Lou Diamond Phillips
22) Adverse
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A rideshare driver discovers that his sister is in debt to a dangerous crime syndicate.
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When Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Serling is asked to review the posthumous candidacy of the first woman to receive a Medal of Honor, he finds himself plunged into an apparent cover-up surrounding the actions that led to her death. As he struggles to uncover the truth, he also finds himself forced to confront his own tormenting demons.
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From the imagination of actor Lou Diamond Phillips (La Bamba, Prodigal Son) comes a science fiction epic that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Everson didn't want to be a soldier. His parents forced him to serve, as all good Indiran men should. The only problem? His first battle against their mortal enemies goes horribly wrong and he winds up stranded on the enemy planet. Now, Everson has to survive in this strange new land where everyone is...
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Vash and his team take on the job of protecting Ted Billings, a wealthy businessman whose life is in danger over a weapons deal gone bad. To create the security need for protection, they must work closely with Emily, Billings' head of security - and Vash's former girlfriend. Facing attacks from all sides, it quickly becomes evident that the enemy is closer than they think.
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"Jaime Escalante [is] a math teacher at East Los Angeles' Garfield High School who refuses to write off his inner-city students as losers. Escalante cajoles, pushes, threatens and inspires 18 kids who who were struggling with fractions to become math whizzes"--Container.
29) Love takes wing
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The next chapter in the Love Series continues, as Dr. Belinda Davis leaves small-town life for the big city.
30) Young guns
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The year is 1878, Lincoln County. John Tunstall, a British ranchowner, hires six rebellious boys as "regulators" to protect his ranch against the ruthless Santa Fe Ring. When Tunstall is killed in an ambush, the Regulators, declare war on the Ring. As their vendetta turns into a bloody rampage, they are branded outlaws, becoming the objects of the largest manhunt in Western history.
31) Filly Brown
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Inspiring portrait of a young woman striving to find her voice, without compromising herself or the fate of her family. Majo Tonorio, 'Filly Brown', is a young hip-hop artist from Los Angeles. With her mother in prison and her father struggling to provide for his daughters, Filly knows that a record contract just may be the answer to her family's financial problems. So when a record producer offers her a shot at stardom, she has to choose between...
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The electrifying series returns, presenting a whole new set of challenges for the civilians and military personnel stranded in deep space aboard the Destiny. As Dr. Rush races against time to locate a tracking device hidden somewhere on the ship, he also begins to suspect that a mole for the Alliance has infiltrated the group. Confronting the constant demands of the Destiny, the crew must also face their personal demons time and again.
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Malcolm Bright is a criminal profiler who gets inside the minds of killers because his father, Dr. Martin Whitly, was a notorious serial killer. Now he's using his twisted genius to help the NYPD solve murders. Season 2 picks up with Bright "taking care" of his sister after her shocking actions and protecting his mother from a secret that could tear the family apart.
34) Young guns II
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Following the Lincoln County Wars, Billy the Kid has lost power to the ruthless cattle barons and crooked lawmen. Pat Garrett has been hired to bring Billy to justice, so Billy joins his outlaw pals to battle the lynch mobs and gunslingers.
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Notorious gunfighter Quirt Evans is wounded and seeks shelter with a Quaker family. Attracted to the family's beautiful, loving, and widowed daughter Temperance, the hard-bitten gunfighter is transformed from a man with a history of violence into a man of peace. Unfortunately, the leader of the outlaws, Laredo, won't let his past die.
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The Destiny continues its journey through the universe while its crew suffers from a lack of supplies and no knowledge of its final destination. Struggling to control the ship's systems, tempers and personalities of the crew clash. Facing uncharted space and enemies who would take the ship by force, the Destiny crew perseveres in the struggle to stay alive and find a way home.
38) Big Kill
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A tenderfoot from Philadelphia, two misfit gamblers on the run, and a deadly preacher have a date with destiny in Big Kill, a boom town gone bust.
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Recounts the grisly events of the only murder ever to take place within the Presidio, one of America's oldest and most honored military bases. Even though the victim seems random, the list of suspects is long, from the obvious to the inexplicable, setting off an investigation with a shocking climax nobody could have predicted. When a sergeant's wife is stabbed to death in her quarters, the army wants, and decidedly takes swift justice. But one internal...
40) Easter Sunday
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A man returns home to celebrate Easter with his riotous, bickering, eating, drinking, laughing, loving family.