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James Avery

James Avery

James LaRue Avery (November 27, 1945 – December 31, 2013) was an American actor.

Best known for his portrayal of the patriarch and attorney (later judge) Philip Banks, Will Smith's character's uncle, in the TVsitcomThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. This character was ranked #34 in TV Guide's "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time." He also provided the voice of Shredder in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles television series, as well as War Machine in the animated series Iron Man and Junkyard Dog in Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling. He also played Michael Kelso's commanding officer at the police academy late in the series run of That '70s Show.

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Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

In the spring of 1984, a strange new comic book sat beside cash registers in select shops, too big to fit in the racks, and too weird to ignore. Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles presented a completely original breed of super hero. It was to ...

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Wish I Was Here (2014)

Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, is 35 years old and still trying to find a purpose for his life. He and his wife are barely getting by financially and Aidan passes his time by fantasizing about being the great futuristic Space-Knight h ...

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Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer (2013)

Young, ace assistant DA, Shelby Cook, works with driven cop, Mike Holland, to catch Daedalus, a serial killer infamous for luring his victims to their deaths through labyrinth traps. Three innocent men have already taken the fall for Daedalus and when Daed ...

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Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)

A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness. ...

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Stars in Shorts (2012)

Seven short films, all of which feature name actors, including Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Colin Firth, Lily Tomlin, Keira Knightley, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and more. ...

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Not Your Time (2010)

A failed screenwriter's suicide threat turns out to be his best sales pitch. ...

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Steppin: The Movie (2009)

Every college campus has its rivalries and UTS is no different. At this university, the Geeks run the campus and the greatest Steppers are king of the hill. When a local radio station announces the beginning of the step competition season, the campus frate ...

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Divine Intervention (2008)

Reverend Robert Gibbs is a young, hip pastor who temporarily takes over the helm of a Fundamentalist Baptist church while his predecessor Reverend Matthews recovers from a stroke. While trying to impress Reverend Matthews, Gibbs has to win the approval of ...

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Who's Your Caddy? (2007)

Superstar rap mogul C-Note wants to join the Carolina Pines Golf & Country Club, but faces stiff opposition from the establishment's snooty members. C-Note forces the issue by purchasing the land adjacent to the golf course's 17th hole. As the club leaders ...

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Danika (2006)

Traumatized since childhood by her brother's accidental death, Danika Merrick hallucinates a bank robbery and quits her job. Despite support from her three children and loving husband, Danika continues to experience unnerving visions. She seeks help from t ...

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Think Tank (2006)

Bumbling, twenty-something slackers use their self-proclaimed "genius" to save a small town from the evil clutches of Lord Billiards, a land-grabbing pool celebrity. ...

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Spider-Man: The Venom Saga (2005)

A space-shuttle crash-landing puts the famous web-slinger Spider-Man in contact with a living alien substance that bonds to his suit and enhances his super-powers. Unfortunately, the alien substance begins to change him and he feels the pull of evil, so di ...

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Wheelmen (2005)

Two limo drivers hope to make money by escorting an executive around Los Angeles. Things go awry when they get caught up in a sabotage plot to assassinate the Vice President of the United States. ...

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The Third Wish (2005)

Bookshop clerk Maggie Malone is granted three wishes after she finds a first-edition copy of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. ...

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Lethal Eviction (2005)

A first time landlord purchases a run-down, rent-controlled apartment building in hopes of making a solid investment. Everything seems to be going smoothly until, one by one, the tenants begin to meet strange, untimely gruesome deaths. ...

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Hair Show (2004)

Running from the IRS due to back taxes, Baltimore hairdresser and salon owner Peaches reunites with her more successful sister, Angela, a fellow stylist, in Los Angeles. Angela is burdened by her sister's financial woes, and Peaches' rival, Marcella, threa ...

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Raise Your Voice (2004)

A coming-of-age story centered around a small-town singer brokenhearted by the death of her brother in a car crash, who had secretly submitted her for a summer session at a performing arts academy in Los Angeles. In the academy, she experiences a whole new ...

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Nancy Drew (2002)

Nancy and her faithful sidekicks Bess and George just entered River Heights University, where she tackles the mystery of a football star's drug-induced coma. ...

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Epoch (2001)

Disaster strikes as a specialised team of investigators struggle to find out the truth about a strange monolith which sends out an intercontinental signal. ...

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The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For (2001)

Anthology series centered on teens facing supernatural threats, many based on the books by R.L. Stine. ...

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Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)

A group of beavers ask Dr. Dolittle to save their habitat from loggers. The only hope is to get the forest preserved because it's the home of a protected bear, but there's a problem: the bear's the only bear in the forest, so she can't reproduce. Undaunted ...

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Honeybee (2001)

American independent filmmaker Melvin James makes his feature debut with the low-budget sports drama Honeybee. Soap opera actress Senait Ashenafi stars as Brianna Dukes, an upper middle-class college student who decides to drop out of school and become a p ...

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Dancing in September (2001)

A black female TV producer struggles in Hollywood. ...

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Out in Fifty (1999)

A reformed ex-convict enters a love triangle and gets manipulated into being a scapegoat in a murder scheme for revenge. ...

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The Prince of Egypt (1998)

The strong bond between two Royal Egyptian brothers is challenged when their chosen responsibilities set them at odds, with extraordinary consequences. ...

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You Lucky Dog (1998)

Jack Morgan is a dog therapist, once famous for being able to read his dog's mind. Although Jack cannot read the minds of other dogs, he still operates a canine mind-reading business, without divulging his inability to customers. Mr. Mooney and his wife br ...

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Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years (1998)

The composer-arranger-producer is honored in a tribute taped in 1997. ...

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The Advanced Guard (1998)

A group of aliens arrive on Earth as part of an advance invasion force. Their mission is to kidnap a small sample of humans and run them through a series of rigorous tests to determine if they would make suitable slaves. Harper, one of the alien experiment ...

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Spirit Lost (1997)

John Chapman and his beautiful wife Willie have just moved into a seaside village on the North Carolina coast. But they quickly discover that their quaint new house already has a long-standing tenant. Built 200 years ago by a philandering sea captain, the ...

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Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale (1995)

A brave boy named Temba ventures to find food and water for his drought-striken village. But when he is given a set of magical bones, he uses them to gain riches for himself instead of sharing with his friends. ...

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The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)

The original '70s TV family is now placed in the 1990s, where they're even more square and out of place than ever. ...

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Midnight Ramble (1994)

A documentary chronicling the pioneering efforts of black filmmaker William D. Foster in the early years of the industry and Oscar Micheaux's controversial impact on the subsequent "race movies". ...

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A Friend to Die For (1994)

Angela Delvecchio, from a poor family, moves into the rich town Montevista. She admires Stacy, leader of the most prestigious clique of her high school, and seeks Stacy's friendship. But when she defends outsider Monica against Stacy, she becomes Stacy's t ...

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Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die (1994)

The Harts find themselves in the middle of a dangerous murder plot, but it isn't clear if the plot it a famous author's fictional murder-mystery, or an actual murder plot, until Jonathan finds himself the unsuspecting target of a killer. It begins to look ...

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Little Miss Millions (1993)

Private detective Nick is hired to bring back Heather, who ran away from her stepmother to find her real mother. ...

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Without Warning: Terror in the Towers (1993)

Massive rescue efforts are mobilized to save occupants of New York City's World Trade Center after a terrorist bombing. Based on the events surrounding the bombing of the World Trade Center towers in February 1993. ...

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter (1992)

Just as the Turtles are preparing for a totally eggs-cellent Easter, Shredder scrambles their plans with a way-bogus ray - that makes everyone timid as terrified bunnies! To find a solution, the intrepid Turtles travel to "The Fairy Tale" dimension, where ...

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Shout (1991)

A new music teacher in a 1955 West Texas home for wayward boys brings new vision and hope for many of the interned boys. ...

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids (1991)

The Ninja Turtles are going out of this world. Way out! Their arch villain Shredder has concocted two new mutants and a gigantic robot to destroy the turtles. But also, a mysterious, two foot fifth turtle is following the four around. His name is Kerma and ...

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core (1991)

Shredder and Krang discover a Dinosaur reserve at the earth's core and plot to steal their life source, an energy crystal, to repower the Technodrome, drill to the surface, and comence w/ world domina.. blah blah yada yada and of course the turtles are rea ...

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Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991)

The Beastmaster Dar is forced to travel to earth to stop his evil brother from stealing an atomic bomb, and turning their native land from a desert into... well... a desert! ...

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The Linguini Incident (1991)

A frustrated sorceress, a guy from the United Kingdom intimidated, a creative best friend. ...

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACC (1991)

In the mood for Turtles, dude? In ATTACK OF THE BIG MACC, a Time Portal drops Macc in our midst--from 400 years in the future! All the peace-loving robot wants is to hang out and soak up data, but Shredder slaps the dreaded Docilator on him--and the laser- ...

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To My Daughter (1990)

A mother is haunted by the death of one of her children which has an effect on the surviving siblings in this fact-based drama. ...

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, Shredhead (1990)

Will the real Michaelangelo please stand up? This surfer dude's got a double! It seems that Shredder and that oversized brain Krang have created a hologram of the hero turtle--in a diabolical attempt to infiltrate the sewer. But the green teens get hip to ...

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Turn Back the Clock (1989)

After a woman fervently wishes for another chance after a terrible tragedy, she is mysteriously granted one year of her life to be lived over. ...

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Incredible Shrinking Turtles (1989)

Hey, Turtle fans--are you ready for a "fabuloso" feature-length adventure? Then try this on for size! Shredder's shenanigans have shrunk the fearless green teens down to thimble-sized turtles. The only thing that hasn't been diminished is their appetite fo ...

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Roe vs. Wade (1989)

Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead her case ...

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Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal (1989)

A high-priced call girl who has been secretly videotaping her rich clients is shot to death. An investigation of her murder ensues, bringing those involved into the underground world of pornography and prostitution. ...

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins (1988)

The first TMNT direct-to-video movie! Meet Raphael, Michaelangelo, Donatello and Leonardo, the Renaissance turtles who are fighting evil for truth, justice and a larger slice of pizza. Heroes in a half shell... Turtle Power! ...

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell (1988)

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLE fever has struck the nation! They're weird, they're wacky, and, man, are they ever hip! These HEROES IN A HALF SHELL are the latest rage among kids, teenagers, and ultra cool adults. Once common hosehold pets, they were transfor ...

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hot Rodding Teenagers (1988)

Hey, Turtle Fans... are you ready for one radical far-out tale? The ultra-nasty master Shredder has joined forces with a mad, bad brain--called Krang. The two plan to import their own evil armies to cripple the world. But wait! Speeding on the scene arrive ...

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License to Drive (1988)

Teenager Les Anderson thinks his life can't get any worse after he flunks his driver's exam, but he's wrong. Even though he didn't receive his license, Les refuses to break his date with the cool Mercedes Lane, and he decides to lift his family's prize lux ...

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Deadly Daphne's Revenge (1987)

A young hitchhiker is picked up by four drunken hunters, one of whom rapes her. A tough prosecutor has all four of the men indicted for the crime, which results in a suicide and a murder-for-hire plot. ...

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Nightflyers (1987)

A scientific group set out on a journey into space to find a magical creature. What they find is a killer computer on the ship they chartered. ...

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Three for the Road (1987)

A crafty political aide and his soft-spoken pal are assigned the job of delivering a senator's out-of-control teenage daughter to an institution. ...

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Timestalkers (1987)

History professor Scott McKenzie makes an anachronistic discovery in a photograph from the Old West and he is soon joined by beautiful time-traveler Georgia in a time-skipping adventure to stop her colleague from the future from erasing her from existence. ...

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Sunday Drive (1986)

Two identical cars pull up to a restaurant, one belonging to a childless couple who are taking care of their niece and nephew while their parents are away, who are out on a Sunday drive. The other belonging to a guy who is on his way to meet his fiance and ...

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Extremities (1986)

A woman escapes from the man who is about to rape her, but leaves her purse behind. Afraid that her attacker might come after her, she goes to the police, but with no proof of the incident, they can do nothing. In fact, the man does use the information in ...

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Condor (1986)

In futuristic Los Angeles, a crime-fighting organization known as Condor goes up against the Black Widow, a female master criminal. The Black Widow steals the national security code and threatens to blow up Hollywood unless her old enemy, Proctor, a Condor ...

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Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (1986)

Outraged by the treatment of New York City's unhoused residents, an activist brings national attention to the issue by taking their case to Congress. ...

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8 Million Ways to Die (1986)

Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this alcoholism causes him to lose his job, as well ...

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The Ladies Club (1986)

A policewoman who was raped forms a vigilante group of various rape victims. They abduct and castrate men who have committed repeated violations of women and gotten away with it through legal technicalities. ...

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The 11th Commandment (1986)

Fashioning himself as a priestly avenger, Robert escapes from the insane asylum and begins slashing his way through anyone who stands between him avenging the actions of his greedy uncle. ...

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Appointment with Fear (1985)

Moustapha Akkad, the man who brought you HALLOWEEN, invites you to keep an APPOINTMENT WITH FEAR. According to legend, Attis, King of the Woods, sacrificed his child to keep his own spirit alive and free to wander the earth at will. APPOINTMENT WITH FEAR c ...

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Stoogemania (1985)

The film centers on Howard F. Howard, an overweight everyman. Engaged to Beverly, the woman of his dreams, Howard has one problem - an overactive fixation with The Three Stooges. Everywhere Howard goes, he sees Moe, Larry, Curly, and Shemp intruding on his ...

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Fletch (1985)

When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises ...

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Kicks (1985)

A wealthy man with a penchant for living on the edge and engaging in dangerous, life-threatening activities becomes romantically involved with a female university professor who has the same proclivities. ...

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Laugh Busters (1984)

While getting ready to promote the new 1984 fall Saturday morning line-up, the Director D.W. and his assistant are interrupted by the infamous Gargamore O'Dette who plans to bring down the special and NBC itself. Gargamore has kidnapped a bunch of the new ...

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Antony and Cleopatra (1983)

Adaptation of Shakespeare's play. ...

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The Stunt Man (1980)

A fugitive stumbles onto a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out and falls for the leading lady while facing off with his manipulative director. ...

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The Blues Brothers (1980)

Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised. ...

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