B.A.P.S

B.A.P.S (1997) is a comedy directed by Robert Townsend — watch it online on iFILM. Nisi and Mickey are waitresses in small-town Georgia who catch a radio ad for a Hollywood audition with a ten-thousand-dollar prize and immediately drop everything: jobs, dead-end boyfriends, the whole situation.

What meets them in Los Angeles is not a casting call but a wealthy elderly man — Martin Landau — who needs company, and an arrangement where everyone is trying to use everyone else. Halle Berry, a few years before her career took off, pairs with Natalie Desselle-Reid in a double act that keeps the film alive through its messier stretches. Bernie Mac shows up in a supporting role, which never hurts. Stream B.A.P.S online on iFILM.