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Law & Order: Season 1
1990 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsDick Wolf's groundbreaking procedural drama takes a two-part approach to justice: Detectives Max Greevey (George Dzundza) and Mike Logan (Chris Noth) of Manhattan's fictional 27th Precinct ferret out the perpetrators, then turn the case over to the district attorney's office, where Ben Stone (Michael Moriarty), Paul Robinette (Richard Brooks) and Adam Schiff (Steven Hill) take the reins. Dann Florek co-stars as Capt. Donald Cragen.
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Alias
2001 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsCreated by J.J. Abrams, this action-packed spy series made a star of lithe leading lady Jennifer Garner, who redefined armed and dangerous as double agent Sydney Bristow, a CIA operative whose mission is to destroy a global crime syndicate.
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Alias: Season 1
2001 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsJennifer Garner stars in this mystifying series as Sydney Bristow, a grad student who's also a double agent for the CIA and one of its adversaries, SD-6. Bristow transforms herself -- literally and figuratively -- from a rookie into a veteran agent. As she stays constantly on the run from unknown enemies, her penchant for disguise helps her while she contorts through every plot twist and confounding situation. Michael Vartan co-stars.
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Alias: Season 2
2002 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsSuper spy Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner) is back for more action in the second season of the hit ABC show. Plotting against rogue agency SD-6 keeps her almost as busy as negotiating a relationship with her long-lost mother (Lena Olin) and dealing with her growing feelings for CIA handler Vaughn (Michael Vartan). What Syd &NFi;doesn't&NFi_; know is that there are lots more changes (costume and otherwise) ahead of her... it's going to be a long year!
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Alias: Season 3
2003 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsThrown for a serious loop in the final episode of Season 2 of J.J. Abrams's hit series, CIA agent Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner) starts her third year in prime time dealing with a life -- and memory -- left in shambles. Luckily she has her resourceful father (Victor Garber) and her trusty partner (Michael Vartan) to offer assistance as she searches for the truth. But a new double agent may be closer -- and more dangerous -- than Sydney suspects.
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Alias: Season 4
2005 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsSuper spy Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner) is back with a vengeance in this season of ABC's cult hit show. With her double-agent nemesis out of the picture and her way back into Vaughn's (Michael Vartan) arms clear, all of Sydney's ducks finally seem to be in a row. But if there's one thing fans of J.J. Abrams's fast-paced drama know, it's that things in Sydney's world are rarely what they seem. Victor Garber and Kevin Weisman co-star.
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Alias: Season 5
2005 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsA woman of 1,000 disguises, international agent Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner) has never had a boring day in her life. In the fifth season of this Emmy-winning drama developed by "Lost" creator J.J. Abrams, Sydney picks up the pieces after a cliff-hanger car wreck with her fiancé, Michael Vaughn (Michael Vartan), who had just been explaining his real identity before they collided with another vehicle.
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Brothers & Sisters: Season 1
2006 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsSally Field (in an Emmy-winning role) plays the matriarch in this ensemble-cast drama series that focuses on the disparate adult siblings of a Los Angeles-based clan drawn together by the death of their father. Calista Flockhart plays the conservative TV pundit sister in a family that includes a younger brother who served in Afghanistan and two siblings (Balthazar Getty and Rachel Griffiths, with an Emmy nod) who have remained in the family business.
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Brothers & Sisters: Season 2
2007 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsThe Walker siblings return for Season 2 of this series a little wiser, having lost many of their illusions about the family after learning of their recently deceased father's affair with Holly Harper (Patricia Wettig) and the existence of his illegitimate daughter. Now, the politically divided Walkers must continue to deal with Holly's interference in the family business as they get to know their half sister.
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Brothers & Sisters: Season 3
2008 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsThe ever-dysfunctional Walker family of Los Angeles is back for another season of this critically lauded series, led by Academy Award and Emmy Award winner Sally Field, Calista Flockhart and Rob Lowe. Challenged by opposing politics, disparate lifestyles, sibling rivalry and dark family secrets, the Walkers do their best to maintain some semblance of a family. Balthazar Getty, Rachel Griffiths, Patricia Wettig and Dave Annable also star.
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Brothers & Sisters
2006 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsThis ABC drama series finds Nora Walker (Sally Field) and her diverse children struggling to deal with long-hidden family skeletons, numerous crises and intriguing secrets after the death of patriarch William Walker (Tom Skerritt). The kids include a conservative talk-show host (Calista Flockhart), two siblings (Rachel Griffiths and Balthazar Getty) running the family business, a war veteran (Dave Annable) and a gay lawyer (Matthew Rhys).
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Brothers & Sisters: Season 4
2009 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsTireless matriarch Nora Walker (played by Sally Field, who won an Emmy for the role) leads her affluent progeny through more triumphs, tragedies and surprises in the fourth season of this classy ABC soap opera. A whole new round of professional and personal dramas unfold for Justin (Dave Annable), Kitty (Calista Flockhart), Tommy (Balthazar Getty), Sarah (Rachel Griffiths), Julia (Sarah Jane Morris), Rebecca (Emily VanCamp) and Saul (Ron Rifkin).
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Brothers & Sisters: Season 5
2010 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsSally Field stars as Nora, matriarch of the Walker clan, in this earnest family saga that dramatizes the many obstacles that modern society can throw into the lives of ordinary Americans -- beginning with the death of Nora's beloved husband. Alternately embracing and at each other's throats, the family has made its way through a minefield of crises, including infidelity, addiction and even death. Through it all, family has always come first.
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The Sum of All Fears
2002 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhy are three missing Russian nuclear scientists holed up in the Ukraine, communicating with neo-Nazis? CIA agent Jack Ryan (Ben Affleck) digs up more information than the U.S. government is willing to accept. As bombs kill thousands in Chechnya and the U.S., Ryan races against time to prevent all-out nuclear war. Based on the novel by Tom Clancy, this high-intensity technothriller co-stars Morgan Freeman.
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I'm Not Rappaport
1996 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsNat Moyer (Walter Matthau) and Midge Carter (Ossie Davis) are a truly odd couple who wryly comment on modern urban life as it strolls by their bench in Central Park. When Midge, who's also the manager of Nat's apartment building, is forced into retirement, Nat springs to his defense -- taking on a drug dealer, a mugger and even his daughter (Amy Irving). Adapted and directed by Herb Gardner from his Tony Award-winning Broadway play.
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Silent Running
1971 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsIn a ruined future in which huge, orbiting spaceships preserve the last remaining trees from pollution and overcrowding on Earth, everyman botanist Freeman Lowell (Bruce Dern) receives an order to destroy the trees. He refuses, but his actions set him up against his superiorsand fellow crew members. Special-effects titan Douglas Trumbull directs this cult-status gem known for its innovative effects and powerful social themes.
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Peep World
2010 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen four siblings gather to celebrate their father's 70th birthday, the proverbial you-know-what hits the fan because one of them has penned a novel populated by characters who strongly resemble his nearest and dearest. How will this dysfunctional family keep it together after everyone has seemingly been hung out to dry? Barry W. Blaustein's ensemble-cast comedy stars Rainn Wilson, Ron Rifkin, Michael C. Hall and Sarah Silverman.
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Tadpole
2000 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsYoung 15-year-old Oscar Grubman is sensitive and compassionate, speaks French fluently and can quote Voltaire; females gravitate toward him. In fact, Oscar could probably have any woman he wants -- but he's fallen in love with his stepmother.
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The Substance of Fire
1996 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsDomineering publishing magnate Isaac Geldhart (Ron Rifkin) has never been much of a father to his three children (Timothy Hutton, Sarah Jessica Parker and Tony Goldwyn). When he refuses to publish a book written by his son's male lover, the siblings retaliate, buying out their father's failing company and successfully running it themselves. Isaac starts a rival business that soon falters, sending him into an emotional downward spiral.
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