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Olympus Has Fallen
2013 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsDirector Antoine Fuqua's action thriller stars Gerard Butler as a disgraced Secret Service agent who must come to the rescue when Korean terrorists descend on the White House and take the president hostage.
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Boyz N the Hood
1991 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsIn this thoughtful drama, a South Central Los Angeles high schooler struggles to stay straight in a community polluted by drugs, violence and racism -- and his cynical but devoted father will accept nothing less than the best from him.
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The Score
2001 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsReady-to-retire safecracker Nick, flamboyant fence Max and talented but volatile thief Jackie team up to rob the Montreal Customs House. The score could put them all on easy street, but Nick is growing increasingly uncomfortable with the operation.
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Akeelah and the Bee
2006 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsEleven-year-old Akeelah Anderson is determined to spell her way out of South Los Angeles and make it to the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. With a tutor behind her, Akeelah may even show her pessimistic mother she has what it takes to win.
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This Means War
2012 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsEach determined to win the heart of a sexy blonde bombshell, two best friends and CIA spies turn their secret-agent skills against each other, heedless of the ever-widening trail of wreckage and collateral damage they leave in their wake.
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Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns
2008 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen Brenda (Angela Bassett), a struggling single mom in Chicago's inner city, learns that the father she never knew has died, she heads to Georgia with her three kids in tow for the funeral and meets her dad's raucous family. Despite their boisterous manner, Brenda finds them a comforting presence in her fragmented life. Writer-director Tyler Perry also co-stars in this adaptation of his hit stage play.
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Jumping the Broom
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIt's a comedic clash of African-American cultures when the hoity-toity clan of bride Sabrina Watson and the proudly blue-collar family of groom Jason Taylor gather on Martha's Vineyard to celebrate the couple's nuptials.
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Waiting to Exhale
1995 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsHolding their breath waiting for the elusive "good man," four female friends and confidants -- each one cheated on, mistreated and stepped on by less-than-stellar lovers -- talk it all out, determined to find a better way to breathe.
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Green Lantern
2011 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsHal Jordan, a talented test pilot, is chosen by an alien force of warriors to become their representative on Earth and use his new powers as the Green Lantern to promote order and justice before conflict destroys his world.
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Strange Days
1995 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsEx-cop Lenny Nero is a pusher of potent (and illegal) virtual-reality clips, peddling sex and violence to the masses in Los Angeles. But when a high-profile murder shows up in his collection, Lenny finds himself ensnared in a fast-paced manhunt.
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Supernova
2000 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsWhen a deep-space rescue ship answers a distress call from a mining planet, the crew leaps light-years to find a lone survivor. When the man joins them, crew members start disappearing thanks to a mysterious alien artifact he's smuggled onboard.
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City of Hope
1991 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsIn Hudson City, N.J., whites, blacks, unions and the police form their own tribes and jockey for influence over pieces of hard-won turf. This drama's multifaceted storyline follows several residents (Vincent Spano, Tony Lo Bianco, Angela Bassett, Joe Morton and Chris Cooper, among others), whose paths intersect amidst the decaying city. Writer-director John Sayles has said that this pungent and evocative film is his most autobiographical piece.
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