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Breaking Bad: Season 4
2011 | NR | 4.5 out of 5 StarsResurfacing after a searing third season that put them at odds with their ruthless boss, Gus -- whom they're now desperate to outwit -- Walt and Jesse regroup in the meth lab to face the consequences of their collective actions.
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Breaking Bad: Season 3
2010 | NR | 4.5 out of 5 StarsThe previous season of this award-winning drama left high school chemistry teacher Walter White with even less stability than he's used to. But for the sake of his family, or what's left of it, he continues cooking crystal meth on the down-low.
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Breaking Bad: Season 2
2009 | NR | 4.5 out of 5 StarsChemistry teacher turned meth dealer Walter White and his partner, Jesse Pinkman, climb higher in the drug game, which draws dangerous attention from competing cartels and imperils Walter's DEA brother-in-law, Hank Schrader.
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Revolution
2012 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsFifteen years after electricity stopped working and the world was sent back into the dark ages -- with small agrarian communities of families working together -- three companions go on a quest to uncover the truth about the mysterious blackout.
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Revolution: Season 1
2012 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsWhen the world's energy supply mysteriously shuts off, modern society ceases to exist -- and the survivors are literally left in the dark. Now, more than a decade later, a brave young girl is determined to trace the blackout's murky origins.
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Fresh
1994 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsClever 12-year-old Fresh (Sean Nelson) runs drugs for local dealers to survive and support himself and his sister in this moving drama. Motherless and living with an alcoholic father (Samuel L. Jackson) who spends his days playing chess in the park, Fresh has to depend on himself. But when he witnesses a murder and finds his life on the line, Fresh develops a plan to survive and bring down the neighborhood dealers. Giancarlo Esposito co-stars.
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S.W.A.T.: Fire Fight
2011 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsSpecial Weapons and Tactics commander Paul Cutler is sent from Los Angeles to Detroit to whip the city's S.W.A.T. team into shape. But after a botched hostage rescue, the squad becomes the target of a rogue government agent with revenge on his mind.
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King of New York
1990 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsFresh out of a long stint in prison, New York drug lord Frank White is determined to gather his crew and get back to the top of the empire. White aims to give back charitably to the city, but his release angers the cops, who are intent to stop him.
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Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
2005 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsIn this prequel to Brian De Palma's 1993 hit, young Carlito Brigante is seduced by the power of New York's underworld. Assisted by his two partners in crime, Carlito is fast on his way to becoming Spanish Harlem's ultimate kingpin.
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Last Holiday
2006 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsGiven the news she's terminally ill, Georgia throws caution to the wind, breaks out of her shell and takes a no-holds-barred European vacation. While she's celebrating her last hurrah, she touches the lives of everyone around her.
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Rain
2007 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsRain (Brooklyn Sudano), a young black musical prodigy, finds trouble and heartbreak when she witnesses her sister's murder by gangbangers. In order to protect her daughter, Rain's mother secretly contacts Rain's biological mother, and Rain learns the truth of her parentage: She is the daughter of a white socialite. Sent to live with her wealthy grandmother (Faye Dunaway), Rain adjusts to boarding school life, where her musical talents flourish.
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Do the Right Thing
1989 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhat begins as an uproarious comedy evolves into a provocative, disquieting drama as director Spike Lee chronicles trivial events that bring festering racial tensions to the surface on a sweltering day in a largely black Brooklyn neighborhood.
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Smoke
1995 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsA Brooklyn cigar store anchors the vignettes that make up this lyrical Wayne Wang movie written by famous author Paul Auster. Auggie (Harvey Keitel), the store manager, is surprised by a visit from his ex-wife, who says their daughter is in trouble. Rashid (Harold Perrineau Jr.), a runaway searching for his father (Forest Whittaker), saves Auggie's customer, Paul (William Hurt), from being hit by a car, and changes his life forever.
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Hate Crime
2006 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsGay couple Robbie (Seth Peterson) and Trey (Brian J. Smith) enjoy a peaceful life in a quiet neighborhood -- until a hostile right-winger moves in next door. When Trey takes the dog out for a walk and is subsequently found beaten to death, homophobic neighbor Chris (Chad Donella) becomes a suspect in his attack -- but so does Robbie. Determined to get to the truth and punish the perp, Robbie launches a complex plan with disturbing consequences.
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Phoenix
1998 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsRay Liotta stars as a bad cop hooked on gambling. Caught between a brutal bookie, a lethal loan shark and a heist gone wrong, Liotta has his hands full. Sunbaked and stylish, Phoenix features a great troupe of actors (Daniel Baldwin, Giancarlo Esposito, Jeremy Piven and Xander Berkeley) in a dark tale that ends in murder.
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Twilight
1998 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsHarry Ross (Paul Newman) is a Hollywood private eye who's living out his golden years in the house of two fading movie stars -- Catherine (Susan Sarandon) and Jack Ames (Gene Hackman). But his life gets complicated when he uncovers clues to a long-unsolved murder in this smart and stylish mystery from Robert Benton. The all-star cast includes Reese Witherspoon, Stockard Channing, James Garner and Liev Schreiber.
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SherryBaby
2006 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsNewly released from prison, recovering addict Sherry Swanson (Maggie Gyllenhaal) struggles to normalize her life so she can be a good person and a trustworthy mother to her young daughter, Lexie (Ryan Simpkins).
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Blue in the Face
1995 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsAs a stand-alone movie or as a companion to the critically acclaimed Wayne Wang movie Smoke, this faux-documentary captures improvised scenes using the same cast as Wang's movie and others who dropped by during filming.
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PoliWood
2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsOscar-winning director Barry Levinson trains his camera on the historic 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions as he examines the conflation of celebrity and contemporary politics in this provocative documentary.
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Monkeybone
2001 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsCartoonist Stu Miley finds success with his raucous creation, a troublemaking simian named Monkeybone. But after a car accident puts Stu in a coma, he finds himself face-to-face with Monkeybone in a freakish netherworld called Downtown.
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Piñero
2002 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsBenjamin Bratt stars in the true story of the late Latino poet-playwright-actor Miguel Pinero, whose creative and turbulent life was cut short at the age of 40. After a difficult childhood, he took to the New York City streets in the 1970s.
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Racing Daylight
2007 | NR | 2.7 out of 5 StarsAfter returning to the family farm to take care of her comatose grandmother (Leclanche Durand), Sadie Stokes (Melissa Leo) sees the ghost of a Civil War soldier (David Strathairn) in the mirror and begins to take on the persona of her own ancestor, Anna. Before long, she is caught up in a mysterious romance. Told in three short films, this supernatural love story marks Nicole Quinn's directorial debut.
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