Harvey Weinstein
Description
Melvin B. Tolson is a professor at Wiley College in Texas. Wiley is a small African-American college. In 1935, Tolson inspired students to form the school's first debate team. Tolson turns a group of underdog students into a historically elite debate team which goes on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. Inspired by a true story.
Description
Annie is a young girl from a working-class neighborhood who suddenly finds herself working as a nanny for a wealthy family in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Between catering to the every whim of her employers and their precocious son and falling in love with their gorgeous neighbor, Annie tries to figure out what she wants to do with her life.
Pub. Date
2003, [2011]
Description
A man named Amsterdam (DiCaprio) seeks to avenge the death of his father at the hands of Bill "The Butcher" Poole (Day-Lewis). Set in New York City during the period just before the Civil War, Amsterdam gets caught in the middle of the equally powerful and corrupt politician machines of Manhattan.
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
In the summer of 1956, 23-year-old Colin Clark, determined to make his way in the film business, worked as a lowly assistant on the set of The Prince and the Showgirl, the film that famously united Sir Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. When his diary account was published, one week was missing. This is the story of that week: an idyll in which he escorted a Monroe desperate to get away from Hollywood hangers-on and the pressures of work.
Description
Marissa Cortez-Wilson is happily married to reality TV star Wilbur Wilson, and is stepmother to his two children, Cecil and Rebecca, along with their newborn baby. What her family doesn't know is that Marissa is a retired secret agent, and when The Timekeeper -- a dastardly villain threatening Armageddon -- strikes, Marissa is called back into action. With the fate of all mankind at stake, Marissa is forced to seek the help of her stepchildren, and,...
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Halloween, Part I -- Rob Zombie (The Devil's Rejects) reinvents the ultimate slasher classic, unleasing Michael Myers for a bloody roller coaster of a rampage like fans have never seen. Including a retelling of the original story that unfolds at a breakneck pace, as well as a chilling new introduction that finally reveals the secrets behind Myers's disturbing childhood. "Halloween" breathes new life into one of film history's most terrifying tales....
9) The Butler
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Inspired by a true story about Cecil Gaines, a devoted husband, father, and White House butler who served eight Presidential administrations during the turbulent politics and civil rights battles of twentieth century America.
10) Clerks II
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
A calamity at Dante and Randal's shops sends them looking for new horizons - but they ultimately settle at Mooby's, a fictional Disney-McDonald's-style fast-food empire.
11) The giver
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
The story centers on Jonas, young man who lives in a supposedly ideal world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with the elder, who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover...
12) Nine
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. Ten days away from the start of principal filming of his latest movie--ambitiously titled "Italia"--he has no idea for the movie at all. Escaping all the pressure at a seaside resort, he thinks about the women who have shaped his life: Mamma, judgmental but affectionate; Luisa, cherished yet under appreciated...
13) Superhero movie
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Rick Riker is a high school student who is bitten by a genetically altered dragonfly while on a field trip to the local laboratory. Rick soon realizes that he's developing super powers, including the ability to break-dance vertically on a building wall and the development of lightening fast reflexes. Disguised in a green and black suit and going by the name Dragonfly, Rick uses his abilities to fight crime all over the city. His archenemy is Lou Landers,...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
"The Fellowship of the Ring: ...The Fellowship of the Ring is an epic adventure of good against evil, the power of friendship and individual courage. The saga centers around an unassuming Hobbit named Frodo Baggins who inherits a Ring that would give a dark and powerful lord the power to enslave the world. With a loyal fellowship of elves, dwarves, men and a wizard, Frodo embarks on a heroic quest to destroy the One Ring and pave the way for the...
15) The great raid
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
As World War II rages, the elite 6th Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war. Under the command of Lt. Col. Henry Mucci, the men of the 6th will face the unthinkable by attempting the impossible! Included is a featurette.
17) The Giver
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
The story centers on Jonas, young man who lives in a supposedly ideal world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with the elder, who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community's secret past. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all; a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before.
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Description
In a quest to find his biological parents, Mel Coplin (Ben Stiller)--joined by his wife (Patricia Arquette) and a sexy adoption counselor (Téa Leoni)--embarks on a cross-country search for his "roots." Yet as he careens from one outrageous situation to another, Mel finds himself tempted by the seductive counselor--even as his wife starts a flirtation of her own! By the time they meet up with his free-spirited birth parents, the whole situation is...
Series
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
Daisy is a well-to-do but bookish Manhattan teenager attending an exclusive prep. school. Daisy has a secret; not only does she have a crush on the school's star athlete, but she feels she must suppress her Jewish identity. The only person in Daisy's life that she feels comfortable opening up to is her grandmother, Nana, a Holocaust survivor who shares with her granddaughter an affinity for flowers. As Nana relates tragic stories of the horrors experienced...