After the death of her father, Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) devotes her life to science. Convinced of the existence of extra-terrestrial life, she uses satellites to sweep the stars for evidence. When she receives the transmission of what seems to be a blueprint from another species for the construction of a spacecraft, she has to fight for the right to lead the ship's maiden flight to meet the alien life forms. She finds herself working with her former lover, ex-priest Palmer Joss (Michael McConaughey), now a governmental advisor.

Screen adaptation of Stephen King's best-seller. In 1935 Louisiana prison guard Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) meets convict John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan) and it is an experience which will change his life forever. Coffey, an eight foot giant, is on Death Row convicted of the murder of two children - and he is afraid to sleep in his cell without a night-light. Coffey also has a special gift, one which he uses to prove to the guards that he has been wrongfully convicted.

Many events of the divided society from Elizabeth I to Charles I were taken as an unmistakable sign that the world was entering its last days. This text shows how pervasive was this pessimistic mood and how powerfully it affected English writing from Shakespeare to Milton.

List of Illustrations - Introduction: After the Civil War - Herman Melville: Scaffoldings, Scaling Heaven - Mark Twain: The Torture of Excess - Henry James: Refusing the Limit - Notes - Index

Samantha Caine (Geena Davis) is a school teacher who can remember nothing about her life prior to being discovered eight years previously. When she begins to have flashbacks to her past, she is helped by detective Mitch Henessey (Samuel L. Jackson) to find out that she is a former CIA assassin, who was nearly killed when a job went wrong.

Now people in high places want to prevent Sam digging any deeper into the past, which spells danger for her and Mitch.

Samantha Caine (Geena Davis) is a school teacher who can remember nothing about her life prior to being discovered eight years previously. When she begins to have flashbacks to her past, she is helped by detective Mitch Henessey (Samuel L. Jackson) to find out that she is a former CIA assassin, who was nearly killed when a job went wrong.

Now people in high places want to prevent Sam digging any deeper into the past, which spells danger for her and Mitch.

On a Red-eye flight across the country, a small group of passengers awaken mid-journey to face a shocking reality: they are somehow the only people left in the entire world. Fear turns to panic and desperation when they learn that they have slipped though a rip in the fabric of the universe. Unimaginable evil awaits them if they don't find a way back... and they are literally running out of time.

Based on a story from Stephen King's bestseller, Four Past Midnight, The Langoliers is a one-of-a-kind blend of science fiction and horror unlike anything else you have ever seen before.

Screen adaptation of Stephen King's best-seller. In 1935 Louisiana prison guard Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) meets convict John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan) and it is an experience which will change his life forever. Coffey, an eight foot giant, is on Death Row convicted of the murder of two children - and he is afraid to sleep in his cell without a night-light. Coffey also has a special gift, one which he uses to prove to the guards that he has been wrongfully convicted.

Supernatural thriller starring Anne Hathaway as Claire Summers, a young psychotherapist assigned to work with a group of survivors of an air crash. Mystery and confusion shroud the recollections of the five passengers, which seem to contradict the official version of the accident given by the airline. Claire is particularly intrigued by one of the passengers, the secretive Eric (Patrick Wilson). As her relationship with him takes a romantic turn despite her better judgement, Claire feels as though she is finally getting nearer to the truth - but then the survivors begin inexplicably to disappear one by one...

Daniel Radcliffe and Juno Temple star in this fantasy thriller adapted from the novel by Joe Hill and directed by Alexandre Aja. 26-year-old Ignatius 'Ig' Perrish has been accused of the rape and murder of his girlfriend Merrin Williams (Temple). After a night of drinking he wakes up to discover horns sprouting from his temples. Though he can't understand why they have appeared, Ig soon realises that the horns have the ability to make people admit their darkest secrets and act on selfish desires. He decides to prove his innocence by using this new power to find Merrin's real killer and exact revenge. The cast also includes Heather Graham, Max Minghella, Joe Anderson and David Morse.

John Cusack stars in this noir-like tale of espionage and double-dealing set in 1940s Shanghai. Paul Soames (Cusack) is a US Naval Intelligence agent who travels to Shanghai to investigate the death of his friend, Connor (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). Posing as a journalist with pro-Nazi sentiments, he uses his charm and know-how to infiltrate the upper echelons of German society in the city, and also to get close to Germany's new ally, Japan. But Paul finds himself in over his head when he becomes involved with local triad leader Anthony Lan-Ting (Chow Yun-Fat) and his beautiful wife, Anna (Gong Li).

Extended cut of the big-budget zombie apocalypse thriller starring Brad Pitt. UN employee and committed family man Gerry Lane (Pitt) is forced to abandon his wife and children when a global pandemic hits, turning ordinary people into violent subhuman monsters with an insatiable appetite for human flesh. Due to the nature of his job, Gerry is deemed one of the very few people left on Earth with the ability to find the source of the virus and ultimately a cure, but will he be able to do so before the last remnants of humanity are completely eradicated?

When a new sergeant, James, takes over a highly trained bomb disposal team amidst violent conflict, he surprises his two subordinates, Sanborn and Eldridge by recklessly plunging them into a deadly game of urban combat.

As the men struggle to control their wild new leader, the city explodes into chaos, and James' true character reveals itself in a way that will change each man forever.

Academy Award Winner
- Best Picture Of 2009
- Best Director
- Best Original Screenplay
- Best Editing
- Best Sound Mixing
- Best Sound Editing

2008 TV mini-series portraying the lives of John Adams (Paul Giamatti), the first Vice President and second President of the United States and his wife Abigail (Laura Kinney). Set during and after the American Revolution, the programme concentrates more on the personal, human stories of the major players in the revolt against Britain rather than on the action of the war itself. A strong supporting cast plays such immortal names as George Washington (David Morse), Thomas Jefferson (Stephen Dillane) and Benjamin Franklin (Tom Wilkinson).