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Hoodlum
1997 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsIn this gangland epic, black gangs in 1930s New York City battle the Italian mob for control of the Harlem numbers racket. Laurence Fishburne plays the Harlem boss tasked with protecting the business from mafioso Dutch Schultz and his violent crew.
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Soul Food
1997 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsTraditional Sunday dinners at Mama Joe's turn sour when three sisters start bringing their problems to the dinner table. When tragedy strikes, it's up to grandson Ahmad to pull the family together and put the soul back into the weekly gatherings.
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Delhi Safari
2012 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsHuman encroachment is about to send the denizens of a wildlife reserve packing, until an anger-management-guru bear suggests diplomacy. But only one of the animals can break the language barrier: a human-loving, animal-hating parrot named Alex.
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Shaft
2000 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsIn John Singleton's update of the 1970s classic, New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for murder, but he jumps bail to Switzerland, returning to face trial two years later.
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Another You
1991 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsIn their final comedy pairing, Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder star as a chronic liar and a con man whose deceptive ways get them into a very sticky situation involving a missing millionaire, his beautiful wife and a fearsome estate executive.
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Heavy Gear: Season 1
2001 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsSet in the year 6132, this animated sci-fi series follows the action and adventure as teams of robotlike mechanical "Gears" with transformable weaponry face off against each other in battle tournaments -- all to gain control of the world.
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Heavy Gear: Season 2
2002 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsThis season, the world war between the northern Vanguard of Justice and the southern Shadow Dragons escalates, with the battle of opposing Heavy Gear forces moving out of the arena -- and into the wild.
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Heavy Gear
2001 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsIn the distant future on the faraway planet Terra Nova, two polar forces, the Vanguard of Justice and the Shadow Dragons, face off in fierce combat tournaments, with both sides piloting fully armed battle suits called Heavy Gear.
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