The life, contributions, and erasure of America's culinary founding father are explored by food historians, celebrated chefs, experts on race and the African American diaspora. Through their words and the persistence of a curious chef, Ashbell McElveen, the life of America's missing icon comes into focus. Mac & Cheese, French fries, whipped cream, and many other foodie favorites disseminated from a slave kitchen in Charlottesville from the hands of America's first master chef, James Hemings.
The remarkable, yet troubled, life of the author of The Dubliners, Ulysses, and Finnegans Wake. James Joyce's parents squandered their fortune, sending the family into poverty in his youth; his relations with fellow Irishmen became strained, forcing his move to Switzerland; Ulysses was banned in the U.S. and England due to its graphic nature; and after relocating to France in 1920, Joyce reportedly moved from apartment to apartment to escape the accompanying attention of his literary fame.
British comedian James Mullinger plays to a sold out arena crowd in his new hometown of Saint John, New Brunswick.
A 2-DVD bundle pack containing two James Stewart classics.
Conrad Brooks is the Gielgud of bad movies. -- The New York TimesA 50,000 year-old monster caveman, Jan-Gel, is thawed from its icy Arctic grave and stalks the residents of backwoods West Virginia! With a belly as large as his unearthly appetite, the hideous creature roams the countryside, emitting a blood-curdling cry that heralds death, doom and destruction. A teenage girl is kidnapped by the monster and the locals fear the beast may have something other than murder on its mind! Conrad...
An intimate and exclusive documentary about Jane Goodall, featuring restored footage from the National Geographic Archives that has not been seen in 50 years, Helmed by a name documentary director, we'll use this footage to tell the story of one of the most influential and beloved figures in the natural history world, framed as Jane makes a return trip to Gombe 50 years after she first set foot there to launch a career that changed the world.
Toby Locke secretly works as a loan shark to support his mentally unstable wife, Judith. He is soon heavily in debt to the city's mobsters. Fearing for his life, Toby kills one of the crooks and tries to escape town with Judith. The delicate girl is horrified by her husband's secret life, and attempts suicide. Recovering in a convalescent home, Judith falls in love with her doctor, Craig Mitchell. This newfound peace is endangered when Toby arrives looking for her, with the mobsters he owes...
A willful young lady, raised in the strict confines of Lowood Orphanage for Girls, sets off for her first job as a governess at the Rochester Estate. Beguiled by her handsome employer, Jane (Virginia Bruce) doesn't question the mystery of the stranger living on the third floor, until the tormented screams force her to confront her fears. Upon discovering the insane wife of Edward Rochester, Jane flees. When she returns, Jane learns of the terrible events that followed her departure. Produced...
Before he became one of the most recognizable American movie stars of all time, Charlton Heston (1923-2008) was a struggling actor living with his wife in a small apartment in New York's Hell Kitchen. Things improved for him significantly when he won the role of Antony in a Broadway production of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. While appearing on Broadway, Heston also starred in multiple episodes of Studio One, a popular television anthology series shot in New York that ran on CBS from...
A meek governess and her mysterious employer strike up a romantic relationship.
An orphaned young girl, Jane Eyre (Anna Paquin, True Blood), suffers humiliation and abuse at the hands of her aunt (Fiona Shaw, Killing Eve) and is subsequently banished to a strict boarding school for several years. Upon her release, the adult Jane (Charlotte Gainsbourg, I'm Not There) becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall, caring for the child of Mr. Rochester (William Hurt, Goliath). She soon finds herself in a passionate romance with the handsome and mysterious Mr. Rochester. Swept up in...
Girl next door, sex kitten, fitness tycoon, high-profile activist, Oscar -winner: Jane Fonda has lived a life marked by controversy, tragedy and transformation, and she's done it all in the public eye. This exclusive HBO documentary, directed and produced by the acclaimed filmmaker Susan Lacy, draws on 21 hours of recent interviews with Fonda, who speaks candidly and frankly about her life, her loves, her causes, and her missteps. She explores the pain of her mother's suicide, her famous...
Probably no one knows chimpanzees better than Jane Goodall. She lived with them in the African Forest for over thirty years! Come visit Jane in Tanzania and meet some amazing human like chimps; there's dignified David Graybeard, who dives into Jane's box of bananas, and Grandma Flo who shows Jane how a chimp cares for her babies. You'll see chimps battling it out to be leader of the pack and watch a clever baby chimp scoop up fresh termites with a stem of grass. Watch Jane talk "chimp speak"...
Jane Goodall: The Hope is a two-hour special following Goodall throughout her never-ending travels, capturing her relentless commitment and determination to spread a message of hope. The film offers an intimate perspective of Goodall's pivotal transformation from scientist to inspirational activist and leader and how she is galvanizing a future generation to create lasting change.
Jane Villanueva is a driven young woman studying to become a teacher, nursing a dream to be a writer, and supporting herself with a job at a hot new Miami hotel. Though she's been 'saving herself' until she and her fiance are married, Jane's meticulous life plans are turned upside down when her doctor accidentally artificially inseminates her with a specimen meant for someone else. Suddenly, Jane's life becomes as dramatic and complicated as the telenovelas she has always loved.
Gina Rodriguez stars as Jane, a young hard-working religious Latina, committed to saving her virginity until marriage. However, her life is changed forever after being accidentally artificially inseminated, with the donor being her former teen crush and current boss. As her meticulously planned life starts resembling the telenovelas she loves, she faces a lot of complicated decisions about what's next. Created by Jennie Snyder Urman ("Gilmore Girls," "Lipstick Jungle") and based on the...
Jane Villanueva, a young hard-working devout young woman committed to saving her virginity until marriage, but her life is turned upside down when she discovers she was accidentally artificially inseminated. With a baby now on board, Jane's telenovela-esque life continues as she adapts to motherhood, being courted by both the baby's father Rafael and her first love Michael, and the trials and tribulations of her close-knit family.
THAT'S MRS. VIRGIN TO YOU Jane Villanueva (Gina Rodriguez) does a lot of growing up in the third season of this drama-comedy, both through the circumstances she finds herself in and through retracing Alba's (Ivonne Coll) roots. A cousin Jane has never met turns up out of the blue, but she may not be as trustworthy as Jane would like to believe. After being shot on his and Jane's wedding night, Michael (Brett Dier) has a long road to recovery and must face the fact that he might never fully...
Jane Villanueva is Jane The Virgin no more! She's married! But briefly. Unfortunately her new husband Michael gets shot on their wedding night and dies from complications. We pick up on Jane's life as a widow three years later and follow her on a new journey of being a published author, the twists and turns within her family and her stuggles to manage her little bundle of joy, her son Mateo.1
In Janie (1970), a sadistic teenager searching for "Daddy" murders and dismembers anybody who picks her up hitch-hiking. In A Lustful Mind (1986), a young mute has erotic fantasies concerning his stepmother, his aunt and a young art restorer working on the estate, all of whom his father is sexually involved with.
Adapted from the smash-hit Broadway play of the same name, Janie tells the tale of a small town invaded by a camp of army recruits, but it's the GIs who'd best beware as the town's schoolgirls proceed to go gaga over the boys in uniform. Local newsman Charles Conway (Edward Arnold) is lobbying against a new army camp when his wife (Ann Harding) invites Private Dick Lawrence (Robert Hutton), the son of her widowed friend Thelma (Barbara Brown), to stay with them. Sparks ignite between Charles'...
Burnt out by war and disappointed by love, young Janosik joins a team of bandits. Never killing anyone he robs, Janosik quickly becomes the troop's honorable commander winning fame, love and jealousy. Based on actual 18th century documents and a romantic legend, Janosik is a legendary "Central European Robin Hood."
The Japanese surrender at the end of WWII allowed U.S. troops to peacefully enter as an occupation force. What they found and how they transformed their former enemy is told through the work of a team of cameramen who recorded it all on color film. They were among the first to witness the devastation wrought by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They also captured on film the first free elections and the birth of Japanese democracy. It was a remarkable journey!
Haruka Asana is a young detective in the The Tokyo Metropolitan Police. She's joined by Detective Wakana, who received her anti-spy terrorist training in America. Together, they foil international conspiracies that threaten the safety of the free world! In Beach VolleyBall Detectives, they learn of a group of terrorists who plot to set off a nuclear device in Tokyo. The terrorists are posing as hot female volleyball players and participating in the world beach volleyball championships in...