
Phillip Edward Van Lear is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Michael Sr. in Tyler Perry's film Meet the Browns and Louis Patterson on FOX's Prison Break.
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A terminally ill old lady who wants to die on her own terms convinces a self-destructive addict to help kill her, in exchange for clean urine.

An artist gains the power to draw the future and erase the past.

A man released from prison is torn between a life of crime and a fresh start with a woman he meets while scoping out a potential heist.

Tom Jacobs is Mr Christmas! He's built an entire business around helping clients find the perfect gift. But what happens when he falls for one lucky recipient?

In the not so distant future, a team of white collar criminals are enlisted by the Federal government to thwart a cyber-attack that threatens to bankrupt the United States of America.

A high school senior must choose between enrolling at the college of her dreams and remaining at home to take care of her bipolar mother.

Chronicles a single day in the summer of 1989 when the future president of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady on an epic first date across Chicago's South Side.

The story of an influential event 2000 years ago from the viewpoint of two people who had a unique perspective.

Robin Christian's family-friendly sci-fi adventure film My Dog the Space Traveler begins when a dog goes missing because of a time portal in his family's backyard. The boy who cares for the dog puts together a team of friends in order to rescue his favorite pet before he's gone forever.

A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street. When she's laid off with no warning, she starts losing hope for the first time - until a letter arrives announcing the death of a father she's never met. Desperate for any kind of help, Brenda takes her family to Georgia for the funeral, but nothing could have prepared her for the Browns, her father's fun-loving, crass Southern clan. In a small-town world full of long afternoons and country fairs, Brenda struggles to get to know the family she never knew existed... and finds a brand new romance that just might change her life.
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