Vanessa Williams
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This drama set in antebellum New Orleans stars Vanessa Williams as Henriette Delille, the first African-American canonized by the Vatican. A mixed-race woman who repudiates the hypocrisy of race, class and convention, Henriette chooses to accept a divine calling to help the downtrodden by founding a combination medical treatment center and school for the French community's black population. Diahann Carroll and Stacy Keach costar.
7) Candyman
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Oscar® winner Jordan Peele and filmmaker Nia DaCosta unleash a fresh take on the blood-chilling urban legend: Candyman. For decades, the housing projects of Chicago's Cabrini-Green were terrorized by a ghost story about a supernatural, hook handed killer. In present day, an artist (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) begins to explore the macabre history of Candyman, not knowing it would unravel his sanity and unleash a terrifying wave of violence that puts him...
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When shy, artistic Anna moves to the seaside to live with her aunt and uncle, she stumbles upon an old mansion surrounded by marshes, and the mysterious young girl, Marnie, who lives there. The two girls instantly form a unique connection and friendship that blurs the lines between fantasy and reality. As the days go by, a nearly magnetic pull draws Anna back to the Marsh house again and again, and she begins to piece together the truth surrounding...
15) Eraser
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"John Kruger is a U.S. Marshall who 'erases' the lives and identities of people entering into the Witness Protection Program. His newest charge is an executive who has uncovered a deal to put a new superweapon into the wrong hands. It's a do-or-die assignment. So Kruger ensures he does in a nonstop spree that includes plunging from an airplane after his parachute, turning ravenous alligators into instant luggage, outbraining ultratech security and...
20) Candyman
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The housing projects of Chicago's Cabrini Green neighborhood were terrorized by a ghost story about a supernatural killer with a hook for a hand, summoned by those repeating his name five times into a mirror. In present day, visual artist Anthony moves into a luxury loft condo in Cabrini now gentrified beyond recognition. Anthony begins to explore these macabre details in his studio paintings, unleashing a terrifying wave of violence that puts him...