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Touch: Season 1
2012 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsIn the first season of this moving drama, single dad Martin tries desperately to connect with his severely autistic son Jake, and discovers that Jake's peculiar gift for numbers could lay bare the mysteries at the heart of the universe.
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Touch
2011 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsKiefer Sutherland stars as the father of an autistic boy who appears to be able to predict future events -- despite not being able to speak. Danny Glover also stars, as an academic who works with gifted children, in this dramatic series.
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Lonesome Dove
1989 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsLarry McMurtry's novel comes to life in this Emmy-winning made-for-television movie that centers on kindly Gus McCrae (Robert Duvall) and gruff Woodrow Call (Tommy Lee Jones), two former Texas Rangers who leave Lonesome Dove in the Lone Star State to settle land in Montana. Along for the journey are ex-scout Joshua (Danny Glover) and Call's bastard son, Newt (Rick Schroder). Diane Lane plays California-dreaming prostitute Lorena Wood.
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Lonesome Dove
1989 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsIn this Emmy-winning made-for-television movie based on the Larry McMurtry bestseller, two former Texas Rangers leave Texas to settle land in Montana. Their plans are thwarted and helped along by a cast of characters that could only live out West.
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The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
2011 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsFrom 1967 to '75, a film crew aimed cameras at major figures in the Black Power movement, creating hours of footage that remained unreleased for decades. In clips, Stokely Carmichael, Huey P. Newton and Angela Davis discuss the movement's evolution.
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LUV
2012 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThis indie drama portrays a single day shared by an 11-year-old boy and his uncle, who's recently rejoined the world after eight years in prison. When the older Vincent brings young Woody along on business, fresh lessons in life await them both.
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The Bouquet
2013 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsWhen the Benton family patriarch dies unexpectedly, his estranged daughters -- idealistic Mandy and go-getter Terri -- find themselves working together to help their mother pick up the pieces and to save their parents' wilting florist business.
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The Prince of Egypt
1998 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsBorn into slavery and cast adrift on the Nile, Moses is reared as the son of the pharaoh. After Moses learns of his true ancestry, he answers God's call and accepts his destiny: to lead the Hebrews out of slavery and into freedom.
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Witness
1985 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsDetective John Book goes undercover in an Amish community to protect a boy who witnessed a murder. Once inside, Block must adjust to major culture shock while cautiously romancing the boy's mother.
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Switchback
1997 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsAfter discovering his son missing and the baby sitter murdered, an FBI agent tracks a serial killer he's convinced committed the crimes. His investigation leads him to Texas, where two new murders match the killer's pattern.
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Trumbo
2007 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsAfter failing to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947, successful screenwriter Dalton Trumbo was blacklisted in Hollywood. This documentary details Trumbo's life through personal letters, interviews and archival footage.
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Donovan's Echo
2012 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsPlagued by déjà vu, retired nuclear physicist Donovan becomes convinced that his young neighbor and her mother are doomed to die on the anniversary of his wife and daughter's deaths. But are his visions real, or the products of a tormented mind?
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Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
2008 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsLooking for a little payback after his legendary loss to his velocity-challenged rival, Murray Hare and his son Butch challenge Walter Tortoise and his daughter Crystal to compete in the dreaded Mount Impossible Nature Adventure Race.
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Antz
1998 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn this animated hit, a neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a parade, he ends up instead enlisted to fight against a termite army.
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The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
2006 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsFeaturing the voices of Wayne Brady, Nick Cannon, Danny Glover, D.L. Hughley, Dorian Harewood and Wanda Sykes, this collection of animated adventures updates the immortal Uncle Remus tales for modern audiences while keeping the spirit of the original stories intact. Tykes will delight in trickster Brer Rabbit's mischievous antics -- which involve outsmarting Brer Bear, Brer Fox and a host of other animals.
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Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThis documentary chronicles half a century of hostile U.S.-Cuba relations. The film highlights decades of assassinations and sabotage at first backed by Washington, then ignored by the very government that launched a "war against terrorism."
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Grand Canyon
1991 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsA sequence of random but life-altering incidents conspire to link a group of Los Angeles denizens from disparate economic and social classes, leading to epiphanies about responsibilities and relationships in director Lawrence Kasdan's pensive drama. Ultimately, two men from divergent lifestyles try to be friends. Co-written by Kasdan and his wife, and featuring a top-notch ensemble cast, the film received an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay.
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Highland Park
2013 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsHIGHLAND PARK follows a group of high school faculty members and their desire to improve their community. Confronted with overwhelming problems and limited resources, their lives and priorities change when money seemingly falls into their lap.
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Iceman
1984 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWhen a 40,000-year-old Neanderthal is thawed out of the ice during a scientific expedition and begins to function again, anthropologist Stanley Shepard winds up in a desperate fight to keep his new friend from becoming the center of a media circus.
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Flight of the Intruder
1991 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsThis action thriller based on the book by Stephen Coonts charts the efforts of two U.S. Navy pilots fighting in the Vietnam War to bombard Hanoi's People's Resistance Park against government orders.
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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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For Love of Liberty
2010 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsThis moving documentary series chronicles the sacrificial courage of African-American men and woman who have served our country in time of war, from the Revolution to Iraq, to help secure freedom for all American citizens.
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Night Train
2009 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsA med student (Leelee Sobieski), a salesman (Steve Zahn) and a conductor (Danny Glover) become unlikely allies when a passenger dies on the night train, leaving behind a fortune in diamonds, and they decide to embark on a gruesome mission by dumping the body and splitting the loot. Disposing of the corpse, however, proves to be tricky, and the conspirators become increasingly fearful of one another.
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For Love of Liberty
2010 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsThis miniseries uses letters, diaries, speeches, historical text and military records to document and acknowledge the sacrifices and accomplishments of African-American servicemen and women since the earliest days of the republic.
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Boesman and Lena
2000 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsA homeless South African couple suffering under apartheid finds a place to settle down for the night. What begins as a familiar dialogue between the two, steeped in love and pain, takes an increasingly hostile tone when an old tribesman joins them.
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