Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Biography: Isiah Whitlock Jr. (born September 13, 1954) is an American actor. He is most famous for his role on the HBO television series, The Wire as corrupt state senator Clay Davis. In 2011, Whitlock played an insurance agent named Ronald Wilkes in the film Cedar Rapids. Wilkes is a self-described fan of The Wire and does an impersonation of character Omar Little. Whitlock has said that the references to the series were written in before he became involved in Cedar Rapids. He is also notable for appearing in Spike Lee films She Hate Me and 25th Hour as Agent Amos Flood. In all three projects, Whitlock established a catchphrase from his characters' distinct pronunciation of the word "shit" ("sheee-it"). He appeared as Eugine, a supporting role, in the 2003 film Pieces of April. He had a bit part in Goodfellas as a doctor who gives Henry Hill a Valium while attending to his brother. In 2007, he played Ethan Banks in Enchanted. Whitlock has made appearances on Chappelle's Show and has played various characters on Law & Order and its' spinoff, Law & Order: SVU. He also appears in promotional spots for the Wii video game Punch-Out!! portraying the character Doc Louis.
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Birthday: September 13, 1954
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Pieces of April
2003-10-17
Pieces of April
Overview: Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-17
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Kettle of Fish
2006-10-15
Kettle of Fish
Overview: A lifelong bachelor confronts his intimacy issues when he sublets his apartment to a fetching biologist. His heartsick fish and his wise best buddy are on hand to provide perspective.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2006-10-15
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Gun Hill Road
2011-08-05
Gun Hill Road
Overview: An ex-con returns home to the Bronx after three year in prison to discover his wife estranged and his teenage son exploring a sexual transformation that will put the fragile bonds of their family to the test.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-05
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Cedar Rapids
2011-02-11
Cedar Rapids
Overview: A naive Midwesterner insurance salesman travels to a big-city convention in an effort to save the jobs of his co-workers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-11
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Detachment
2011-04-24
Detachment
Overview: A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-24
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Lightyear
2022-06-15
Lightyear
Overview: Legendary Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside a group of ambitious recruits and his robot companion Sox.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-15
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Harlem Aria
1999-03-05
Harlem Aria
Overview: An aspiring opera singer from Harlem teams up with a charismatic busker and a kindhearted hustler to share his voice with the world, and teaches his two newfound friends the importance of taking your destiny into your own hands. Anton (Gabriel Casseus) lives in Harlem with his aunt. He dreams of moving to Italy and becoming a famous opera singer, and though he's been blessed with a magnificent singing voice, his passion has made him an outsider in his neighborhood. Running away from home, Anton meets passionate street pianist Matthew (Christian Carmago) and together the two begin drawing large, appreciate crowds on the street. Working the crowd as they do their thing is Wes (Damon Wayans), whose natural charm always gets the cash flowing. And while life on the streets is never easy, Anton, Matthew, and Wes soon discover that by following their dreams, they may find a means of transforming their lives forever.
Genres: Drama Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-05
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The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014-05-23
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Overview: After learning that a brain aneurysm will kill him in about 90 minutes, a perpetually unhappy man struggles to come to terms with his fate and make amends with everyone he has ever hurt.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-23
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Thanks for Sharing
2013-09-19
Thanks for Sharing
Overview: A romantic comedy that brings together three disparate characters who are learning to face a challenging and often confusing world as they struggle together against a common demon—sex addiction.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-19
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Jump Tomorrow
2001-11-09
Jump Tomorrow
Overview: When shy, straitlaced George meets vivacious, adorable Alicia, he's instantly smitten -- which puts his imminent arranged marriage in jeopardy. He vows to do the right thing, but then he falls in with Gerard, a lovesick, voluble Frenchman who overcomes George's sense of propriety and takes him on a meandering road trip to amour.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-09
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Why Stop Now?
2012-08-17
Why Stop Now?
Overview: When a college piano prodigy tries to check his mother into rehab, he is taken hostage by her drug dealer and swept along on a wild adventure.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-17
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Triggered
2022-04-03
Triggered
Overview: A US Senator faces her greatest challenge when a home invasion takes a shocking turn.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-04-03
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Newlyweeds
2013-09-18
Newlyweeds
Overview: A match made in stoner heaven turns into a love triangle gone awry when Lyle can't decide which matters most, Nina or Mary Jane.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-18
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WW3
2001-07-12
WW3
Overview: Terrorists release a deadly biological-warfare virus in the United States.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-07-12
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The Wire Odyssey
2007-12-20
The Wire Odyssey
Overview: A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-20
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Home
2013-11-22
Home
Overview: The story of a man suffering from mental illness who attempts to rebuild his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-22
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Cocaine Bear
2023-02-22
Cocaine Bear
Overview: Inspired by a true story, an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.
Genres: Thriller Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-02-22
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Eddie
1996-05-31
Eddie
Overview: Eddie is a New York limo driver and a fanatical follower of the New York Knicks professional basketball team. The team is struggling with a mediocre record when, in mid-season, "Wild Bill" Burgess, the new owner, as a public relations gimmick, stages an 'honorary coach' contest, which Eddie wins. The fans love it, so "Wild Bill" fires the coach and hires her. She takes the bunch of overpaid prima
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-31
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Seneca
2020-08-04
Seneca
Overview: A little story about making it big, natural disasters, and being a dad.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-08-04
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25th Hour
2002-12-19
25th Hour
Overview: In New York City in the days following the events of 9/11, Monty Brogan is a convicted drug dealer about to start a seven-year prison sentence, and his final hours of freedom are devoted to hanging out with his closest buddies and trying to prepare his girlfriend for his extended absence.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-19
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Lost Holiday
2019-12-20
Lost Holiday
Overview: Margaret Rockland is as depressed as the ubiquitous Christmas carols are cheerful when she returns to the Washington DC suburb of her childhood for a reunion. The wild bunch she grew up with have settled into respectable family life. Adding insult to injury, her former boyfriend is engaged to the most bourgeois blonde on the East Coast. Margaret reacts by diving into a drinking and drugs marathon. With two remaining fellow souls, she roams the suburban no man’s land and ends up in an incomparable adventure with kidnapping, extortion, misunderstandings and clumsy violence as basic ingredients.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-20
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A Jersey Tale
2004-06-25
A Jersey Tale
Overview: Jersey City teen Ray Ray Morales is wasting time in a low paying job until a local loan shark offers him a job — making sure that Ray Ray's friend, an immigrant pawnbroker makes his weekly payments.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-25
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Main Street
2010-10-21
Main Street
Overview: From the once thriving tobacco warehouses, to the current run-down and closed shops of Five Points, a diverse group of residents and their respective life changes when outsider Gus Leroy brings something new and potentially dangerous into their quiet town.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-21
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Pete's Dragon
2016-08-10
Pete's Dragon
Overview: For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie, an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-08-10
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Europa Report
2013-06-27
Europa Report
Overview: A crew of international astronauts are sent on a private mission to Jupiter's fourth moon.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-27
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GoodFellas
1990-09-12
GoodFellas
Overview: The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-12
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Cadillac Records
2008-12-05
Cadillac Records
Overview: The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
Genres: Drama History Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-05
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Chi-Raq
2015-12-04
Chi-Raq
Overview: A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.
Genres: Drama Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-04
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Red Hook Summer
2012-08-10
Red Hook Summer
Overview: When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather he’s never met, young Flik may as well have landed on Mars. Fresh from his cushy life in Atlanta, he’s bored and friendless, and his strict grandfather, Enoch, a firebrand preacher, is bent on getting him to accept Jesus Christ as his personal savior. Only Chazz, the feisty girl from church, provides a diversion from the drudgery. As hot summer simmers and Sunday mornings brim with Enoch’s operatic sermons, things turn anything but dull as people’s conflicting agendas collide.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-10
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Person to Person
2017-07-28
Person to Person
Overview: Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-28
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Everyone Says I Love You
1996-12-06
Everyone Says I Love You
Overview: A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-06
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Duane Hopwood
2005-11-11
Duane Hopwood
Overview: A down-on-his-luck divorced father struggles to get his life and family back together before it's too late.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-11
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Twelve
2010-07-30
Twelve
Overview: A young drug dealer watches as his high-rolling life is dismantled in the wake of his cousin's murder, which sees his best friend arrested for the crime.
Genres: Thriller Drama Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-07-30
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Beautiful Ohio
2006-11-10
Beautiful Ohio
Overview: An entire family comes of age during the early 1970s.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-10
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1408
2007-06-22
1408
Overview: A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-22
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The Old Man & the Gun
2018-09-27
The Old Man & the Gun
Overview: The true story of Forrest Tucker, from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are a detective, who becomes captivated with Forrest’s commitment to his craft, and a woman, who loves him in spite of his chosen profession.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-27
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Not Fade Away
2012-12-21
Not Fade Away
Overview: Set in suburban New Jersey in the 1960s, a group of friends form a rock band and try to make it big.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-21
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23 Blast
2014-10-24
23 Blast
Overview: When a high school football star is suddenly stricken with irreversible total blindness, he must decide whether to live a safe handicapped life or bravely return to the life he once knew and the sport he still loves.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-24
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Choke
2008-09-26
Choke
Overview: A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-26
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CHiPS
2017-03-23
CHiPS
Overview: The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers as they make their rounds on the freeways of Los Angeles.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-23
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All Square
2018-10-12
All Square
Overview: A down-on-his-luck bookie befriends an ex-girlfriend’s son and gets the bright idea to take bets on his youth league baseball games; only to realize he’s killed what’s pure about the sport as the games turn ugly when money is on the line.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-12
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BlacKkKlansman
2018-08-09
BlacKkKlansman
Overview: Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.
Genres: Crime Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-09
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She Hate Me
2004-07-30
She Hate Me
Overview: Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-30
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The Spanish Prisoner
1997-12-03
The Spanish Prisoner
Overview: An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the corporation he works for turn against him.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-03
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Corporate Animals
2019-09-20
Corporate Animals
Overview: Disaster strikes when the egotistical CEO of an edible cutlery company leads her long-suffering staff on a corporate team-building trip in New Mexico. Trapped underground, this mismatched and disgruntled group must pull together to survive.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-20
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A Christmas Carol
1981-12-21
A Christmas Carol
Overview: Televised stage performance based on Charles Dickens' novella.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-21
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Da 5 Bloods
2020-06-12
Da 5 Bloods
Overview: Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-06-12
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I Care a Lot
2021-02-19
I Care a Lot
Overview: A court-appointed legal guardian defrauds her older clients and traps them under her care. But her latest mark comes with some unexpected baggage.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-02-19
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Lying and Stealing
2019-07-12
Lying and Stealing
Overview: Hoping to leave his criminal lifestyle behind him, a successful art thief teams up with a sexy con woman to pull off the ultimate heist and set himself free.
Genres: Crime Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-07-12
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Cars 3
2017-06-15
Cars 3
Overview: Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is suddenly pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in the game, he will need the help of an eager young race technician with her own plan to win, inspiration from the late Fabulous Hudson Hornet, and a few unexpected turns. Proving that #95 isn't through yet will test the heart of a champion on Piston Cup Racing’s biggest stage!
Genres: Family Animation Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-15
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The Lost Husband
2020-04-10
The Lost Husband
Overview: Trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, Libby and her children move to her estranged Aunt's goat farm in central Texas.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-10
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Brooklyn's Finest
2010-03-04
Brooklyn's Finest
Overview: Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and wrong.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-04
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Enchanted
2007-11-20
Enchanted
Overview: The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid - even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home - she has to wonder: Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-20
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A Fish in the Bathtub
1999-03-01
A Fish in the Bathtub
Overview: A forty-year marriage begins to unravel when the husband brings home a pet fish that he wants to keep in the bathtub.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-01
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990-06-15
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Overview: Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!
Genres: Comedy Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-06-15
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Jerome's Bouquet
2013-10-02
Jerome's Bouquet
Overview: 82 year-old Elena Klein, a retired New York florist, can't stop arranging — only now it's not flowers she's arranging, but people's lives.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-02
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Sloan Hearts Neckface
2020-04-15
Sloan Hearts Neckface
Overview: A love story told in letters that are exchanged by an anonymous public artist and an admirer who wants to know the man behind the murals.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-15
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Run with the Hunted
2019-10-03
Run with the Hunted
Overview: Oscar, a young boy, commits a noble murder and is forced to runaway from his rural hometown, leaving behind his best friend, Loux. He escapes to the nearest city, where he is inducted into a gang of child street thieves. His innocence slips away as he is introduced to love, murder, and corruption. 15 years later, he has forgotten his past and become the leader of this band of lost children. When Loux moves to the city in search of work, she takes a job with a struggling private investigator. Stumbling upon Oscar's missing child report, she takes it upon herself to find the boy who saved her life.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-03
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