21 2008  PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Luketic
Cast: Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Aaron Yoo, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts, Laurence Fishburne, Jack McGee, Josh Gad, Sam Golzari, Helen Carey, Jack Gilpin, Donna Lows, Butch Williams, Jeffrey Ma
Massachusetts Institute of Technology senior Ben (Jim Sturgess) needs money to pay for medical school next year at Harvard. He finds the answer to his problem through math Professor Micky Rosa (Kevin Spacey) who has cracked the code for winning at blackjack. Ben joins a group from MIT who, using fake I.D.s, head for Las Vegas to beat the odds. All goes well–until the casino's enforcer Cole Williams (Laurence Fishbourne) realizes that there is a problem involving the gambling and determines to expose the scam. Based on a true story.
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Akeelah and the Bee 2006  PG, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Doug Atchison
Cast: Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong, J.R. Villarreal, Sean Michael Afable, Sahara Garey, Lee Thompson Young, Julito McCullum, Erica Hubbard, Eddie Steeples, Tzi Ma
Brainy eleven-year-old Akeelah (Keke Palmer) is far from winning any academic awards at Crenshaw Middle School in South Los Angeles–until Principal Welch (Curtis Armstrong) convinces his friend, Dr. Larabee (Laurence Fishburne), to coach Akeelah to compete in the district spelling competition. After a rough start, Akeelah decides to study and excels through her efforts that lead her to winning the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.
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Always Outnumbered 1998  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Bill Cobbs, Natalie Cole, Bill Duke, Laurie Metcalf, Cicely Tyson, Daniel Williams, Alan Wilder, Bill Nunn, Isaiah Washington, Bridgid Coulter, Kevin Carroll, John Toles-Bey, Jamaal Carter
Laurence Fishburne stars as violent ex-con Socrates Fortlow returning to his Watts neighborhood looking for work. Despite his bitterness, he befriends and counsels young Darryl (Daniel Williams) and gets involved in the marriage of his friend, Right Burke (Bill Cobbs). Made for HBO.
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 Apocalypse Now 1979  R, 150 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper, Harrison Ford, Scott Glenn, G.D. Spradlin, Jerry Ziesmer, Bo Byers, James Keane, Kerry Rossall
Francis Ford Coppola's monumental drama (both on screen and off) about the Vietnam War relates the story of a disenchanted Army Captain Benjamin L. Willard (Martin Sheen) who is sent to Cambodia to kill insurgent Colonel Walter E. Kurtz (Marlon Brando). This is a brutal, intense look at the senseless violence of war. The story is adapted from Joseph Conrad's philosophical novel "Heart of Darkness." Academy Award nominations included Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor (Robert Duvall).
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 Apocalypse Now Redux 2001 R, 202 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper, Harrison Ford, Scott Glenn, G.D. Spradlin, Jerry Ziesmer, Bo Byers, James Keane, Kerry Rossall
Originally released in 1979, Francis Ford Coppola re-edited "Apocalypse Now" adds depth (and 49 minutes) to the original version. This monumental drama (both on screen and off) about the Vietnam War relates the story of a disenchanted Army Captain Benjamin L. Willard (Martin Sheen) who is sent to Cambodia to kill insurgent Colonel Walter E. Kurtz (Marlon Brando). This is a brutal, intense look at the senseless violence of war. The story is adapted from Joseph Conrad's philosophical novel "Heart of Darkness."
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 Assault on Precinct 13 2005 R, 109 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Jean-Francois Richet
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Maria Bello, Ja Rule, Drea de Matteo, Matt Craven, John Leguizamo, Brian Dennehy, Gabriel Byrne, Aisha Hinds, Fulvio Cecere, Kim Coates, Currie Graham, Peter Bryant, Hugh Dillon
In the midst of a blizzard, four prisoners–Beck (John Leguizamo), Smiley (Ja Rule), Anna (Aisha Hinds), and crime lord Marion Bishop (Laurence Fishburne)–are delivered to Precinct 13 in Detroit on New Year's Eve. A SWAT team is concerned that Bishop will testify against their chief Marcus Duvall (Gabriel Byrne), and the team arrives at the isolated police station plotting to destroy Duvall. Landlines are cut, and cell-phone channels are cut off. Inside the station, in an effort to survive, Sergeant Jake Roenick (Ethan Hawke) and his staff–Jasper O'Shea (Brian Dennehy) and Iris Ferry (Drea de Matteo)–are forced into becoming allies with the prisoners to fight off the assault.
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 Bad Company 1995 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Damian Harris
Cast: Ellen Barkin, Laurence Fishburne, Frank Langella, Michael Beach, David Ogden Stiers, Spalding Gray, Gia Carides, James Hong, Michael Murphy, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Tegan West, Fred Henderson, Michelle Beaudoin, L. Harvey Gold, Alan C. Peterson
Former CIA agent Nelson Crowe (Laurence Fishburne) joins the industrial espionage firm, Grimes Organization, and works with former Covert Operations operative Margaret Wells (Ellen Barkin). She convinces Crowe that they could overthrow the boss Vic Grimes (Frank Langella) and take over the operation. Blackmail and espionage ensue in their deadly game in which no one can be trusted.
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 Biker Boyz 2003  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Reggie Rock Bythewood
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Derek Luke, Orlando Jones, Djimon Hounsou, Lisa Bonet, Brendan Fehr, Larenz Tate, Kid Rock, Rick Gonzalez, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Meagan Good, Terrence Howard
Biker clubs–mostly composed of affluent African Americans–meet in Fresno, CA, for the annual drag racing championships. Big on noise, little of substance.
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Bobby 2006  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Emilio Estevez
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, William H. Macy, Sharon Stone, Lindsay Lohan, Elijah Wood, Demi Moore, Helen Hunt, Heather Graham, Christian Slater, Laurence Fishburne, Freddy Rodriguez, Harry Belafonte, Nick Cannon, Joshua Jackson, Dave Fraunces
This story covers events in the lives of several staff members and guests at the Ambassador Hotel as they cross paths in the hours before U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in the hotel kitchen. 1 User Review
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| | mich 03/16/2007 | | I think Emilio Estevez had made a powerful film. I hope some day it goes down as one of the greats of American independent filmmaking- which always has different values from the mega-budget "blockbusters", so it needs to be judged on its own terms.In a way, it reminded me of Garden State-simple, elegant and slightly under-drawn figures -just as we all are .I think Estevez captured that characteristic mundanity and chaotic inner-life of the subjects very well. Forget about looking for obvious thematic links between RFK and the disparate characters.It didnt need to be obvious, because at a subconscious level, there was a sense of tension slowly building out of the ordinary grist of daily life- and isnt that just how cataclysmic moments are formed? The ending was so incredibly moving- it was tinged with sentimentality and nostalgia for a lost moment but not at all mawkish, and it was just so sad. Estevez is agreat film maker when he really cares about his subject. |
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 Boyz N the Hood 1991 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Singleton
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut, Ice Cube, Laurence Fishburne, Nia Long, Tyra Ferrell, Angela Bassett, Lexie Bigham, Hudhail Al-Amir, Lloyd Avery II, Mia Bell, Kenneth A. Brown, Nicole Brown, Ceal, Desi Arnez Hines II
South-central Los Angeles in the 1980s and 1990s is a war zone. This film attempts to show that there are choices in life through the story of Ricky Baker (Morris Chestnut) who sees an escape from the neighborhood via a football scholarship.
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Cadence 1991  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Sheen
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen, F. Murray Abraham, Laurence Fishburne, Blu Mankuma, Michael Beach, Ramon Estevez, James Marshall, John Toles-Bey, Matt Clark
Martin Sheen's directorial debut marks this film about U.S. Army Private Franklin Bean (Charlie Sheen) who is tossed into the brig and befriends fellow prisoners (all Black). Together, they fend off racial bigot Sergeant McKinney (Martin Sheen).
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Cherry 2000 1987 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Steve DeJarnatt
Cast: Melanie Griffith, David Andrews, Ben Johnson, Tim Thomerson, Brion James, Harry Carey Jr., Laurence Fishburne, Pamela Gidley, Michael C. Gwynne, Marshall Bell
A science fiction film about women androids who are used only for making love. When a man breaks his robot/sex toy, he is led through the desert by a flesh and blood soldier of fortune (Melanie Griffith) and encounters maniacal renegades.
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Class Action 1991 R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Gene Hackman, Colin Friels, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Joanna Merlin, Laurence Fishburne, Donald Moffat, Jan Rubes, Matt Clark, Fred Dalton Thompson, Jonathan Silverman
A lawyer (Gene Hackman) files a suit on behalf of his clients against an automobile manufacturer and finds that his own daughter (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) is the lawyer representing the auto company.
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 The Color Purple 1985  PG-13, 152 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey, Willard E. Pugh, Akosua Busia, Adolph Caesar, Rae Dawn Chong, Dana Ivey, Laurence Fishburne, Desreta Jackson, Leonard Jackson, Bennet Guillory
This story is based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and revolves around a Black family in Georgia where success is learned from lessons in adversity. In 1909, teenager Celie (Desreta Jackson) gives birth to two children and is virtually sold off to sharecropper Alfred (Danny Glover) who marries her and then sells the children. Celie is treated like a slave. Later, Albert moves his mistress Shug (Margaret Avery) into the house. Celie (now played by Whoopi Goldberg) develops a good relationship with Shug and Alfred's take-no-guff daughter-in-law Sofia (Oprah Winfrey). Through their friendships, Celie gains the strength to leave Albert and begin a new life. The film received 11 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actress (Whoopi Goldberg), and two for Supporting Actress (Margaret Avery and Oprah Winfrey). A "must see."
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Cornbread, Earl and Me 1975 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Manduke
Cast: Moses Gunn, Rosalind Cash, Bernie Casey, Madge Sinclair, Jamaal Wilkes, Antonio Fargas, Laurence Fishburne, Charles Lampkin, Thalmus Rasulala, Bill Henderson, Sandy Ward, Stefan Gierasch, Vince Martorano, Logan Ramsey, Stack Pierce
Black basketball star Nathaniel "Cornbread" Hamilton (Jamaal Wilkes) is on his way out of the ghetto as the recipient of a basketball scholarship. His dream is shattered when he is accidentally killed by the police after being mistaken for an armed rapist. The police cover-up and ensuing courtroom drama is insightfully depicted.
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The Cotton Club 1984 R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee, Nicolas Cage, James Remar, Allen Garfield, Bob Hoskins, Fred Gwynne, Gwen Verdon, Lisa Jane Persky, Maurice Hines, Julian Beck, Novella Nelson, Laurence Fishburne
Set in Harlem during the 1920s' Jazz Age, this film involves intertwining stories set in the midst of music, gangsters, murder, and romance. One of the stories involves Harlem's Cotton Club coronet player Dixie Dwyer (Richard Gere) who saves the life of gangster Dutch Schultz (James Remar), and Dutch returns the favor by inviting Dixie into his life. After going through an uneasy romance with Dutch's girlfriend Vera Cicero (Diane Lane), Dixie moves on to Hollywood and stars in gangster films. Lots of big names add to the fun. 1 User Review
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| | Great performances | rasmas 03/04/2009 | | |
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Death Wish II 1982  R, 91 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Winner
Cast: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Vincent Gardenia, J.D. Cannon, Anthony Franciosa, Robert F. Lyons, Ben Frank, Robin Sherwood, Laurence Fishburne
Charles Bronson is back as the urban vigilante; this time his daughter has been killed, and he hits the streets again. His lovely, real-life wife, the late Jill Ireland, plays the woman he loves. A disappointing sequel.
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Deep Cover 1992 R, 122 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Bill Duke
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Victoria Dillard, Charles Martin Smith, Clarence Williams III, Gregory Sierra, Rene Assa, Alex Colon, Sydney Lassick, Roger Guenveur Smith
When a police officer (Larry Fishburne) is given an undercover assignment that puts him in the Los Angeles drug world, he is slowly lured into the web of drugs and money–with devastating results.
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Event Horizon 1997 R, 96 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure / Fantasy / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Joely Richardson, Kathleen Quinlan, Richard T. Jones, Jack Noseworthy, Jason Isaacs, Sean Pertwee, Peter Marinker, Holley Chant, Noah Huntley, Barclay Wright, Robert Jezek, Teresa May, Emily Booth
The year is 2047, and Captain Miller (Laurence Fishburne) leads a crew of astronauts on a mission to investigate the disappearance of the starship "Event Horizon," which disappeared seven years earlier but is now sending out a garbled transmission. The crew reaches the starship and discovers that it is now a haunted house where dangers await.
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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 2007  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Director: Tim Story
Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington, Andre Braugher, Laurence Fishburne, Doug Jones, Beau Garrett, Brian Posehn, Zach Grenier, Dawn Chubai, Kevin McNulty, Andy Stahl
In this comic book film, the Fantastic Four–Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd), Sue Storm (Jessica Alba), Johnny Storm (Chris Evans), and Ben Grimm (Michael Chiklis)–are back. This time around, the Silver Surfer (Doug Jones, Voice of Laurence Fishburne) appears on the scene and ruins Sue and Reed's wedding. The Silver Surfer is an intergalactic traveler who has come to Earth to destroy it, and now the Fantastic Four step in to rescue their world. 1 User Review
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| | The Younger Brother | 1fatts 10/15/2007 | Story goes like this: There were two brothers who worked together in business. They were liars, cheats, devious, cruel and unprincipled. When the elder of the two died, the clergyman called to give the eulogy found himself in a quandary: he did not want to lie, but, on the other hand, he could find no one who had anything whatever positive to say about the deceased. People he spoke to could not stop themselves from going on and on about how repugnant the man had been ethically, socially, morally, personally and professionally. The best the clergyman could come up with in his eulogy was: "No one I spoke to had a single bad word to say about him."
As luck would have it, however, within a few weeks, the younger brother died as well. While he was also universally despised, he had simply not lived long enough to achieve the level of detestability that his older brother had mastered.
This proved the salvation of the poor clergyman, who could begin his eulogy with, "This was a man that we even more beloved than his older brother."
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is an even better film than the first Fantastic Four. |
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Fast Break 1979 PG, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: Gabe Kaplan, Harold Sylvester, Michael Warren, Bernard King, Reb Brown, Mavis Washington, Bert Remsen, K Callan, Jack Smight, Laurence Fishburne
Gabe Kaplan makes his film debut in this film about a coach at a Nevada college who brings along his NYC street players and turns them into a magnificent collegiate team.
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 Fled 1996 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Kevin Hooks
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin, Will Patton, Robert John Burke, Robert Hooks, Victor Rivers, David Dukes, Ken Jenkins, Salma Hayek
Two chained-together convicts, Piper (Laurence Fishburne) and Dodge (Stephen Baldwin), escape and set off to get their hands on the money they left behind before serving time. Both the Cuban-American Mafia and the police are in fast pursuit along the trail of Piper and Dodge.
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Gardens of Stone 1987 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: James Caan, James Earl Jones, Anjelica Huston, D.B. Sweeney, Dean Stockwell, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lonette McKee, Sam Bottoms, Elias Koteas, Laurence Fishburne
This movie tries to show the inner workings of the brotherhood of soldiers. "Gardens of Stone" refers to Arlington National Cemetery, and the story centers on the Old Guard of elite soldiers who perform the internment ceremonies at Arlington.
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Higher Learning 1995 R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Singleton
Cast: Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson, Ice Cube, Jennifer Connelly, Tyra Banks, Michael Rapaport, Laurence Fishburne, Jason Wiles, Cole Hauser, Bradford English, Regina King, Busta Rhymes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kari Wuhrer, Randall Batinkoff
The Black vs. White, men vs. women issues are exploited in this film about college students in the 1970s. Freshman Malik Williams (Omar Epps) is confronted with conflicting views of senior Fudge (Ice Cube), his Black Professor Maurice Phipps (Laurence Fishburne), and his new girlfriend Deja (Tyra Banks) who becomes his tutor. Meanwhile, after naive Kristen Connor (Kristy Swanson) suffers a date rape, she becomes involved with lesbian Taryn (Jennifer Connelly). And then there is Remy (Michael Rapaport), a confused young man, who joins local skinheads carrying out violent acts. The stories intertwine in this lesson about hypocrisy in institutions of higher learning.
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Hoodlum 1997  R, 142 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bill Duke
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams, Andy Garcia, Cicely Tyson, Chi McBride, Clarence Williams III, Richard Bradford, William Atherton, Queen Latifah, Loretta Devine, Mike Starr, Beau Starr, Paul Benjamin, Joe Guzaldo
Set in Harlem during the 1930s, this story involves Black and White gangs fighting for control of the numbers racket in Harlem. Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson (Laurence Fishburne) works for the queen of the Harlem's numbers racket Stephanie St. Clair (Cicely Tyson)–despite the fact that social worker Francine Hughes (Vanessa Williams) urges him to get out of the numbers game. When a White gang intrudes on the Black gang's turf, Bumpy declares war on Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth) who is leading the effort to get in on the action. Violence ensues as the body count escalates.
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Just Cause 1995 R, 102 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Arne Glimcher
Cast: Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Capshaw, Blair Underwood, Ruby Dee, Ed Harris, Hope Lange, Daniel J. Travanti, Kevin McCarthy, Ned Beatty, Christopher Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Victor Slezak, Kevin McCarthy, Lynne Thigpen
In this adaptation of John Katzenbach's novel, Sean Connery plays a Harvard law professor, Paul Armstrong. Opposed to the death penalty, Armstrong agrees to investigate the facts behind Bobby Earl Ferguson's (Blair Underwood) murder conviction.
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 King of New York 1990 R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Abel Ferrara
Cast: Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Laurence Fishburne, Victor Argo, Wesley Snipes, Janet Julian, Joey Chin, Giancarlo Esposito, Paul Calderon, Steve Buscemi
Drug kingpin Frank White (Christopher Walken) returns to the streets of New York from a long stint in prison and again takes up his old trade. He and his gang have many enemies; both police and rivals don't like his multi-racial gang. This time, Frank has a new goal: he wants to help the poor by building a big hospital in their neighborhood. Extremely violent. 1 User Review
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| | Terrific cast, direction | dru 03/08/2009 | | Christopher Walken is brilliant. Non stop action. Terrific direction. |
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 The Matrix Reloaded 2003 R, 138 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinkett Smith, Monica Belucci, Lambert Wilson, Randall Duk Kim, Harry Lennix, Nona Gaye, Anthony Zerbe, Harold Perrineau, Neil&Adrian Rayment, Gloria Foster, Helmut Bakaitis
In this "Matrix" sequel, Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) have been called to join Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) on a trip to Zion. Neo finds The Oracle (Gloria Foster) who tells him that unless he can fend off the robots drilling into Zion (the last free human colony hidden under Earth's surface), the survivors living in Zion have only 72 hours left to live. Now, Neo deals with Persephone (Monica Belucci) to get her husband Merovingian (Lambert Wilson) to release The Key Maker (Randall Duk Kim) in order to unlock "The Source" and save the citizens of Zion. The Key Maker is released, but now Merovingian sends his henchmen–the albino twins (Neil Rayment and Adrian Rayment)–out to track down Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus.
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 The Matrix Revolutions 2003 R, 129 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinkett Smith, Ian Bliss, Mary Alice, Monica Bellucci, Nona Gaye, Clayton Watson, Harold Perrineau, Lambert Wilson, Harry Lennix, Anthony Zerbe, Rupert Reid
As the citizens of Zion are mobilizing for an all-out battle against the machines, Neo (Keanu Reeves) lies in a comatose state in a subway station between the Matrix and the Real World. Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) holds a vigil over Neo's unconscious body and works with Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) to free him. They succeed, and Neo again meets with The Oracle (Mary Alice). Now, with aid from Niobe (Jada Pinkett Smith), Neo and Trinity enter the dangerous machine world where Neo makes a deal with the Deus Ex Machina to end the war and, hopefully, save the world.
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 The Matrix 1999 R, 136 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Gloria Foster, Joe Pantoliano, Marcus Chong, Paul Goddard, Julian Arahanga, Belinda McClory, Matt Doran, Anthony Ray Parker, Robert(3) Taylor, David Aston, Marc Aden
The soulless Matrix, a cyber intelligence, is successfully carrying out its plan to dominate the real world. But when Neo (Keanu Reeves), Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) realize they are living in a fabricated world of virtual reality, they join forces and fight to regain access to the real world. Four Oscars were awarded for work on this film: Best Sound, Sound Effects Editing, Visual Effects, and Editing.
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Miss Evers' Boys 1997 PG, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Laurence Fishburne, Craig Sheffer, Joe Morton, Obba Babatunde, Von Coulter, Thom Gossom Jr., Ossie Davis, E.G. Marshall, Robert Benedetti
Seen through the eyes of a nurse on the scene, the focus of this film is the infamous 1932 Tuskegee Study of Untreated Blacks With Syphilis.
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 Mission: Impossible III 2006 PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: J.J. Abrams
Cast: Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Maggie Q, Simon Pegg, Eddie Marsan, Laurence Fishburne, Bahar Soomekh, Jeff Chase, Carla Gallo
In this third entry of the "Mission: Impossible" franchise, super-spy Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has retired from active duty, is training new Impossible Mission Force agents, and is engaged to Julia (Michelle Monaghan) who knows nothing about his perilous past. But dangers escalate when Hunt is called on to assemble a team–Luther Strickell (Ving Rhames), Declan (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), and Zhen (Maggie Q)–whose mission is to track down evil international weapons provider Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and, in the process, rescue Hunt's prize pupil, Lindsey (Keri Russell).
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 Mystic River 2003 R, 137 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Linney, Kevin Chapman, Adam Nelson, Emmy Rossum, Cameron Bowen, Tom Guiry, Spencer Treat Clark, Eli Wallach
Three childhood friends–Jimmy (Sean Penn), Dave (Tim Robbins), and Sean (Kevin Bacon)–reunite after Jimmy's 19-year-old daughter, Katie (Emmy Rossum), is found murdered. Sean is a policeman assigned to the case and finds clues pointing to Dave who had been abused as a boy. He must also deal with Jimmy's rage. Great acting in this one. Sean Penn won an Oscar for Best Actor, and Tim Robbins won for Best Supporting Actor. The film also received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Supporting Actress (Marcia Gay Harden), and Director.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors 1987 R, 97 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy
Director: Chuck Russell
Cast: Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Craig Wasson, Laurence Fishburne, Rodney Eastman, Brooke Bundy, John Saxon, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Priscilla Pointer, Ken Sagoes, Jennifer Rubin, Bradley Gregg, Ira Heiden, Nan Martin
Once again, Freddy (Robert Englund) is threatening. Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) is now a psychiatrist dealing with dream therapy. She works with children who are facing that same demon, Freddy, that she faced years ago. Now, she helps the children realize that they have special abilities they can use in dealing with their nightmares, and one of the children, Kristen (Patricia Arquette), has a very special talent that may destroy Freddy forever.
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Once in the Life 2000 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Laurence Fishburne
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Titus Welliver, Eamonn Walker, Paul Calderon, Nick Chinlund, Michael Paul Chan, Dominic Chianese Jr., Gregory Hines, Annabella Sciorra, Tiger Chen, Harsh Nayyar, Justin Pierre Edmund
Adapted from his 1994 stage play, Laurence Fishburne wrote, stars in, and directs this dramatic entry about the exploits of two half-brothers: 20/20 Mike (Laurence Fishburne) and "Torch" (Titus Welliver). When a drug deal goes bad, 20/20 calls on his prison friend, Tony (Eamonn Walker). But, unbeknownst to 20/20, Tony works for a drug lord, and matters go from bad to worse.
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Osmosis Jones 2001 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Cast: Bill Murray, Chris Rock, Laurence Fishburne, David Hyde Pierce, Brandy Norwood, William Shatner, Molly Shannon, Chris Elliott, Joel Silver, Elena Franklin
When an out-of-shape construction worker, Frank Pepperidge (Bill Murray), contracts a lethal virus, forces within his body–led by Osmosis Jones (Chris Rock) and Drix (David Hyde Pierce)–rush to fight off the virus, Thrax (Laurence Fishburne), that threatens Frank's life.
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Othello 1995 R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Oliver Parker
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Nathaniel Parker, Kenneth Branagh, Irene Jacob, Michael Maloney, Anna Patrick, Nicholas Farrell, Indra Ove
Shakespeare's famous play is again brought to the screen; this time Laurence Fishburne plays the title role of the Moor who is manipulated by the evil Iago (Kenneth Branagh) until he believes that his new wife, Desdemona (Irene Jacob), has been unfaithful.
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Quicksilver 1986 PG, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thomas Michael Donnelly
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Jami Gertz, Paul Rodriquez, Rudy Ramos, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Laurence Fishburne, Andrew Smith, Louie Anderson, Charles McCaughan, David Harris
Using his unique talent for investing on Wall Street, a young man invests and loses it all in a moment of genius which, unfortunately, fails. The story tells about life on the streets in San Francisco.
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Red Heat 1988 R, 106 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Walter Hill
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi, Peter Boyle, Ed O'Ross, Laurence Fishburne, Gina Gershon, Richard Bright, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Brent Jennings, Gretchen Palmer, J.W. Smith, Mike Hagerty, Brion James, Gloria Delaney, Peter Jason
Russian cop Capt. Ivan Danko (Arnold Schwarzenegger) comes to Chicago to be met by Chicago policemen Detective Sergeants. Art Ridzik (James Belushi) and Gallagher (Richard Bright). Together, they set out to track down an international drug ring led by Viktor Rostavili (Ed O'Ross). Despite a rough beginning, they begin to respect each other and work together to achieve their goal.
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Rumble Fish 1983 R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane, Dennis Hopper, Nicolas Cage, Tom Waits, Diana Scarwid, Vincent Spano, Chris Penn, Laurence Fishburne
Filmed in black and white, this movie explores the problems encountered by young people who have gang leaders as their role models for success. Director Francis Ford Coppola's nephew, Nicolas Cage, makes his screen debut in this film.
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 School Daze 1988 R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Spike Lee
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell, Joe Seneca, Ellen Holly, Kyme, Art Evans, Ossie Davis, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn
Through the medium of comedy, Spike Lee shows the racial problems that exist throughout the world. The message is clear that there are injustices that must be fought, and one student activist takes the lead in fighting for the cause of sense at a college in the South.
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Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Zaillian
Cast: Max Pomeranc, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Ben Kingsley, Laurence Fishburne, Robert Stephens, David Paymer, William H. Macy, Dan Hedaya, Josh Mostel
Josh (Max Pomeranc) is a seven-year-old who loves chess and is very good at it! His father (Joe Mantegna) tries to pressure him about his chess tournaments, but Josh remains true to playing chess for the love it.
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TMNT 2007 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Fantasy
aka: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Director: Kevin Munroe
Cast: Chris Evans, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mako, Kevin Smith, Patrick Stewart, Zhang Ziyi, Laurence Fishburne, Mitchell Whitfield, James Arnold Taylor, Mikey Kelley, Nolan North, John Di Maggio, Kevin Michael Richardson
The Teenage Mutant Turtles–Donatello (voice of Mitchell Whitfield), Leonardo (voice of James Arnold Taylor), Michelangelo (voice of Mikey Kelly), and Raphael (voice of Nolan North)–have grown apart, but strange things are going on in New York City, and Turtle pal April (voice of Sarah Michelle Gellar) helps to bring them together. With aid from April's boyfriend Casey (voice of Chris Evans), the Turtles fight mystical beings that tech-industrialist Max Winters (voice of Patrick Stewart) has resuscitated.
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The Tuskegee Airmen 1995 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Markowitz
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Allen Payne, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Courtney B. Vance, John Lithgow, Andre Braugher, Christopher McDonald, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Cuba Gooding Jr., Mekhi Phifer
This made-for-cable TV film tells the story of an air fighter squadron made up entirely of African Americans during World War II. Members had to overcome prejudice and hatred to become a solid fighting team and contribute to victory.
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Willie and Phil 1980 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Michael Ontkean, Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey, Jan Miner, Tom Brennan, Laurence Fishburne, Natalie Wood, Kristine DeBell, Julie Bovasso, Kaki Hunter
After viewing Truffaut's "Jules and Jim," Willie (Michael Ontkean) and Phil (Ray Sharkey) reenact the story as friends and lovers of the very liberal Jeannette (Margot Kidder).
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| 1. 21 (2008)
2. Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
3. Always Outnumbered (1998)
4. Apocalypse Now (1979)
5. Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)
6. Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
7. Bad Company (1995)
8. Biker Boyz (2003)
9. Bobby (2006)
10. Boyz N the Hood (1991)
11. Cadence (1991)
12. Cherry 2000 (1987)
13. Class Action (1991)
14. The Color Purple (1985)
15. Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)
16. The Cotton Club (1984)
17. Death Wish II (1982)
18. Deep Cover (1992)
19. Event Horizon (1997)
20. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
21. Fast Break (1979)
22. Fled (1996)
23. Gardens of Stone (1987)
24. Higher Learning (1995)
25. Hoodlum (1997)
26. Just Cause (1995)
27. King of New York (1990)
28. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
29. The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
30. The Matrix (1999)
31. Michael Jordan to the Max (2000)
32. Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
33. Mission: Impossible III (2006)
34. Mystic River (2003)
35. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
36. Once in the Life (2000)
37. Osmosis Jones (2001)
38. Othello (1995)
39. Quicksilver (1986)
40. Red Heat (1988)
41. Rumble Fish (1983)
42. School Daze (1988)
43. Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
44. TMNT (2007)
aka: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
45. The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)
46. What's Love Got to Do with It? (1993)
47. Willie and Phil (1980)
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