Actor Lucas Black (1982)

The action-packed crime drama, NCIS: New Orleans (2014–2021) premiered on CBS in 2014, following the twelfth season of its predecessor NCIS. It centers around a team of fictional NCIS Special Agents, led by Supervisory Special Agent Dwayne Cassius Pride, stationed in Louisiana. Their focus is on crimes involving Navy and Marine Corps personnel in their jurisdiction, spanning from the Mississippi River to the Texas Panhandle. Initially working with Pride are Christopher LaSalle, a former sheriff’s deputy brought on after Hurricane Katrina, Meredith Brody, a seasoned Special Agent Afloat who seeks a fresh start in New Orleans, and Dr. Loretta ...

Gus Van Sant’s drama, Promised Land (2012), follows the journey of Steve Butler as he climbs the ranks at Global Crosspower Solutions, an energy company focused on fracking for natural gas. With a proven record of efficiently and cost-effectively securing mineral rights leases from land owners, Butler catches the attention of top management. Teaming up with his partner Sue Thomason, Butler travels to a struggling farming community in Pennsylvania where residents take great pride in their long-standing family farms. Having grown up in a town similar to this one, Butler is determined to win over the locals on behalf ...

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) is an action-packed film directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan. As the third movie in the Fast & Furious franchise, it serves as a standalone sequel to both The Fast and the Furious (2001) and 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003). In Oro Valley, Arizona, high school student Sean Boswell finds himself in trouble when he races against classmate Clay. Their cars collide, resulting in a crash that leads to Sean being sent to live with his father – a U.S. Navy lieutenant stationed in Tokyo – instead of ...

Jarhead (2005), the American war drama film, is based on Anthony Swofford’s 2003 memoir of the same title. Following the footsteps of his father who served in Vietnam, Anthony enlists in the United States Marine Corps and is sent to Camp Pendleton, California. Though he initially joined the military as an alternative to college, Anthony struggles to fit in at Camp Pendleton and faces difficulty making friends. Despite faking illness to avoid responsibilities, Anthony catches the eye of Staff Sergeant Sykes, who recognizes his potential and offers him a spot at his highly competitive Scout Sniper course. After ...

All the Pretty Horses (2000), directed and produced by Billy Bob Thornton, is an American Western film based on Cormac McCarthy’s novel of the same name. After his family’s ranch is sold in 1949, cowboy John Grady Cole becomes homeless and implores his friend Lacey Rawlins to join him on a journey to Mexico for work. Along the way, they befriend a strange boy named Jimmy Blevins before parting ways. In their travels, they meet Alejandra Villarreal, an aristocrat’s daughter who captures Cole’s heart. The two become hired hands for Alejandra’s pleased father, but her wealthy aunt disapproves ...