Born in the small town of Feira de Santana, in the interior of Bahia, Divaldo has lived with mediumship since he was 4 years old. Disturbed by what he sees, rejected by other children and repressed by his father, the boy does not have an easy childhood. At 17, he is convinced that it is useless to try to deny his gift. With the support of his mother, he comes into contact with Spiritism and moves to Salvador to study the doctrine. Under the guidance of his spiritual guide, Joanna de Ângelis, the young man overcomes the homesickness and the loneliness of the big city and embraces his mission. A few years later, that strange boy from Feira de Santana becomes one of the most important mediums of all time and gives up his personal life to dedicate himself to charity.
A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.
I tretten nervepirrende dager i oktober 1962 sto verden på katastrofens rand. Over hele verden ventet folk i åndeløs spenning på utfallet av en uhyggelig politisk, diplomatisk og militær konflikt som truet med å ende i en apokalyptisk atomkrig mellom Amerikas Forente Stater og Sovjetunionen. En krig som bokstavelig talt kunne bety vår sivilisasjons undergang.
Full av hat og hevnlyst vender Frank White tilbake til slummen i Bronx etter et langvarig fengselsopphold. Han samler sammen sin gamle gjeng for å ta tilbake makten over narkotikamarkedet. Men New Yorks gater har blitt mye hardere siden Frank sist satte sine ben på dem. Det er ikke lenger noen småhandlere han har å kjempe mot. Nå tvinges han til å utfordre såvel den columbianske mafiaen som den italienske og den kinesiske. Samtidig som politiet mobiliserer en ny styrke, kun for å stoppe ham. Frank må gå en lang og blodig vei for igjen å bli Kongen av New York.
Guy is a young film executive who's willing to do whatever it takes to make it in Hollywood. He begins working for famed producer Buddy Ackerman, a domineering, manipulative, coldhearted boss. When Guy also finds out that his cynical girlfriend, Dawn, has been using sex as a career move, he reaches his limit. Guy decides to exact revenge on Buddy by kidnapping him and subjecting him to cruel and unusual punishment.
Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed businessman and the incompetent crook strike up a partnership and develop a robbery-revenge scheme. But it turns out that some other criminals in the area don't appreciate the competition.
Young Kid has been invited to a party at his friend Play's house. But after a fight at school, Kid's father grounds him. None the less, Kid sneaks out when his father falls asleep. But Kid doesn't know that three of the thugs at school have decided to give him a lesson in behavior.
It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of fishing at a Wisconsin lakeside cabin gets crashed by Connie's obnoxious brother-in-law, Roman Craig, his wife, Kate, and the couple's two daughters. As the excursion wears on, the Ripleys find themselves at odds with the stuffy Craig family.
Amerikansk spillefilm spunnet omkring to kvinners identitetsproblemer nedfelt i et forbyttingsdrama. Susan - Roberta et mysterium mellom to unge kvinner.
Sue Ellen Crandell is a teenager eagerly awaiting her mother's summer-long absence. While the babysitter looks after her rambunctious younger siblings, Sue Ellen can party and have fun. But then the babysitter abruptly dies, leaving the Crandells short on cash. Sue Ellen finds a sweet job in fashion by lying about her age and experience on her résumé. But, while her siblings run wild, she discovers the downside of adulthood
Fletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown mansion he's inherited. When a woman he flirts with turns up dead, he becomes a suspect and must find the killer and clear his name.
A sheltered young high society woman joins the US Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.
After a frantic suicide attempt, Veronika awakens inside a mysterious mental asylum. Under the supervision of an unorthodox psychiatrist who specializes in controversial treatment, Veronika learns that she has only weeks to live.
After a spate of murders, the villagers of Schtettel kill the depraved perpetrator, Count Mitterhouse. Fifteen years later the Circus of Nights appeared in the plague-ridden village and its performers include Mitterhouse's mistress, children and cousins. They have come to Schtettel to fulfil the Count's last words, an evil, vicious curse of death and destruction on those who participated in his impaling. The children of Schtettel become the targets for a brutal and devastating revenge as the Vampire Circus rehearses for its most deadly performance.
Den New York-baserte markedsføringssjefen Marcus Graham er en ulv i flotte klær, en pikenes Jens med sans for livet, frihet og gleden ved å jakte på det motsatte kjønn. Imidlertid får han smake sin egen medisin i Eddie Murphys kvikke og romantiske komedie Boomerang. Murphy leverer en opptreden full av velkjent sjarm og humor i rollen som den glatte karrierejegeren Graham. Dersom du har formene, har han deg på kroken...helt til han møter en dyktig og elegant karrierekvinne som behandler menn på samme måte som han behandler kvinner. Hvordan Graham takler denne opplevelsen og hva han lærer av dette er utgangspunktet for denne underholdende og ville historien. Grip fatt i en Boomerang - det er ustyrtelig morsomt.
After policeman Frank Dooley is framed for theft and loses his job on the force, he joins a security guard agency and teams up with inept former defense lawyer Norman Kane. When the two botch a job guarding a local warehouse, they begin to uncover corruption within the company and their union.
When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. After all, he says, finders keepers. He turns to his ex-girlfriend Monica, who works in an investment firm, for advice, before turning to the mob for help laundering the money. While Joey makes plans to leave the country, however, a detective is following his ever-warmer trail in order to recover the cash.
When a crass new-money tycoon's membership application is turned down at a snooty country club, he retaliates by buying the club and turning it into a tacky amusement park.