Crooked cops on the take -- small-time drug lords -- sleazy informers and sadistic rich kids ready to kill --- for police detective John Shaft, its just another night in the underbelly of New York City, another shift facing down cops and criminals who want him dead and a legal system that thrives on money, not justice.

Saskatchewan Film and Video Classification Board

Departamento de Justiça, Classificação, Títulos e Qualificação

Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft

Dirección General de Radio, Televisión y Cinematografía

Instituto de Cinematografía y de las Artes Visuales

A detective (Samuel L. Jackson) and his partner (Vanessa L. Williams) track a sociopath.

Shaft

Interviews and never-before-seen footage provide insight into the life of the Rev. Al Sharpton, the polarizing civil rights activist who spends decades fighting for social change.

The Rev. Al Sharpton spends decades fighting for civil rights and social change.

Loudmouth

Following the stories of seven exonerated prisoners, "After Innocence" documents how DNA evidence led to the release of these wrongfully imprisoned, innocent men. Free after years -- and in some cases decades -- behind bars and on death row, these men struggle to transition back into society with inadequate support from the judicial system that wronged them. "After Innocence" brings to light flaws in the criminal justice system and the need for reform.

Filmmaker Jessica Sanders interviews men who were imprisoned until DNA testing set them free.

After Innocence

Celebrity interviews and rare archival footage provide insight into the life and legacy of hip-hop icon Biz Markie.

Interviews and archival footage provide insight into the life and legacy of hip-hop icon Biz Markie.

All Up in the Biz

Best friends Mia and Mel run their own cosmetics company -- a business they built from the ground up. But they're also in over their heads financially, and the prospect of a buyout offer from an industry titan proves too tempting to pass up. The beauty business is now about to get ugly as the proposal puts Mia and Mel's lifelong friendship to the ultimate test.

Tensions rise when the owners of a cosmetics company receive a buyout offer from an industry titan.

Like a Boss

A Baltimore boy named Pug idolizes a group of dirt-bike riders who raise havoc on city streets. Lacking any other significant male role models, Pug hopes to join their ranks one day.

A Baltimore youth idolizes a group of dirt-bike riders and hopes to join their ranks.

12 O'Clock Boys: The Director's Cut

The son (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson) of a fallen police officer joins the NYPD, where he falls in with his father's former partner and a band of rogue cops.

The son of a slain police officer joins the NYPD and falls in with a band of rogue cops.

Freelancers

Radio astronomers discover a mysterious signal in the deep sea that could be contact with extraterrestrials. After several terrifying manifestations threaten their beliefs, they must fight to survive the ultimate evil.

Radio astronomers discover a signal in the deep sea that could be contact with extraterrestrials.

Immanence

Actors (Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent) take on multiple roles in an epic that spans five centuries. An attorney harbors a fleeing slave on a voyage from the Pacific Islands in 1849; a poor composer in pre-World War II Britain struggles to finish his magnum opus before a past act catches up with him; a genetically engineered worker in 2144 feels the forbidden stirring of human consciousness -- and so on. As souls are born and reborn, they renew their bonds to one another throughout time.

As souls are born and reborn, they renew their connections to one another throughout the ages.

Cloud Atlas

After 10 years of extraterrestrial occupation, residents of Chicago must decide whether to continue to live under alien rule or support the resistance. When young Gabriel Drummond joins the insurgency, he soon finds himself under careful scrutiny from a shadowy figure who's trying to crush the rebellion and its plans for freedom.

Consejo de Calificación Cinematográfica

Residents of Chicago form a resistance group to fight back against 10 years of alien occupation.

Captive State

Hostile Takeover

Marty is pushed to the brink; Clyde sees his star meter rising.

House of Lies

Til Death Do Us Part

Doug asks Sarah the big question. Marty's dealings cause increased tension and have unintended consequences for everyone.

Doug asks Sarah the big question. Marty's dealings have unexpected consequences.

Alex Cross (Tyler Perry) works as a detective/psychologist for the Detroit Police Department along with his lifelong friend, Tommy Kane (Edward Burns), and detective Monica Ashe (Rachel Nichols). Cross' latest case puts him on a collision course with Picasso (Matthew Fox), a cunning serial killer whose ultimate target is multinational industrialist Giles Mercier (Jean Reno). Cross must find a way inside Picasso's head not only to catch the killer but also to stem the violent urges Cross feels.

A serial killer's game of cat-and-mouse pushes detective/psychologist Cross to his moral limit.

Alex Cross

A sound technician in New York City turns to vigilantism after his pregnant wife is murdered.

New York Ninja

After hearing that her boyfriend/pimp cheated on her while she was in jail, a transgender sex worker and her best friend set out to find him and teach him and his new lover a lesson.

A sex worker scours Los Angeles for the pimp/boyfriend who cheated on her while she was in jail.

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