Giancarlo Esposito
Date of Birth: 26 Apr 1958
Country: USA
Biography: Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American film and television actor and director. Esposito is known for his portrayal of FBI agent Mike Giardello on the TV crime drama Homicide: Life on the Street. That role reflected both his black and Italian heritage. He played this role from 1998-1999 until the series' cancellation. The character's father Al is portrayed as subject to colorism, something Esposito's character practiced in School Daze...(Wikipedia)
Total Credits at Criticker: 89 (Actor), 3 (Director)
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Titles you haven't rated - Actor (89) | Director (3)
- Mandala (2009) - S2 E11
- ABQ (2009) - S2 E13
- No Más (2010) - S3 E1
- Caballo sin Nombre (2010) - S3 E2
- I.F.T. (2010) - S3 E3
- Green Light (2010) - S3 E4
- Más (2010) - S3 E5
- Sunset (2010) - S3 E6
- I See You (2010) - S3 E8
- Kafkaesque (2010) - S3 E9
- Abiquiu (2010) - S3 E11
- Half Measures (2010) - S3 E12
- Full Measure (2010) - S3 E13
- Box Cutter (2011) - S4 E1
- Bullet Points (2011) - S4 E4
- Shotgun (2011) - S4 E5
- Cornered (2011) - S4 E6
- Problem Dog (2011) - S4 E7
- Hermanos (2011) - S4 E8
- Bug (2011) - S4 E9
- Salud (2011) - S4 E10
- Crawl Space (2011) - S4 E11
- End Times (2011) - S4 E12
- Face Off (2011) - S4 E13
- The Reckoning (2019) - S1 E7
- Redemption (2019) - S1 E8
- The Heiress (2020) - S2 E3
- The Siege (2020) - S2 E4
- The Tragedy (2020) - S2 E6
- The Believer (2020) - S2 E7
- The Rescue (2020) - S2 E8
- The Spies (2023) - S3 E7
- The Return (2023) - S3 E8
- The Thing You Love Most (2011) - S1 E2
- The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (2011) - S1 E7
- Desperate Souls (2012) - S1 E8
- Fruit of the Poisonous Tree (2012) - S1 E11
Will Smith and director/writer Michael Mann take you into the heart and life of the boxer, the legend and, more importantly, the man. (Columbia Pictures)
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In this follow-up to "Smoke," it's nonstop laughs when a wacky group of locals visits the neighborhood cigar shop, looking for good times ... and finding plenty of hilarious fun! But when the greedy owner threatens to close the shop for good -- and turn it into a trendy vegetarian restaurant -- the neighborhood proves they'll do just about anything to save their favorite hangout! (Miramax)
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It's the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, and tensions are growing there, with the only local businesses being a Korean grocery and Sal's Pizzeria. Mookie, Sal's delivery boy, manages to always be at the center of the action.
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Biography of Malcolm X, the famous African American leader. Born Malcolm Little, his father (a minister) was killed by the Ku Klux Klan. He became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. He preaches the teachings when let out of jail, but later on goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca, there he converts to the original Islamic religion and becomes a Sunni Muslim. (imdb)
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In a coma, a cartoonist finds himself trapped within his own underground creation and must find a way to get back, while racing against his popular but treacherous character, Monkeybone. (imdb)
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Benjamin Bratt stars in the true story of the turbulent and creative life of Puerto Rican poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero. (Miramax Films)
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A group of people's lives intertwine when a New York cigar store manager, Auggie (Keitel), befriends them. Among them is a writer who can't write (Hurt), a reluctant father hiding from his past (Whitaker), a streetwise teen with an unusual identity crisis, and Auggie's long-lost ex-girlfriend (Channing), who returns with some surprising news! (Miramax)
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Following a truck hijack in New York, five conmen are arrested and brought together for questioning. As none of them is guilty, they plan a revenge operation against the police. The operation goes well, but then the influence of a legendary mastermind criminal called Keyser Söze is felt. It becomes clear that each one of them has wronged Söze at some point and must pay back now. The payback job leaves 27 men dead in a boat explosion, but the real question arises now: Who actually is Keyser Söze? (imdb)
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Charles Schine (Owen) and Lucinda Harris (Aniston) have noticed each other on the commuter train before. One morning their conversation leads to a flirtation which turns into an evening drink and then, before either one can stop it, a passionate one-night stand. But suddenly a stranger explodes into their world, threatening to expose their secret and lures them into a terrifying game with more surprises then they saw coming and more danger then they may survive. (The Weinstein Company)
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Georgia Byrd (Queen Latifah) lives a small life tucked inside big dreams. When this shy cookware salesperson for a New Orleans retail outlet learns her days are numbered, she throws caution to the wind and embarks on a dream holiday vacation to a grand resort in Europe. (Paramount)
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A suspense drama with a social conscience, Hate Crime is the story of Robbie and Trey, a gay couple whose quiet life together is shattered when Trey is brutally beaten while walking the dog. The prime suspect is their neighbor Chris, a fundamentalist preacher's son whose bigotry is no secret. When Chris and Robbie become the prime suspects, Robbie receives help from some unlikely sources to execute a dangerous plan that will expose many secrets. (Two Boots Pioneer Theater)
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A collection of five stories involving cab drivers in five different cities.(imdb)
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Michael (or Fresh as he's well known) is a 12-year-old drug pusher who lives in a half-way house for children without their parents (imdb)
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A corrupt rightwing folksinger runs a crooked election campaign while only one independent muck-raking reporter is trying to stop him. (imdb)
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Military cadets take extreme measures to insure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers. (imdb)
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Nick Beam's life couldn't get any worse. He discovers he has been living a lie and is on the verge of a nervous breakdown... (imdb)
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A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal. (imdb)
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When Andrew Sterling, a successful black urbanite writer buys a vacation home on a resort in New England the police mistake him for a burglar. After surrounding his home with armed men, Chief Tolliver realizes his mistake and to avoid the bad publicity offers a thief in his jail, Amos Odell a deal. (imdb)
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American marathon runner Michael Andropolis sets his heart on representing his country at the Olympic games. Meanwhile his marriage has fallen apart and his children have no respect for him. He sets out on his task with determination and hope that his success will resolve his personal problems. (imdb)
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The tuff biker Harley and his no less tuff Cowboy friend Marlboro learn that an old friend of them will loose his bar, because a bank wants to build a new complex there and demands 2.5 million dollars for a new contract in advance. (imdb)
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Three years after entering prison for robbery as a 19-year-old heroin addict, Sherry Swanson (Gyllenhaal) begins her first day of freedom, clean and sober. A model prisoner who has undergone personal transformation, she immediately sets out to regain custody of her young daughter Alexis. (IFC Films)
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All is not well at the local cop station as some of the colleagues of good at heart, superstitious cop Harry are on the take. He is forced to rip off local pimp and overall bad guy (Louie) to pay off gambling debts run up with "bookie" Chicago. Things do not go exactly to plan, however, and tensions build up between the other cops. Romance and relief from violence is provided by Leila, Harry's on and off girlfriend. (imdb)
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Homicide: The Movie (2000) - TV Movie
Former Homicide Shift Commander Al Giardello is now the leading candidate for Mayor of Baltimore. As he walks toward the platform to do a political speech he is shot. Former and current Homicide Detectives try to find out who shot their former boss. All of the actors that were regulars or recurring characters in the series are in the movie. (imdb)
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Joyce Chandler (Trish Goff), a young divorced woman and recovering alcoholic, moves into a Manhattan apartment that seems a bit too secluded to be true. It is: Upstairs lives Charlotte Bancroft (Ally Sheedy), a woman with a wall of obliviousness who can turn even an 'apology' into a guilt trip... (imdb)
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Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet. The story of Bleek's and Shadow's friendly rivalry on stage which spills into their professional relationship and threatens to tear apart the quartet. (imdb)
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In the South of the United States are taking place confrontations between two groups of students who have different ideas and are not able to accept the one of the oponent. (imdb)
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After a run-in with local thugs, aspiring Harlem rapper Rob flees to a place and father he never knew, and finds his salvation in Reggaeton, a spicy blend of hip-hop, reggae and Latin beats. Puerto Rico, the spiritual home of Reggaeton, inspires Rob and his half-brother Javi to pursue their dream of becoming Reggaeton stars. Together with a dancer named C.C., they learn what it means to stay true to themselves and each other, while overcoming obstacles in love, greed and pride, all culminating in an explosive performance at New York's Puerto Rican Day Parade. (Sony Pictures)
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The Tomorrow Man (1996) - TV Movie
The android Kent is programmed to travel back in time and save humanity from its future. His way leads to earth, which is going to be destroyed by a great rocket-disaster. As he wants to prohibit this, a mad scientist is in his way. But there are more problems: He has to act as a human. Computer-expert Jonathan Driscoll becomes his mentor and tries to help and repair him. (imdb)
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A retired ex-cop and private detective (Newman) who lives with a rich actor (Hackman) who is dying from cancer and his actress wife (Sarandon) gets mixed up in murder when he is asked to deliver blackmail money. He walks into a 20 year old case involving the mysterious disappearance of the actress's former husband. James Garner appears as another ex-cop who also does occasional errands for the couple. (imdb)
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Chupacabra Terror (2005) - Direct-to-Video
Cryptozoologist Doctor Peña traps the legendary Chupacabra on a remote Caribbean Island to make his name in the scientific community. When he smuggles it aboard the cruise ship Regent Queen, commanded by Captain Randolph, the monster breaks out of the cargo hold and makes a smorgasbord out of the passengers and crew. (imdb)
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A disgraced former LAPD detective leads a home invasion in search of millions in stolen money. The plan goes awry and homicide detectives seeking answers interrogate the only survivors; a thief and a victim. (imdb)
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A musical prodigy comes to grips with her true past and real identity. Raised by an African American family, she learns that she is actually the daughter of a white socialite who had paid her step-family to raise her as their own. (imdb)
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Gospel Hill is about haunted men, the former sheriff of the southern town dealing with past sins, and the former civil rights worker withdrawn since the martyrdom of his father thirty years before. Their final confrontation comes when a corporation descends on the town, echoing a struggle thirty years old. (imdb)
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Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident. (imdb)
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It's Christmas eve, and Rachel's guilt-ridden husband has just told her that the intruder climbing the stairs is actually the hitman he hired to kill her. Naturally Rachel flees, and meets Lloyd and Pooty, a mysterious couple who not only take her in, but give her a job as a secretary. From there, Rachel's life becomes more and more bizarre, as she uncovers an odd secret about Pooty, learns about Lloyd's haunted past, and gets to know the wacky residents of her new town. (Rotten Tomatoes)
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An experimental `bio-chip' bestows anthropomorphic properties on an outdated, household vacuum cleaner in this derivative family yarn featuring Amanda Donohoe and Giancarlo Esposito.
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S.W.A.T: Firefight (2010) - Direct-to-Video
After a misinterpreted hostage rescue results in a death; a government black-ops hatchet-man turns his vengeful attention to the SWAT team that that responded to the call. With deadly results . (lostinlodos)
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A collection of characters threaten to cross paths, unknowingly, during a night in the big city. The film focuses on two hit men (Reynolds and Forsythe) who are bound to collide with Cates, a beautiful prostitute. (imdb)
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California (1996) - Short Film
A young & rich couple (Farmer and Esposito) is preparing to attend a reception where they are invited. Meanwhile, a prostitute and a pimp (also played by Farmer and Esposito) are quarreling. The woman looks at the prostitutes on the sidewalk and sees her double threatened by her pimp who then murders her. After the reception, the woman disguises herself as a prostitute and joins those outside. She makes love with the pimp and savagely kills him to avenge her double. (Wikipedia)
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After Washington DC detective Alex Cross is told that a family member has been murdered, he vows to track down the killer. He soon discovers that she was not his first victim and that things are not what they seem. (imdb)
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The film chronicles the life and revolutionary times of death row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal.
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Naked City: Justice with a Bullet (1998) - TV Movie
Glenn and Vance are taxicab-driving NYC detectives taking up the case of tourists (Tunney, Erbe) who are robbed of their money and luggage by a shady limo driver. But all parties have their hands full when the girls accidentally get mixed up in a drug dealer's murder and money heist, while the detectives must unmask a contract hit man posing as a friend from the 'hood.
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Finnegan Begin Again (1985) - TV Movie
Robert Preston is retired and taking care of his senile wife. He can't get her to allow him to throw anything out and their house has become unmanageable. He meets Mary Tyler Moore who is dating a man with whom she is hopelessly mismatched. They become confidants and each allows the other to share their life and experiences with them.
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Paul Lamont, a corrections officer and law student, leads a comfortable if culturally bankrupt, middle-class existence. Lamont's marriage is already in trouble when he bails out a mysterious Haitian, Jean Baptiste, in the belief that Baptiste has been wrongly accused. Baptiste insinuates himself in Lamont's life and leads him on a journey of discovery. Lamont then finds that acts of conscience can have unforeseen consequences.
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Heartbeat (1987) - Direct-to-Video
Surrealistic journey into the experiences and reflections of a documentary filmmaker as he evaluates the people and places that have made up his life. (imdb)
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Son of Batman (2014) - Direct-to-Video
Batman learns he has a violent, unruly pre-teen son, secretly raised by the terrorist group the League of Assassins. (imdb)
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Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014) - Direct-to-Video
Based on the hit video game series, Batman must find a bomb planted by the Joker while dealing with a mysterious team of villains called, The Suicide Squad. (imdb)
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When you become a detective in Warsaw Indiana - you go to Poker Night, where you play against some of the best cops in the business. They tell you stories about their time on the job - their successes and failures. When new Detective Stan Jeter leaves the game, he is caught by a vicious psychopath and locked in a basement. Using the stories he heard at Poker Night, he must match wits against his captor - and save not only himself, but the young girl trapped in the basement with him.
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Breaking Bad (2008) - TV Series
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After having escaped the Maze, the Gladers now face a new set of challenges on the open roads of a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles.
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Revolution (2012) - TV Series
Fifteen years after a permanent global blackout, a group of revolutionaries seeks to drive out an occupying force posing as the United States Government. (imdb)
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An orphan boy is raised in the jungle with the help of a pack of wolves, a bear, and a black panther.
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In the real-time, high stakes thriller Money Monster, financial TV host Lee Gates (George Clooney) and his producer Patty (Julia Roberts) are put in an explosive situation when an irate investor (Jack O'Connell) takes over their studio. (imdb)
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Roger, a politician, has big plans to propose to his dream girl at her family's lake house. But everything goes awry when he meets his potential brother-in-law Todd: a full-time camp counselor with a heart of gold and a wild sense of fun, pining to be Roger's best friend, and ultimately catapulting him into a series of unfortunate events. (imdb)
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A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja. (imdb)
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An unsettling look at reality T.V. where a disturbing hit game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's enjoyment. (imdb)
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Dear White People (2017) - TV Series
At a predominantly white Ivy League college, a diverse group of students navigate various forms of racial and other types of discrimination. (imdb)
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"Unacknowledged" focuses on the historic files of the Disclosure Project and how UFO secrecy has been ruthlessly enforced-and why. The best evidence for extraterrestrial contact, dating back decades, is presented with direct top-secret witness testimony, documents and UFO footage, 80% of which has never been revealed anywhere else. The behind-the-scenes research and high-level meetings convened by Dr. Steven Greer will expose the degree of illegal, covert operations at the core of UFO secrecy. (imdb)
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Girls Club (2002) - TV Series
Three ambitious, but naive, young women work together at a prestigious San Francisco law firm and deal with everyday problems including sexist supervisors, stern bosses, back-stabbing co-workers and cheating boyfriends. (imdb)
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Young hero Thomas embarks on a mission to find a cure for a deadly disease known as the "Flare". (imdb)
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Bakersfield P.D. (1993) - TV Series
Paul Gigante leaves the FBI to be a detective for the rural Bakersfield, California P.D. But the sophisticated Gigante (Giancarlo Esposito, Do the Right Thing (1989)) has more trouble trading opera for the Bakersfield Sound, than he imagined. To his bored fellow officers, especially not-so-good old boy Denny Boyer ('Chris Mulkey' of Twin Peaks (1990)), the professional, dedicated city slicker's way harder to figure out than even the most diabolical cow-napping.
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A young contractor is hired to build a honky-tonk in Tennessee by the man who killed his father. (imdb)
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Four outlaws with a bounty on each head, set a date for a shootout in Langston, Oklahoma. The last man takes the collective bounty. Violence and mayhem ensue.
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An original pop musical film about six strangers who get stuck on a New York City subway together and change each others lives in unexpected ways.
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Jett (2019) - TV Series
World-class thief Daisy "Jett" Kowalski is just out of prison and already being forced back into what got her there, by a group of eccentric and dangerous criminals.
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Godfather of Harlem (2019) - TV Series
A gangster named Bumpy Johnson makes his way in Harlem during the 1960s. A TV prequel to the 2007 film, 'American Gangster', which centered on the criminal enterprise of Frank Lucas.
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The Mandalorian (2019) - TV Series
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A disgraced cop finds himself in a race against time to find a kidnap victim whose abductor he accidentally killed. (imdb)
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A famous pianist struggling with stage fright late in his career finds inspiration with a free-spirited music critic. (imdb)
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A boy becomes intrigued by a mysterious and quirky student named Stargirl and spends his time trying to know more about her. (imdb)
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A 17-year old Missouri teen named Veronica discovers she has gotten pregnant, a development that threatens to end her dreams of matriculating at an Ivy League college, and the career that will follow.
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Once Upon a Time (2011) - TV Series
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The Turtle brothers as they work to earn the love of New York City while facing down an army of mutants (imdb.com).
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This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rural South to "big city" Harlem seeking both salvation and understanding and of a young boy struggling to earn the approval of a self-righteous and often unloving stepfather. (imdb)
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Five Desperate Hours (1997) - TV Movie
Joseph Grange (Giancarlo Esposito), bursts into the home of suburban housewife Claire Ballard (Sharon Lawrence), and an intense hostage drama begins. Desperate to save her life, Claire initiates a dialogue with Grange as a trigger-happy SWAT team waits outside poised to storm the house. Claire, herself the product of a troubled past, begins to identify with the tormented Grange and, over five tension-filled hours, victim and captor forge an unlikely bond. (Trakt.com)
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The Gentlemen (2024) - TV Series
When aristocratic Eddie inherits the family estate, he discovers that it's home to an enormous weed empire – and its proprietors aren't going anywhere. (Netflix)
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An architect wants to rebuild New York City as a utopia following a devastating disaster.
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In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past. (imdb)
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After a group of criminals kidnap the ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, they retreat to an isolated mansion, unaware that they're locked inside with no normal little girl.
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Parish (2024) - TV Series
Follows a taxi driver whose life is turned upside down when he agrees to pick-up a Zimbabwean gangster mostly known for exploiting undocumented immigrants at the U.S. southern ports. (imdb)
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Sam Wilson, who's officially taken up the mantle of Captain America, finds himself in the middle of an international incident. (imdb)
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After a viral outbreak ravaged the country’s adult population, a group of orphans heads south in search of a new life, only to find themselves at the mercy of a deranged woman harboring a dangerous secret.
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The Street (2000) - TV Series
The $treet is about these men who know how to have fun at work, but all of a sudden there are powerful women joining the organization. It seems like the men's enjoyment is over. (imdb)
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