This film is about the agonizing spiritual crisis of C. S. Lewis when his wife died from cancer. The love, grief, pain, and sorrow were so shattering to Lewis that his basic Christian beliefs, magnificently communicated in his many books, were now called into serious doubt.

Searching for a missing student in the mysterious underbelly of Kuala Lampur forces a detective to confront his own childhood abduction.

Lon Chaney portrays Chinese laundryman Yen Sin who is shipwrecked by a raging storm and tossed ashore in a small New England town. Sin is viewed as a heathen and treated as less-than-human by the majority of the "good Christian" town-folk. The exceptions are the minister (Harrison Ford) and a lovely young widow (Marguerite De La Motte) of a cruel fisherman. Yen Sin plays matchmaker for the young couple, and then defends them when plans of ill-intent come to light.Filmed in a period when Asian...

Inspired by an article in the July, 1964 edition of Desert Magazine, about a bigfoot-type creature they dubbed "The Abominable Sandman of Borrego," paranormal podcasters Derek Hayes and David Flora embark on a journey to the deserts of Southern California to discover what mysteries the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park has to offer. After collecting numerous reports of encounters with cryptids, ghosts and UFOs in the area, the pair set out to visit this wasteland to observe, report on and...

Andrea is a 29 year old German woman who is An employee at a book store in Berlin. Piero is A 45 year old Italian man who is conducting a Radio show focused on Mediterranean music. One day they eventually meet each other in a Cinema. They stare at each other without saying anything at all but feelings arise from their sights. After this first encounter Andrea and Piero will begin to figure out a love affair in their respective inner self between both of them. They do not know anything about...

Judge Avery's daughter Viola (Ester Ralston) is arrested in a police raid on Chinatown's most notorious gambling casino. Facing public disgrace and her father's anger, Viola romances immigration officer Bob Baxter (Regis Toomey) who provides an alibi for her. Baxter is drawn to Viola but also sees her as a source of information about the casino boss's white slavery ring.As Baxter's attention becomes clouded with infatuation, Viola must keep the inquisitive detective at bay. Owning a debt of...

As the dense London night fog puts a stranglehold around Mrs. Armitage's old, dark boarding house, a murderer is picking off the inhabitants Suspects and victims include stern Mrs. Armitage (Frieda Inescort), Lucy, her incompetent alcoholic chambermaid, Hugh Bromilow, an unsuccessful young playwright, Sylvia (Heather Angel), Mrs. Armitage's daughter and Ram Singh (Turhan Bey), a mercurial Indian nationalist involved in unsavory international politics.Based on the play by Frank Vosper, captured...

Irene Roma's life takes an adventurous turn when her injured brother entrusts her with the delivery of a valuable amulet to a Chinese agent in San Francisco. Irene must get the amulet out of Shanghai without running into the greedy russian Sargoza and the vile Fuji Yokahama. American photographer Johnny McGinty saves Irene from being kidnapped by Sargoza and falls in love with the damsel in distress. But even love-struck Johnny never imagines he'll have to marry Irene to get her and the amulet...

Go ahead. Slug, drug, kidnap and leave John Shaft buck naked in a sweltering hellhole. It's still no deal. If you want to recruit this tough-minded Manhattan detective for an overseas assignment, you'd better use a language he understands. One that offers a fat up-front fee. And a drop-dead-gorgeous accomplice. Richard Roundtree returns as the indomitable Shaft, who poses as a slave, unmasks the leaders of an Africa-to-Europe slavery cartel and, for good measure, mixes his business with...

When Harlem P.I. John Shaft first appeared on the movie scene, he was a "shut your mouth" detective to reckon with, a fact underscored by Isaac Hayes' Oscar -winning* Best Original Song (1971). Richard Roundtree plays the hard-hitting, street-smart title role in these signature "blaxploitation" films, hunting for a kidnap victim in Shaft (1971) and seeking a friend's murderer in Shaft's Big Score! -- mixing it up with mob thugs each time. Finally, there's Shaft in Africa ("He's the Brother Man...

You can't say the mob wasn't warned about John Shaft. "He's a bad dude," a numbers racketeer cautions them. Now, Shaft himself will deliver that message in a way New York City's wiseguys understand. Richard Roundtree reunites with the director (Gordon Parks) and screenwriter (Ernest Tidyman) of 1971's trendsetting Shaft for Shaft's Big Score!, the second of Roundtree's three movie portrayals of the street-smart, leather-jacketed private investigator. This time, the blown-to-kingdom-come murder...

He's the coolest private detective around, caught up in all the hottest cases. Can you dig it? Richard Roundtree portrays streetsmart Harlem sleuth John Shaft, reprising the film role he played in three trend-setting movies of the early 1970s (and would revisit in the 2000 Shaft remake starring Samuel L. Jackson). In these seven episodes that each ran in a 90-minute timeslot, Shaft likes his women chic, his cars fast and his clothes expensive -- and takes the fight to mob lowlifes, scumballs...

Between the oceans and the mountains, Shaka follows the journey of one of the greatest athletes of his generation - snowboarding world champion Mathieu Crepel. Filmed by his childhood friend, Mathieu challenges himself to surf the legendary wave of Jaws in Hawaii. Some see it as an excessive quest. Others see it as a way of life, a way to discover the world and accomplish amazing feats. Shaka!

Bail bondsmen Eddie Jones and Patsy Brent take on more than they can handle when they post a big bond for accused embezzler Steve Morgan. When Morgan's supposed victim, investment firm owner John Clark, is strangled in his office, right under Patsy and Eddie's noses, the two reluctantly become caught up in a deadly race to uncover the culprit and recover the stolen funds. Eddie is sure that Morgan is guilty, but love-struck Patsy is equally sure that the dashing Morgan is innocent. A wild...

From the guys who brought you "Back from the Dead", "Shake, Rattle and Roll" throws a match in the gas tank and slams it in gear with a burning hot soundtrack, smoking pin-up girls, and low down dirth hot rods.Join the Gonners car club as they cruise the hardcore streets of south central LA and stop traffic with a Kustom car block party. Jump in the backseat with top pin-up models as photographers Mitzie and Co and Dan Dilday snap pictures for their upcoming book releases. With everything from...

A rockin' energetic story where a rebellious young woman sets out to prove that rock 'n' roll is here to stay. As the rock 'n' roll craze sweeps across America, Susan (Renee Zellweger, Judy) and her friends are inspired to start their own band and open a hoppin' nightclub where the local teens can hang out. Their conservative hometown, however, isn't ready for "the devil's music" and is determined to stamp out the musical menace before any more teens are corrupted in the rock 'n' roll frenzy!...

Based on a true story, SHAKEDOWN ON THE SUNSET STRIP perfectly captures an era gone by and transforms a story of corruption into a riveting drama. On the infamous Sunset Strip, an aggressive vice cop's pursuit of a notorious Hollywood madam stirs up a deadly hornet's nest of political scandal. Los Angeles in the 1940s - a time when everybody had something to sell and a place where every dimly lit street seemed to hide a secret. Eager for a promotion, Sgt. Charles Stoker (Perry King) sees the...

The hilariously mismatched detective duo of Luella Shakespeare (Jo Joyner, Murdoch Mysteries) and grumpy Frank Hathaway (Mark Benton, Death in Paradise) return for ten more episodes of the hit mystery / comedy drama set in beautiful Stratford-upon-Avon. You might think the birthplace of William Shakespeare would be safe from fraud, extortion, vice, identity theft and ransom, but you would be wrong.

Combining corpses, comedy and cracking mysteries, this quirky crime drama has won the hearts of over 200 countries. Now that Lu has passed her private investigator exams and Frank's tidied himself up a bit, there's no stopping them. But murder, kidnap, blackmail and infidelity still abound in the pretty tourist town of Stratford-upon-Avon. An ageing heavy metal star with a pact with the devil. A Shakespeare museum full of deadly secrets. A King Lear story set in a carpet warehouse. Welcome to...

A hard-boiled PI and his rookie sidekick have formed the unlikeliest of partnerships as they investigate the inhabitants of rural Warwickshire and their secrets. Despite their mutual antipathy, they have become a formidable team on detectives. Set in Shakespeare's hometown of Stratford-on-Avon.

The NewsHour examines the legacy of William Shakespeare from a number of perspectives. They include a discussion of a recently discovered work thought to be by Shakespeare, film treatments of Shakespeare's plays, a Denver street festival, and a Shakespearean acting course for experienced actors. Also included are a conversation with actor Kevin Kline about his portrayal of Sir John Falstaff and a report on the re-creation of the Globe Theatre in London.

Romance, betrayal, and disgrace pulsate through William Shakespeare's plays, but the biggest scandal of all hides behind the author's name. He's not who you think he is! The secret behind one of literary history's greatest mysteries is finally exposed -- Edward de Vere, consort and court entertainer for Queen Elizabeth I, is revealed to be the true writer of the world's most beloved plays.

An exploration of Shamanism to its source in the High Andes of Peru and with the Indian tribe of the Q'eros. Receive the rights directly from the Q'ero shamans and travel to the secret sacred ritual locations known to the tribe for centuries. We explore the way indigenous Shamans interact with the "spiritual tourism" industry. Join the Journey.

To response to acts of delinquency and criminal offenses the US states of Texas, Tennessee, and Missouri have resorted to public humiliation in lew of jail time. The basic idea in quite simple, once they have been arrested, the offenders must choose between jail or public humiliation. The public humiliation can take the form of walking with a sign explaining the reason why you were arrested or having your picture broadcasted on the local television. The supporters site a decrease in the...