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Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos

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  • Battlestar Galactica - Season 2
  • Battlestar Galactica - Season 2 review by from Birmingham
    Rated - 3 stars Too much religion.... 22 February 2007
    ... Most of the characters (with the exception of Commander Odama, well played by Edward James Olmos) also suffer from terminal stupidity, and the 'president' (Mary McDonnell) is s...  

Edward James Olmos - filmography


  • Splinter on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Tom Sizemore,  Edward James Olmos,  Adam Rodriguez
    Director: Michael D Olmos
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A fatal drive-by shooting triggers a brutal gang war in this suspenseful urban drama. As the body count rises, a corrupt police detective (Tom Sizemore, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN) investigates. It appears that the conflict on the streets may mask the workings of a serial killer. The key to stopping the ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 39% from 66 members
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  • In The Time Of Butterflies on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Salma Hayek,  Edward James Olmos,  Lumi Cavazos
    Director: Mariano Barroso
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    General Rafael Trujillo (Edward James Olmos) is in the midst of his dictatorial grip over the people of the Dominican Republic. Minerva Mirabal (Salma Hayek) and her two sisters--collectively known as Las Mariposas (The Butterflies)--attempt to take down the vicious ruler with the help of a small ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 202 members
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  • Gossip on DVD (2000)
    Starring: James Marsden,  Joshua Jackson,  Lena Headey
    Director: Davis Guggenheim
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An intriguing drama that uses for its premise the potentially damaging concept of spreading rumors. On a college campus, three friends decide to do a group assignment on the effects of GOSSIP. They choose an unsuspecting couple, who are notorious for being sexually abstinent. Subtly, word leaks out ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 1,899 member
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  • Selena on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Jennifer Lopez,  Constance Marie,  John Seda
    Director: Gregory Nava
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A celebration of the life of Tejano princess Selena Quintanilla Perez, the rising star who was gunned down by the president of her own fan club in 1995. Amid the racial tensions and economic hardships of 1980's South Texas, the daughter of a Mexican immigrant (himself a failed doo-wop singer) grows ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 703 members
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  • American Me on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Edward James Olmos,  William Forsythe,  Evelina Fernandez
    Director: Edward James Olmos
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    An hispanic crime lord creates a position of power for himself and his comrades in prison that extends to the streets of east Los Angeles. At first, he is elated by the control he wields but as maturity and a blossoming relationship affect his consciousness, he realizes that his desire for social ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 1,008 member
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  • Triumph Of The Spirit (1989)
    Starring: Willem Dafoe,  Edward James Olmos,  Robert Loggia
    Director: Robert M. Young
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A boxing champion and his family who live in Thessalonika, Greece are rounded up by German soldiers and transported to Auschwitz where they are separated. When the Nazis find they have a boxer in their midst they order him to fight for their entertainment. Winning means living....
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 40 members
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  • Stand and Deliver (1988)
    Starring: Edward James Olmos,  Estelle Harris,  Mark Phelan
    Director: Ramon Menendez
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Based on a true story, "Stand and Deliver" is an inspirational tale of a dedicated teacher who rescues a group of poor Latino students from potential delinquency by turning them into math whizzes. Using humor, imagination and whatever other means necessary, Jaime Escalante gets his students at a ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 75% from 9 members
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  • Blade Runner on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Rutger Hauer,  Edward James Olmos
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Four illegal humanoids, led by Rutger Hauer, have infiltrated 21st Century Los Angeles. Blade Runner hitman Harrison Ford, is recruited to eliminate the convincing android beings before they cause any damage or create unrest in the paranoid hi-tech urban society.
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 43,006 members
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  • Wolfen on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Albert Finney,  Gregory Hines,  Diane Venora
    Director: Michael Wadleigh
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Detective Dewey Wilson is investigating several strange murders in New York City. All the vicitms look as if they have been mutilated by wild animals. His investigation leads him to a group of Native Americans who tell him about the legend of a superior species that once roamed the area, but who ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 547 members
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  • Alambrista on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Domingo Ambriz,  Trinidad Silva,  Linda Gillen
    Director: Robert M. Young
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    A young Mexican man slips across the border to America in the hope of finding work to support his new family back at hope. But instead of being the land of opportunities he finds America to be full of hardship and exploitation.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 9 members
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  • Alambrista to Watch Now (1977)
    Starring: Domingo Ambriz,  Trinidad Silva,  Linda Gillen
    Director: Robert M. Young
    Certificate: Certificate: 12 (TBC)
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    Run time: 134 minutes
    Domingo Ambriz stars as Roberto, who after the birth of his first child is convinced that the only way he can support his family is to illegally cross the border to the United States and fulfill his American Dream. However, when Roberto eventually makes it to the United States his aspirations of ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 43% from 3 members
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