D. Lee directs, while
Ice Cube and
Cedric the Entertainer are among the cast of the film. The film was released on April 15, 2016. ==Television series==