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Fishburne's secret man cave -
4 July 2010
-Actor Laurence Fishburne hides away in his "man cave" near his home in California whenever he needs to escape the women in his life.-
-The Matrix star reveals he has a secret location he can retreat to whenever necessary and only invites a select group of male pals to join
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No Playhouse for busy Fishburne -
6 December 2009
-Laurence Fishburne has been ruled out of old pal Paul Reubens' upcoming Pee-Wee's Playhouse comeback - because he's too busy playing a TV forensics expert.-
-The Matrix star landed his big break playing singing cowboy Curtis on Reubens' wacky 1980s TV show, but he won't be
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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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Laurence Fishburne - filmography
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Contagion - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Winslet
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
Steven Soderbergh directs this multi-starrer thriller charting the rapid progress of a lethal airborne human virus that is spread by simple human contact and kills within days. As the pandemic sweeps the globe, an international team of medics races against time to contain the mutating bug. The cast ..read more »
 
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from 7,862 members
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Contagion
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Kate Winslet
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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An action-thriller centred on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak.
61%
from 18,021 members
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Predators - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Nimrod Antal
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"PREDATORS" a bold new chapter in the Predator universe, shot under the creative auspices of Robert Rodriguez, stars Adrien Brody as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who've come to realize they've been brought together on an alien planet...as prey. With the notable ..read more »
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from 465 members
Not available for rental
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A Man's Story
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Giorgio Armani, Wolfgang Puck, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Varon Bonicos
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Varon Bonicos directs this documentary about fashion designer Ozwald Boateng. The first black tailor to open a shop on London's Savile Row, as well as the youngest, Boateng soon became world famous for his trademark colourful suits. The film follows Boateng from the late 1990s, a low point in his ..read more »
62%
from 78 members
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Armored
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Amaury Nolasco, Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Nimrod Antal
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Crime thriller in which a group of armoured transport security employees decide to stage a heist against their own company. Bored of their middle rate existence, Cochrane (Matt Dillon), Quinn (Jean Reno), Baines (Laurence Fishburne), Palmer (Amaury Nolasco) and Dobbs (Skeet Ulrich) seize the ..read more »
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from 7,867 members
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Tortured
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Robert LaSardo, Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Nolan Lebovitz
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Thriller starring Laurence Fishburne. Cole Hauser plays Kevin Cole, aka Jimmy Vaughn, an undercover FBI agent who faces a moral dilemma when he is hired by an unseen crime lord named Ziggy to torture a confession out of accountant, Archie Gold (Laurence Fishburne), who is suspected of stealing ten ..read more »
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from 227 members
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21 - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Liza Lapira, Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Robert Luketic
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Slick casino scam tale based on Ben Mezrich's book 'Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions'. Brilliant M.I.T. student Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) has got money worries, if he doesn't come up with $300,000 he's going to be kicked out. Luckily ..read more »
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from 9,149 members
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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 »
69%
from 63,957 members
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TMNT - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Chris Evans, Mako
Director: Kevin Munroe
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back in this all new action packed movie. Tech-industrialist Max Winters is amassing an army of ancient monsters to take over the world. Only one super-ninja fighting team can stop them - those heroes in a half shell; Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and ..read more »
55%
from 16,539 members
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The Death And Life Of Bobby Z
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne, Jason Lewis
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.
62%
from 865 members
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Akeelah and the Bee
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett
Director: Doug Atchison
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Critically-acclaimed drama starring Laurence Fishburne. Eleven-year-old Akeelah Anderson's (Keke Palmer) life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her and her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She's smart, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a ..read more »
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from 1,800 member
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Five Fingers
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne, Touriya Haoud
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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from 3,439 members
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Biker Boyz
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne, Kid Rock
Director: Reggie Rock Bythewood
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Starring Laurence Fishburne as Smoke, the leader and champion of underground bike club The Black Knights. But his status is challenged from an unlikely quater when newcomer, Kid sets up a rival bike club, The Biker Boyz. The tests of speed and expertise become ever more spectacular as the rivalry ..read more »
53%
from 2,845 members
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Matrix Revolutions
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Harry, Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne
Director: The Wachowski Brothers
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Watch now: Unavailable
The final chapter of the Wachowski brothers' Matrix trilogy (filmed back-to-back with 'Matrix Reloaded') seems to answer all the questions left open in the second instalment. Neo (Keanu Reeves) is still on the quest for truth, but his journey into the real world has left him drained of his power ..read more »
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from 53,585 members
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Mystic River
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Laura Linney, Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Clint Eastwood
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
When they were kids growing up together in a rough section of Boston, Jimmy Markum, Dave Boyle and Sean Devine spent their days playing stickball on the street, the way most boys did in their blue-collar neighborhood of East Buckingham. Nothing much out of the ordinary ever happened, until a moment'..read more »
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from 68,655 members
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The Matrix Reloaded
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne
Director: The Wachowski Brothers
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The first of two sequels to the 1999 blockbuster. Keanu Reeves returns as Neo, joined by Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) and Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) to continue their fight against the Machine Army - wearing their by now familiar long black overcoats and dark glasses. Zion, the last human city on ..read more »
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from 50,661 members
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Mystic River - Blu-ray
(2003)
Starring: Laura Linney, Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Clint Eastwood
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Clint Eastwood directs this gritty Academy Award-winning drama based on the novel by Dennis Lehane. Set in the Irish community of Boston, it tells the story of three childhood friends who have drifted apart over the years owing to a violent and disturbing experience they shared as children, and are ..read more »
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from 2,649 members
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The Matrix Revisited
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Josh Oreck
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Documentary about the making of the hit movie 'The Matrix'. Features a look at the film's technical accomplishments, behind-the-scene footage of the stars Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Ann Moss and Laurence Fishburne, extracts from 'The Matrix Anime' and unseen material from the original movie.
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from 4,008 members
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The Matrix
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne
Director: The Wachowski Brothers
Certificate:
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This hugely successful blockbuster stars Keanu Reeves as Neo, a young computer hacker who comes to believe that the world around him is not as it appears to be. With the aid of mysterious subversive Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), Neo discovers that his whole existence as he knows it is a lie. ..read more »
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from 92,483 members
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Always Outnumbered
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Natalie Cole, Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Michael Apted
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Socrates Fortlow (Laurence Fishburne) has a violent past, and a lengthy prison sentence to prove it. Finally released back into society, Socrates resolves to keep on the straight and narrow, but life in South Central LA doesn't make it easy.
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from 122 members
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Event Horizon
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Certificate: 
In the year 2047, the spaceship 'Lewis and Clark' sets out to track down the missing vessel 'Event Horizon', which disappeared after its launch seven years earlier. In command is Captain Miller (Laurence Fishburne), along with 'Event Horizon' designer, Dr William Weir (Sam Neill). They are ..read more »
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from 16,554 members
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Hoodlum
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Queen Latifah, Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Bill Duke
Certificate:
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The underworld of 1930s New York erupts into civil war when vicious gang boss Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth) attempts to muscle in on the Harlem numbers racket, run by Bumpy Johnson (Laurence Fishburne). As Johnson's empire comes under threat and his personal life is shattered, he makes a desperate last ..read more »
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from 634 members
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Fled
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne, Robert Hooks
Director: Kevin Hooks
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Piper (Laurence Fishburne) and Dodge (Stephen Baldwin) are two escaped convicts on the run from a chain gang. Manacled together, they manage to get to Atlanta, where Dodge can get hold of the millions of dollars he was imprisoned for embezzling. However, his attempts to make contact with his old ..read more »
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from 605 members
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Bad Company
(1995)
Starring: Ellen Barkin, Ellen Barkin, Laurence Fishburne
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 »
51%
from 43 members
Currently unavailable
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Just Cause
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne, Victor Slezak
Director: Arne Glimcher
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Sean Connery plays Paul Armstrong, a Harvard Law professor who is vehemently opposed to the death penalty. Armstrong agrees to investigate a mysterious murder case which occured in the Florida Everglades over eight years ago. Death Row prisoner Bobby Earl (Blair Underwood) was convicted of the ..read more »
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from 1,369 member
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Higher Learning
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne, Kristy Swanson
Director: John Singleton
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John Singleton directs this tale of three students who each find a very different path through college: an athlete (Omar Epps) struggling to make the grade; a naive girl (Kristy Swanson) who discovers that men cannot always accept 'no' for an answer; and a shy and retiring guy (Michael Rapaport) ..read more »
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from 1,538 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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from 26 members
Currently unavailable
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Innocent Moves
(1993)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Steve Zaillain
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Dramatic directorial debut from Steve Zaillian, scriptwriter of 'Schindler's List' is about Josh, a child chess master whose father is pressurizing him to become a champion. Together with the coach of Bobby Fischer they drive Josh until the point of collapse.
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from 281 members
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Deep Cover
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne, Sydney Lassick
Director: Bill Duke
Certificate:
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Black police officer Russell Stevens (Larry Fishburne) goes undercover and works his way into the Los Angeles drug trade. As he moves quickly up the dealing ladder, he discovers a hidden talent for crime, and finds himself inextricably bound up with the underworld he has become a part of. Jeff ..read more »
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from 2,615 members
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Boyz 'N The Hood
(1991)
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne, Ice Cube
Director: John Singleton
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Director John Singleton's debut chronicles the trials and tribulations of three young African-American males growing up in South Central Los Angeles. When young Tre (Cuba Gooding Jr.), a bright underachiever, begins to show signs of trouble, his struggling professional mother (Angela Basset) sends ..read more »
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from 9,775 members
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Cadence
(1990)
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Michael Beach, Martin Sheen
Director: Martin Sheen
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Charlie Sheen plays a rebellious inmate in an Army stockade, who must learn not only how to take orders but how to get on with his fellow soldiers.
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from 55 members
Currently unavailable
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The American Civil War
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Pamela Reed, Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Ken Burns
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The entire series by Ken Burns of three volumes documenting the American Civil War. In 'A Very Bloody Affair' it was the South's practice of slavery that sparked off war with the North - a conflict that both sides welcomed initially, although it soon became clear that there was little glory to be ..read more »
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from 1,703 member
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King Of New York
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Abel Ferrara
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The gritty underbelly of New York's complex, ethnically divided criminal world is exposed in this dark drama from director Abel Ferrara. Christopher Walken stars as Frank White, a drug lord who's just been released from a long stint in prison. Aware that feeding off of society's depravity has made ..read more »
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from 5,226 members
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School Daze
(1988)
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito
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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from 236 members
Currently unavailable
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Red Heat
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne, James Belushi
Director: Walter Hill
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Moscow policeman Captain Ivan 'Iron Jaws' Danko (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is on the trail of Russian drug dealer Viktor Rostavilli in the USA when he is ambushed by the dealer's gang. When Rostavilli makes his escape, an American cop is killed. Danko teams up with the dead cop's partner (James ..read more »
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from 5,704 members
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Red Heat - Blu-ray
(1988)
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne, James Belushi
Director: Walter Hill
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Moscow policeman Captain Ivan 'Iron Jaws' Danko (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is on the trail of Russian drug dealer Viktor Rostavilli in the USA when he is ambushed by the dealer's gang. When Rostavilli makes his escape, an American cop is killed. Danko teams up with the dead cop's partner (James ..read more »
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from 444 members
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: John Saxon, Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Charles Russell
Certificate:
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This second sequel to 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' features the return of Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) from the first film, now a psychiatric doctor. Nancy teams up with Dr Neil Goldman when a group of teenagers at his hospital begin to suffer a shared nightmare, and soon realizes that child ..read more »
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from 6,534 members
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The Cotton Club
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Diane Lane, Gregory Hines, James Remar
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Combining electric song and dance performances with drama (both on and off screen), Francis Ford Coppola's The Cotton Club (1984) looks back to the 1920s-1930s peak of the legendary Harlem nightclub where only blacks performed and only whites could sit in the audience. Mixing historical figures ..read more »
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from 1,044 member
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Apocalypse Now Redux
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Albert Hall, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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A new cut of the multi-million dollar Vietnam psychedelic epic, with director Francis Ford Coppola adding 55 minutes of deleted scenes. The Vietnam War rages and US Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) is sent on a mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a renegade American officer who has ..read more »
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from 46,023 members
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Laurence Fishburne facts
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...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...
