Aldis Hodge
1) Brian Banks
Author
Language
English
Description
The inspirational true story of Brian Banks (Aldis Hodge), an All-American football star committed to USC who finds his life upended when he is wrongly convicted of a crime he didn't commit. Despite lack of evidence, Banks is railroaded through a broken justice system and sentenced to a decade of prison and probation. Years later, with the support of Justin Brooks (Greg Kinnear) and the California Innocence Project, Banks fights to reclaim his life...
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Leverage focuses on a team led by former insurance investigator turned thief, Nate Ford. Together, they try to level the playing field for people whose lives have been destroyed by the rich and powerful. In the final season of Leverage, the team will be forced to face changing personal dynamics as the relationship between Parker and Hardison heats up, and Nate continues to struggle with inner demons.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
With the team's leader, Nate Ford, now behind bars and his nemesis working for Interpol, a beautiful but mysterious stranger steps in to call the shots for TV's hottest gang of master thieves. Season Three of this action-packed series starts off with a bang as the teammates devise schemes to free Nate from prison, expose a trafficker's child slave-labor ring, and infiltrate a Department of Defense research lab to take down international terrorists....
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The stakes have never been higher in the fourth season of Leverage, the thrilling crime drama that puts the viewer at the heart of the action. Timothy Hutton returns as Nate Ford, now more determined than ever to fight injustice with the help of his elite team of crack con artists.
8) Black Adam
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods - and imprisoned just as quickly - Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world."--
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy scientist, Cecilia Kass escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding. But when her abusive ex commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turns lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia's sanity begins to unravel as she desperately tries to prove that she is being...
10) Clemency
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Bernadine is a stoic prison warden, but two back-to-back executions put a strain on her marriage, career and convictions.
11) Brian Banks
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The inspirational true story, an All-American high school football star committed to USC who finds his life upended when he is wrongly convicted of a crime he didn't commit. Despite lack of evidence, Banks is railroaded through a broken justice system and sentenced to a decade of prison and probation. Years later, with the support of Justin Brooks and the California Innocence Project, Banks fights to reclaim his life and fulfill his dreams of playing...
12) What men want
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ali Davis is left on the outside by her fellow sports agents because she is a woman in a male-dominated profession, but she acquires an unexpected edge when she develops the ability to hear men's thoughts." --
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Set in 1990's Boston, an assistant district attorney and a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran work together to take on a case that grows to involve, and ultimately subvert, the entire criminal justice system of Boston. Family, blood, betrayal, honor, corruption, all combine in this powerful series that's one-part gritty thriller and another intimate family drama. --
Series
Criterion collection ; 1106
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A fictional account of one amazing night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the Civil Rights Movement and cultural turmoil of the '60s.
16) Marmalade
Publisher
Brainstorm Media
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Recently incarcerated Baron strikes up a friendship with cellmate Otis, a man with a well-versed history of prison breaks. As the pair hatch an escape plan together, Baron recalls the story of how he met Marmalade, the love of his life, and their Bonnie and Clyde style scheme to rob a bank in order to care for his sick mother and give the couple the life they've always dreamed of"--
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Leverage follows a team of expert thieves that take down corrupt corporations in elaborate high-tech schemes. Insurance investigator Nate Ford exposed scams and recovered stolen items worth millions. But his life hit the skids when his insurance company allowed his ailing 8-year-old son to die. Years later, Nate gets even as the leader of a specialized team of thieves, computer experts and con artists that right corporate and governmental injustices...
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On the tenth anniversary of his father's mysterious death, Gio brings a birthday cake prepared by his mother to a memorial celebration hosted by his uncle Angelo, a Brooklyn mafia boss. Gio's life begins to change as he pieces together what happened to his father all those years ago, coming face to face with a kind of violence he has been trying to avoid his whole life." --