A disturbing psychological thriller about a reclusive, socially inept grad student who desire for sex and human contact, takes a violent turn when he is rejected by a fellow student. A disquieting tale reminiscent of the works of Lars von Trier and Michael Haneke.
"Glenn Ford's first try at light domestic comedy demonstrates that he has the touch" (The Motion Picture Guide) in the brisk and breezy Young Man with Ideas, costarring Ruth Roman. A shy Montana attorney who's never argued in court, Maxwell Webster (Ford) finally gets up the nerve to quit his firm and start over in Los Angeles. Moving into a "fast" neighborhood, Max is shocked to find his phone number once belonged to a bookie, and Max's wife (Roman) has accepted a bet. So when a gangster...
Meet Ben Maverick (Charles Frank), the crown prince of cardsharps. Son of Beau (played by Roger Moore on the original series), Ben may be Harvard educated, but he's still cut from the same cloth as his cousins (once removed). So it's a good thing Bret (James Garner) and Bart (Jack Kelly) are on hand to introduce Ben to the ways of the Wild West in The New Maverick TV movie (included in this collection), which successfully paved the way for this Maverick sequel series. Unlike his lighter...
A revealing look at the lives of teenagers who come to New York City with dreams of becoming the next supermodel. Unprepared for the high-pressure world of modeling, many descend into abuse or addiction. We'll see how they're also often victimized by parents, who shuttle them from modeling classes to photo shoots, hoping their daughters will strike it rich.
This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt the Younger who served during the Napoleonic era and became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24. Robert Donat, Robert Morley, Phyllis Calvert, and John Mills star in this 1942 classic.
As Dwayne Johnson runs for president in 2032, he takes a comedic look back at his extraordinary life through the outrageous stories of his family and youth that shaped him into the man he is today. He explores his childhood years living amid influential wrestling icons while his dad rose to fame in the business, his rebellious teenage years attending high school in Pennsylvania, and his football years teamed up with powerhouse players at the University of Miami. In his telling, Johnson...
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's hit coming-of-age comedy returns with more incredible stories from his formative years. Season 2 of "Young Rock" continues to explore seminal chapters in Dwayne Johnson's extraordinary life, from his early years growing up surrounded by wrestling icons in Hawaii, to his rebellious teen years navigating new surroundings in Nashville, to his early twenties playing in the Canadian Football League. Dwayne Johnson himself takes a look back on the memorable moments and...
Young Romance, released in 1915, is a recent rediscovery that forever silences the claim that refined comedy cannot be conveyed via the screen. This disguise plot, worthy of an Elizabethan drama, was written by William deMille, and directed by George Melford.
Being a once-in-a-generation mind isn't always easy for young Sheldon Cooper. The gifted but naive preteen faces major milestones in Season Four. With college in sight, Sheldon is determined to leave the training wheels behind. But what happens when his new philosophy teacher sends him into an existential crisis? Sheldon isn't the only Cooper facing big changes. Twin sister Missy enters middle school and a new stage of womanhood, while older brother Georgie embarks on a surprising business...
For young Sheldon Cooper, being a once-in-a-generation mind capable of advanced mathematics and science isn't always helpful in East Texas. And while the vulnerable, gifted and somewhat naive Sheldon deals with the world, his very normal family must find a way to deal with him. His father struggles as a high school football coach and father to a boy he doesn't understand. Sheldon's mother fiercely protects her son who just doesn't fit in. Sheldon's older brother does the best he can in high...
Growing up won't be easy for 9-year-old math and science genius Sheldon Cooper. While the gifted, naive Sheldon must cope with East Texas, where church and sports rule, his very normal family must find a way to deal with him. His football-coach dad, George Sr., struggles to connect with a son he doesn't understand. Sheldon's mother, Mary, protects and nurtures her "square peg." How can Sheldon's older brother, Georgie, possibly be cool with his little brother in all his high school classes?...
For 10-year-old Sheldon Cooper, being vulnerable, naive and stratospherically smart isn't always helpful in a place like East Texas, where church and sports rule. His football-coach father, George Sr.; fiercely protective mother, Mary; older brother, Georgie; and twin sister, Missy, do their best to support the high-maintenance, high-IQ child while coping with their own ups and downs. But it's tough love from his no-nonsense, tell-it-like-it-is Meemaw that helps him navigate problems in the...
For 9-year-old Sheldon Cooper it isn't easy growing up in East Texas. Being a once-in-a-generation mind capable of advanced mathematics and science isn't always helpful in a land where church and football are king. And while the vulnerable, gifted and somewhat na%C3%AFve Sheldon deals with the world, his very normal family must find a way to deal with him. For 10 years on The Big Bang Theory, audiences have come to know the iconic, eccentric and extraordinary Sheldon Cooper. Young Sheldon is a...
There's Normal Life. And Then There's Life with Young Sheldon. Is it normal to be smarter than your parents? Or to have a brother who's more interested in his hair than his studies and a twin sister whose personality is the opposite of yours? It is if you're Sheldon Cooper, the phenomenally gifted 11-year-old living in East Texas with his parents, George Sr. and Mary; siblings, Georgie and Missy; and tough-talking, beloved Meemaw. Season Three's 21 hilarious episodes follow Sheldon as he tests...
Young Sheldon is a single-camera, half-hour comedy that follows the childhood story of Sheldon Cooper, of The Big Bang Theory fame. For 9-year-old gifted Sheldon it isn't easy growing up in East Texas, where church and football are king. While Sheldon deals with the world, his very normal family must deal with him.
For 12 years on%C2%A0The Big Bang Theory, audiences have come to know the iconic, eccentric and extraordinary Sheldon Cooper. This comedy gives us the chance to meet him as an 11-year-old growing up in East Texas, as he embarks on his innocent, awkward and hopeful journey toward the man he will become.
Before he gained his fame directing cinematic masterpieces like The Manchurian Candidate and Seven Days in May, John Frankenheimer made his feature film debut with this sensitive father-son drama about troubled youth. When clean-cut Hal Ditmar (Hawaii Five-O's James MacArthur), son of a wealthy movie producer (James Daly), gets into a fight with a movie theater manager (Whit Bissell) no one believes he acted in self-defense. With the police concerned that they have another juvenile delinquent...
In the 1930s and early '40s, fans flocked to biopics. So Hollywood had a great idea: take the stars of Boys Town and reteam them -- with a twist -- to tell the compelling life story of America's greatest inventor, Thomas Edison. So Mickey Rooney portrayed Young Tom Edison and Spencer Tracy headlined Edison, the Man. The films opened two months apart, and each garnered huge, enthusiastic audiences. In this tale of Edison's youth, Tom's scientific curiosity and experiments gone wrong are...
Richard Attenborough's examination of the early life of Winston Churchill up until his early days at Parliament, before his marriage----is a fascinating look at the formative years of one of the greatest politicians and most influential world leaders in recent history. Played by Simon Ward (All Creatures Great and Small and TV's "The Tudors"), young Churchill is ambitious and over-eager, with a tendency toward boastful over-exaggeration and opportunism, all of which served him well in...
Herman Wouk's bestseller about a Kentucky-born writer's spectacular rise and fall among the big-city glitterati gets the big-screen treatment courtesy of Warner Bros. master of melodrama Delmer Daves. Daves, fresh from a string of successes, recruited celebrated and storied composer Max Steiner to score the film, adding gravitas to the glitz. James Franciscus stars as the title character, a truck driver who arrives in New York City intent on making it as a writer. Aided by a friendly editor,...
Screen greats Lana Turner, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Taylor and William Powell all have cameos in this fun-loving comedy about teenage girls who cause mayhem while seeking autographs. Young star Virginia Weidler plays Joan Lyons, a New York City teenager with an endearing flair for the melodramatic. Joan serves as president of a movie fan club whose members collect celebrity autographs. When Joan learns that Greer Garson (as herself) is in town, she and best friend Patsy (Jean...
Hank Williams is making a buck pitching a snake-oil cure-all to the gullible, capping his spiel by picking up his guitar and singing. In the crowd is The Drifting Cowboys, a group of touring country-western musicians who happen to be passing through. Say, Hank, would you like to join our group? Memphis-born George Hamilton is winningly natural as Williams in the musical biopic of the short-lived but forever influential "Hillbilly Shakespeare." It's a deeply felt, lived-in story, made with the...
We take flight safety entirely for granted and scarcely bother to pay attention to the in flight security briefing. Should we be so casual? Every plane that lifts off has to negotiate a dozen hazards to arrive at its destination safely, from the increasingly crowded airspace around every major airport, to storms and high altitude jet streams en route, not to mention technical failure. The fact that accidents are so few is due to the immense professionalism of the people who have your flight in...