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Fishburne receives honorary doctorate -
15 May 2009
-Actor Laurence Fishburne can add doctor to his resume after collecting an honorary degree from a prestigious U.S. university.-
-The Matrix star donned the traditional hat and gown for Howard University's graduation ceremony in Washington, D.C. last weekend (09-10May09), wh
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Aces high for Laurence Fishburne -
22 January 2007
Laurence Fishburne, who audiences have seen in many guises including those of Ike Turner and ship captain Morpheus in The Matrix, has signed on to appear in a casino-themed thriller.-Also starring Kevin Spacey, 21 is to tell the story of six college friends who are trained
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Laurence Fishburne - filmography
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21
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth
Director: Robert Luketic
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21 is the fact based story about six M.I.T students who were trained in the art of card counting. They subsequently took the Vegas casinos for millions! Academy Award Winner Kevin Spacey (The Usual Suspects) and young Hollywood super star Kate Boswoth (Superman Returns) star in this clever and ..read more »
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from 46,306 members
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21 - BLU-RAY Version
(2008)
Starring: Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth
Director: Robert Luketic
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Inspired by a true story, 21 mixes Las Vegas casino wheeling and dealing with college-kid angst. Kevin Spacey is crafty MIT professor Micky Rosa, who trains gifted students to count cards and then flies them out to Vegas to raid the blackjack tables between classes. At first they rake in a bundle, ..read more »
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from 5,595 members
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The Death And Life Of Bobby Z
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Jason Lewis, Paul Walker
Director: John Herzfeld
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An action packed thrill ride about an ex-con (Walker) who agrees to impersonate a recently deceased drug dealer in order to gain his freedom. However, when things go terribly wrong, he finds himself on the run from a ruthless DEA agent (Fishburne) as well as several angry drug lords.
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61%
from 653 members
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Mission Impossible 3
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Keri Russell
Director: J.J. Abrams
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Tom Cruise is back in action in this third helping of the hit franchise. Alias and Lost creator J.J. Abrams takes the directors chair in this explosive third installment.
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67%
from 56,118 members
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Akeelah And The Bee
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, Keke Palmer
Director: Doug Atchison
Certificate: 
Watch now: £2.49
Following in the fine tradition of inspiring inner-city underdog tales like STAND AND DELIVER, and TAKE THE LEAD, Doug Atchison's AKEELAH AND THE BEE is a story of overcoming odds that never descends into empty formula. The narrative centers around the character of Akeelah (Keke Palmer, in a star-..read more »
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68%
from 1,415 member
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Bobby
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Harry Belafonte, Sharon Stone, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Emilio Estevez
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The story of the assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, on June 6th, 1968, which centers around 22 people who were at the Ambassador Hotel where he was killed.
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63%
from 24,561 members
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Five Fingers
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Touriya Haoud, Isa Hoes
Director: Laurence Malkin
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Martijn (Ryan Phillipe) is on a goodwill mission in Morocco when he is stabbed with a syringe and wakes up blindfolded and shackled in a hideout. His captors want information - and they’ll do anything to get it. So Martijn had better come up with a plan of action, because he’s running out of time, ..read more »
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53%
from 2,914 members
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Biker Boyz
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Orlando Jones, Laurence Fishburne, Derek Luke
Director: Reggie Rock Bythewood
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This eclectic entry in the "extreme sports" genre takes a close, fictionalized look at the world of California motorcycle clubs. (It is based on an L.A. New Times article.) The great Laurence Fishburne appears as Smoke, the unbeaten "king of Cali" motorcycle racing, and president of The Black ..read more »
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53%
from 2,614 members
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Mystic River
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon
Director: Clint Eastwood
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Three friends, Jimmy, Sean and Dave, reunite after the death of Jimmy's daughter. Sean is a detective assigned to the case and has to deal with Jimmy's rages.
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67%
from 59,764 members
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Matrix Revolutions
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss
Director: The Wachowski Brothers
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The final movie in Larry and Andy Wachowski's MATRIX trilogy is THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS. Toning down the romantic and philosophic elements of the second film in the series, THE MATRIX RELOADED, this third installment focuses on action. Neo (Keanu Reeves) is trapped in limbo between reality and the ..read more »
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61%
from 47,544 members
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Mystic River - BLU-RAY Version
(2003)
Starring: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon
Director: Clint Eastwood
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In Clint Eastwood's MYSTIC RIVER, a murder mystery in South Boston unites three men who have been friends since childhood. Grippingly powerful performances from the entire cast--Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Marcia Gay Harden, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, and Laura Linney--combined with gritty ..read more »
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90%
from 2 members
Due for release on 8th February 2010
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The Matrix Revisited
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Keanu Reeves
Director: Josh Oreck
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This video document of the making of THE MATRIX will blow away any fan who found the original film intense. THE MATRIX became an instant landmark in the world of science fiction cinema. The special effects have become imitated many times over and the fight choreography has inspired numerous action ..read more »
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66%
from 3,566 members
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Osmosis Jones
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Chris Rock, Laurence Fishburne, David Hyde Pierce
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
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With OSMOSIS JONES, triple threat writer-director-producer brothers Bobby and Peter Farrelly (THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY) successfully move into the live-action/animation genre. Frank (Bill Murray), a scruffy, overweight zoo keeper, revels in his unhealthy habits much to the chagrin of his young ..read more »
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61%
from 912 members
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Once In The Life
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Anabella Sciorra, Titus Welliver
Director: Laurence Fishburne
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In this crime drama directed by Laurence Fishburne and adapted from his own play, RIFF RAFF, a chance meeting changes the lives of two half brothers. One of the pair, 20-20 Mike (Fishburne), is a black man, a streetwise career criminal who claims to have eyes in the back of his head. His half ..read more »
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43%
from 244 members
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The Matrix
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss
Director: The Wachowski Brothers
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In the near future, a computer hacker named Neo discovers that all life on Earth may be nothing more than an elaborate facade created by a malevolent cyber-intelligence, for the purpose of placating us while our life essence is "farmed" to fuel the Matrix's campaign of domination in the "real" ..read more »
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79%
from 74,611 members
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Always Outnumbered
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Natalie Cole, Laurie Metcalf
Director: Michael Apted
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Socrates Fortlow tries to avoid trouble, but trouble comes looking for him. Running a killer out of town, falling in love with his best friend's wife, trying to save the life of a murder witness. When it comes to trouble, people look for the man who is still standing. From the best-selling author ..read more »
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from 80 members
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Hoodlum
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Andy Garcia
Director: Bill Duke
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Bill Duke's HOODLUM, with its rich visuals, brutal violence, and moral probing, pays homage to THE GODFATHER and other classic gangster films while exploring the nature of black empowerment as it relates to criminality. The film is Duke's second collaboration with Laurence Fishburne, and as with ..read more »
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57%
from 492 members
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Event Horizon
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Sam Neill, Laurence Fishburne, Kathleen Quinlan
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
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In this eerie science-fiction ghost story, an astrophysicist (Sam Neill), haunted by the memory of his wife's suicide, joins a rescue mission to salvage his life's work: the Event Horizon, a prototype spacecraft capable of faster-than-light travel that has been missing for seven years. Their ..read more »
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65%
from 13,679 members
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Fled
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin, Salma Hayek
Director: Kevin Hooks
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A pair of on-the-lam escaped convicts (Laurence Fishburne and Stephen Baldwin) race against time, the Cuban mafia, and the police to find some stashed loot and a computer disk which will either set them free or get them killed.
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60%
from 509 members
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Bad Company
(1995)
Starring: Ellen Barkin, Laurence Fishburne, Frank Langella
Director: Damian Harris
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Laurence Fishburne ('The Matrix'/ 'TINA - What's Love Got To Do With It') is Nelson Crowe, an undercover Government agent with a deadly assignment: infiltrate a highly secret industrial espionage firm There he teams up with Margaret Wells (Ellen Barkin - 'The Big Easy'), a master spy and seductive ..read more »
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from 35 members
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Just Cause
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Capshaw
Director: Arne Glimcher
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A Harvard law professor takes up the case of a southern black man on death row for murdering a white woman, a crime he may not have committed. Discovering the truth proves difficult, as a Bible-spouting inmate and the brutal police officer who convicted the condemned man lead the professor down ..read more »
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62%
from 1,155 member
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The Tuskegee Airmen
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Allen Payne, Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Director: Robert Markowitz
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An action-filled dramatization of the true story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first squadron of black American pilots to defend their country in World War II. Overcoming nearly insurmountable racial obstacles, the men of the "Fighting 99th" distinguished themselves and their people.
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72%
from 186 members
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Higher Learning
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Ice Cube, Omar Epps
Director: John Singleton
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The third installment in John Singleton's trilogy about South Central Los Angeles, HIGHER LEARNING examines mid-1990s university politics from racial, sexual, and economic standpoints. At fictional Columbus University (where a statue of the explorer stands witness to the dominant culture's ..read more »
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63%
from 1,275 member
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Searching for Bobby Fischer
(1993)
Starring: Max Pomeranc, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen
Director: Steven Zaillian
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A sportswriter is thrilled to find his son is a chess prodigy. Taking his son into the amazing world of championship chess, he learns that loving his kid is the best way to mold a champion in this intelligent and fascinating film.
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75%
from 13 members
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Innocent Moves
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Ben Kingsley
Director: Steve Zaillain
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Though he's only seven, Josh looks at a chessboard and anticipates moves that mature chess players don't even see. He's a malleable young boy with an incredible talent for the game of masterminds. When Josh begins honing his talent, playing a speedy version of the game called "blitz" with hustlers ..read more »
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67%
from 238 members
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Deep Cover
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Laurence Fishburne, Clarence Williams
Director: Bill Duke
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Made during the black film boom that followed the success of BOYZ N THE HOOD, DEEP COVER is that rare and beautiful thing--a genuinely smart action movie. Screenwriters Michael Tolkin (THE PLAYER) and Henry Bean have written a clever but gritty, hard-hitting script, and director Bill Duke (A RAGE ..read more »
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64%
from 1,394 member
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Boyz 'N The Hood
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut
Director: John Singleton
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John Singleton emerged from USC film school with his passionate script already written, and at age 23 he made the film that spawned a score of ghetto dramas. From the opening shot--a sign reading "Stop"--to the final message of "Increase the Peace," Singleton's desire to galvanize his audience is ..read more »
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71%
from 8,368 members
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King Of New York
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne, Wesley Snipes
Director: Abel Ferrara
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Christopher Walken stars as Frank White, an ultracool crime boss, in this moody gem from director Abel Ferrara. Released from a long stint in jail, White rejoins his devoted gang, which includes the trigger-happy Jimmy Jump (Laurence Fishburne), Test Tube (Steve Buscemi), and his attractive ..read more »
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58%
from 3,118 members
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School Daze
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell
Director: Spike Lee
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At this African American college, amid gala coronations, football, fraternities, parades, and parties, a group of buddies find themselves caught up in romance, relationship rituals, and rivalries during one outrageous homecoming weekend. The story follows two cousins who have opposing attitudes ..read more »
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56%
from 169 members
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Red Heat
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi, Peter Boyle
Director: Walter Hill
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After scoring a hit with the Eddie Murphy-Nick Nolte cop thriller 48 Hours, director Walter Hill returned to the buddy formula with this half-ridiculous, half-invigorating action flick about humourless Russian cop Ivan Danko (Arnold Schwarzenegger). He follows a drug dealer from Moscow to Chicago, ..read more »
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60%
from 4,940 members
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A Nightmare On Elm Street 3
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Robert Englund, John Saxon, Heather Langenkamp
Director: Charles Russell
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The third story of the continuing misadventures of the fiendish Freddy Krueger. This time he is out to terrorise a group of Elm Street kids who are confined to a mental hospital for sleep disorders and suicide attempts. His presence is not quite what the doctor ordered.
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from 5,596 members
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The Cotton Club
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Bob Hoskins
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Beautiful music and striking dance performances are the highlight of Francis Ford Coppola's musical/mobster flick centered around the legendary Harlem nightclub. The club's black dancers and musicians entertain the exclusively white audience made up of gangsters and Hollywood stars. Local boy Dixie ..read more »
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from 802 members
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Apocalypse Now Redux
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Released in August 2001, APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX, a restored and updated version of the 1979 film, includes 49 minutes of never-before-seen footage, a Technicolor enhancement, and a six-channel soundtrack.Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam epic, loosely based on HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad, tells ..read more »
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Laurence Fishburne - watch online
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Akeelah And The Bee
to Watch Now
(2006)
Starring: Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, Keke Palmer
Director: Doug Atchison
Certificate: 
Watch now: £2.49
Run time: 109 minutes
Following in the fine tradition of inspiring inner-city underdog tales like STAND AND DELIVER, and TAKE THE LEAD, Doug Atchison's AKEELAH AND THE BEE is a story of overcoming odds that never descends into empty formula. The narrative centers around the character of Akeelah (Keke Palmer, in a star-..read more »
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66%
from 6 members
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Event Horizon
to Watch Now
(1997)
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Certificate: 
Watch now: £2.49
Run time: 95 minutes
Its name: EVENT HORIZON. The high-tech, pioneering research spacecraft mysteriously vanished, without a trace, on its maiden voyage seven years earlier. But a weak, persistent signal form the long-missing craft prompts a rescue team, headed by the intrepid Captain Miller (Laurence Fishburne, THE ..read more »
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from 113 members
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Laurence Fishburne facts
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Or 25 August 2004
...sed. The real draw here is the acting, though. There was never any doubt that Laurence Fishburne was a great screen presence and a fine actor. Here, his Oscar nominated Ike Tu...
Bacon and Ex 17 August 2004
A little Gem! 24 July 2006
