Elizabeth, a voluptuous, shy and unpopular girl, is the object of ridicule at school by the cool in-crowd. Her life spirals downward after the death of her only friend, her grandmother. But she has a crush on a popular boy at school, and a deranged plan to make all her dreams come true!
With exclusive access to the Tate's 'secret stores', where some of the new work will come from, members of its congregation explain how they feel the £260m transformation of this cathedral to contemporary art is money well spent, while others think its expansion in a time of recession is sacrilegious. Andrew Marr and Brenda Emmanus present from the opening night celebrations with contributions from Tate supremo Sir Nicholas Serota, artists Tracey Emin and Antony Gormley, critics Waldemar Januszczak and Jennifer Higgie, and comedians and painters Harry Hill and Vic Reeves. Written by BBC
The various faces of youth and people in an enclosed space of a convenience store for 12 hours.
On a television show billed as “the greatest fight show on Earth,” eager amateurs with lots to prove boldly step into the ring and expect to leave bloody but victorious. The ratings hungry producers seek out “legendary” but largely forgotten streetfighters and mine their desperation for recaptured glory and redemption into ratings gold.
An assassin goes to Thailand to rescue his kidnapped daughter, and finds himself chased by a man whose brother he killed.
A man is wrongly jailed for murder while the real killer roams free. The murderer is an intellectual frustrated with his country’s never-ending cycle of betrayal and apathy. The convict is a simple man who finds life in prison more tolerable, when something mysterious and strange starts happening to him.
An ex-con gets into the wrong cab, and will have to survive a wild ride involving kidnapped Sikhs, Jewish cops, the Black mafia, and two of the dumbest criminals in Brooklyn.
Living behind the shadow of her mother, Kristin falls in love with Shane, an aspiring musician, whom she soon discovers to have something innately in common with her.
When their arch nemesis comes back into the light, cops McGraw and Higgs will do anything to keep Samir from completing his plan and achieving world domination.
So much has been written about Michael Jackson. The majority of it manufactured, twisted and just down-right untrue. Until NOW - In the year 2000, Michael Jackson was listed into the Guinness book of world records for breaking the WORLD record for the "Most Charities Supported by a Pop Star." An achievement that was accomplished by a lifetime of effort and tireless dedication, yet a little-known fact that has been overshadowed by years of fiction. In a world first, author Paul Dwyer takes a look into the every-day world of Michael Jackson, stripping away the rumors, the media and the mayhem to take an in-depth look at The MAN - The humanitarian. Based on the book, the documentary delves into Michael Jackson's charity involvement over the course of his career. It includes a diary of Michael Jackson's visits to orphanages and children's hospitals around the world, charity appearances and documents his body of work that was never celebrated or publicized by the mass media and is just as ...
A motley crew of old friends go in search for a secret U.F.O. sighting camp where they come across something far more dangerous and far more other-worldly.
Seijiro Ito possesses good looks, but also has an overinflated ego. He gets involved with five different women. Rio Yazaki is one of the women involved with Seijiro Ito. She wants to revive her career as a screenwriter, by using other people's unhappiness.
A criminal, who was recently released from prison, tries to leave the life he led behind, but certain people from his past have other ideas.
What happens when a psychopath meets an all-American family of psychopaths?
In a dystopian future, citizens without jobs are sent away, never to be heard from again. Adam (Eric Kopatz), a laid off factory worker, answers an ad for a medical test experiment and unknowingly becomes the prime subject in a history altering transhumanism project.
Bella sees her parents killed during a home invasion. Afterwards, she keeps waking up in a strange white room and the past keeps playing over and over. Bella must solve the mystery of the White Room and move on, but to where?
A woman named Amanda lies stricken, far from home. A young boy named David questions her, trying to make her remember. She's not his mother, he's not her son. As her time is running out, he helps her unravel a powerful, haunting story of obsessive jealousy, an invisible danger, and the power of a mother's love for her child.
La leggenda del santo bevitore (literally "The legend of the holy drinker") is a 1988 Italian film directed by Ermanno Olmi. It tells the story of a drunken homeless man (played by Rutger Hauer) in Paris who is lent 200 francs by a stranger as long as he promises to repay it to a local church when he can afford to; the film depicts the man's constant frustrations as he attempts to do so. The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. It is based on the 1939 novella by the Austrian novelist, Joseph Roth.
The film is a comedy about Rasmus and Frederik, two Danish men in their 30s, who head out on a business venture. They know each other from a boarding school back in Denmark and none of them have really been successful in life so far. Now they meet, 15 years later, both keen to set up a dog breeding centre. The two partners have learned that so-called luxury dogs are extremely popular among the Chinese upper class and therefore expect this to be their way into fast and overwhelming wealth in China. A 200 plus lb St. Bernard dog by the name of Dollar travels with them to Chongqing. Here they meet up with the mysterious Mr. Liu who owns the largest bakery in Western China and who believes that dogs are as powerful as humans. Soon, the dog business evolves in unexpected ways, while the friendship between the two Danes grows stronger.
Two eccentric fugitives become roommates in Miami to avoid the law, while one dresses in drag as the other's aunt, leading to deception and murder.
Tianya and his sister are ordered by General Feng Peichuan to embark on a treasure hunt to find the Golden Moon Gem to cure the plague in Heishui Town, but General Feng Peichuan has other motives for finding this treasure.
Four couples spend the weekend at a Bed and Breakfast in the Hamptons run by an eccentric German sea captain and his strange family.
The life and times of Stiv Bators, legendary frontman of the Dead Boys and The Lords of The New Church.
Key individuals involved in the trial of Robert Thompson and Jon Venables for the murder of 2-year-old James Bulger are brought together 25 years on to debate the verdict.
Everything seems uneventful for Dean and Claire, as they head out into beautiful rural Australia for a weekend away. Their biggest problem is what to do about Claire being accepted into an interstate University. The couple come across Knuck and things start to spiral out of control. Heath and Jarred only stoke the fire and both Claire and Dean's greatest fears are made reality.
When William first laid eyes on Claire he knew he had to have her. Reacting on his heart's desire, he captured her. Now it's gone too far to simply let her go, he tries to keep her solely to himself and hopefully with time she will realize he isn't such a bad guy, he just made a bad move... all while she desperately tries to escape.
The life and trials of You Tianming, a young suona apprentice who forms his own suona troupe at a time when the traditions of suona music are declining in Chinese society.