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LeVar Burton
	Date of Birth: Feb 16, 1957 Country: USA Biography: Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr. professionally known as LeVar Burton, is a German-born African American actor, director, producer and author who first came to prominence portraying Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley. He is also well known for his portrayal of Geordi La Forge on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: The Next Generation and as the host of the PBS children's program Reading Rainbow...(Wikipedia) Total Films at Criticker: 16 - You've Seen 0
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Taken in Broad Daylight (2009)

Summary: The true and inspiring survival story of kidnapped teen, Anne Sluti, and how she manages to stay alive by manipulating her captor, engineering her own rescue and negotiating her safe release after 6 days of hell. (imdb)

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Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)

Summary: Lex Luthor uses the oncoming trajectory of a Kryptonite asteroid to frame Superman for the "pending destruction of the planet" and declares a $1 billion bounty on him and Batman.

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The N-Word (2004)

Summary: Most people have had at least one conversation about the historical usage, current meaning and potential for rehabilitation of the harsh derogatory term that takes center stage in The N Word. Todd Williams' documentary transplants that conversation to film, and casts a wide array of relevant personalities as the conversationalists. (All Movie Guide)

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Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

Summary: The Federation is about to encounter its greatest challenge - The Romulans want peace. Conceived in the regal senate halls of Romulus and forged in the dilithium mines of Remus, comes a nemesis bent on destroying Picard and the Federation... exactly in that order.

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Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

Summary: The ninth film in the Star Trek series. A Federation investigation of a planet is actually a cover for an insidious plot to destroy its people and steal their secret for longevity. (Paramount)

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Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

Summary: Capt. Picard and his crew pursue the Borg back in time to stop them from preventing Earth from initiating first contact with alien life. (imdb)

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Star Trek: Generations (1994)

Summary: Capt. Picard, with the help of supposedly dead Capt. Kirk, must stop a madman willing to murder on a planetary scale in order to enter a space matrix (imdb)

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The Supernaturals (1986)

Summary: An army squad is conducting training exercises in a remote wooded area of Alabama that was once the site of the deaths of Confedrate soldiers who were forced to walk through a mine field. The rebels now stalk the woods as the undead, seeking vengeance.

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The Midnight Hour (1985)

Summary: Phil, Melissa, Mitch, Mary, and Vinnie are high school friends, who unwittingly raise the dead on Halloween night. Once the dead have returned, Pitchford Cove will never be the same again....or will it? (imdb)

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The Jessie Owens Story (1984)

Summary: Spanning over forty years, this powerful docudrama traces Jesse's life- from his days as a sharecropper's son, through his incredible record-breaking college years, his marriage to his high school sweetheart, his monumental victories in the 1936 Olympics, and his thirty-year struggle to survive in a prejudiced country that he loved so deeply. (runningmovies.com)

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The Hunter (1980)

Summary: In order to track down bail jumpers, Ralph 'Papa' Thorson goes on a series of routine and not-so-routine searches. Sometimes he takes down his quarry easily. At other times, he's forced to extreme measures which result in the injury or death of a lawbreaker. And then again, there are other moments when his own life is on the line. It's all enough to make Thorson question what he has done with his life. (imdb)

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Dummy (1979)

Summary: A deaf and dumb young man is accused of murdering a prostitute and defended by a deaf lawyer. (imdb)

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Roots (1977)

Summary: A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendents' liberation. (imdb)

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Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)

Summary: Theresa is a successful teacher of deaf children during the day but after a short unhappy affair starts to spend her nights cruising bars. Her craving first for sex but later also for drugs leads into increasingly demeaning and dangerous situations completely at odds with her daytime commitment to her children. (imdb)

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Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)

Summary: Lex Luthor uses the oncoming trajectory of a Kryptonite asteroid to frame Superman for the "pending destruction of the planet" and declares a $1 billion bounty on him and Batman.

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Taken in Broad Daylight (2009)

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The N-Word (2004)

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Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

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Smart House (1999)

Summary: A 13 year old boy (Ryan Merriman) wins a computerized home manned by a cyborg maid (Katey Sagal) named PAT. When he and his Dad (Kevin Kilner) move into the house, he figures that his Dad will cease considering re-marrying anyone since the house and PAT can handle all of the cooking and cleaning chores. However, his father soon shows an interest in the computer programmer. This sets the boy into tinkering with PAT's program resulting in a wife-like, nagging robot. (imdb)

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Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

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Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

Summary: Capt. Picard and his crew pursue the Borg back in time to stop them from preventing Earth from initiating first contact with alien life. (imdb)

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Star Trek: Generations (1994)

Summary: Capt. Picard, with the help of supposedly dead Capt. Kirk, must stop a madman willing to murder on a planetary scale in order to enter a space matrix (imdb)

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The Supernaturals (1986)

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The Midnight Hour (1985)

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The Jessie Owens Story (1984)

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The Hunter (1980)

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Dummy (1979)

Summary: A deaf and dumb young man is accused of murdering a prostitute and defended by a deaf lawyer. (imdb)

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Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)

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Roots (1977)

Summary: A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendents' liberation. (imdb)

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Smart House (1999)

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