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A cover up spanning four U S Presidents pushes the countrys first female newspaper publisher and her editor to join an unprecedented battle between press and government

P L Travers, a London author who is financially broke, visits Los Angeles to meet Walt Disney, who is keen to adapt her Mary Poppins for the cinema However, his methods do not meet her approval

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U S soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action

In February 1939, Waitstill Sharp, a Unitarian minister, and Martha Sharp, a trained social worker, boldly commit to a life threatening mission in Europe to assist refugees

On Christmas Eve, a young boy embarks on a magical adventure to the North Pole on the Polar Express, while learning about friendship, bravery, and the spirit of Christmas

Dramatized portrayal of the Apollo manned space program

A man picked randomly out of a crowd is made the target of CIA survelliance and pursuit

Several months after the U S entry into World War II, an inexperienced U S Navy commander must lead an Allied convoy being stalked by a German submarine wolf pack

Lloyd Vogel, a cynical journalist, gets acquainted with a kind hearted television presenter, Fred Rogers, while writing an article on him With time, the two strike an unlikely friendship

The history of the Academy Awards

Barely 17 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot FBI agent Carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit

A look at the life and work of writerfilmmaker Nora Ephron

Bound together by a desire to play Mazes and Monsters, Robbie and his three college classmates decide to move the board game into the local legendary cavern

A murder inside the Louvre, and clues in Da Vinci paintings, lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years, which could shake the foundations of Christianity

California Typewriter is a story about people whose lives are connected by typewriters The film is a meditation on creativity and technology featuring Tom Hanks, John Mayer, Sam Shepard, David McCullough and others

When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends set out on a rescue mission to save Woody before he becomes a museum toy property with his roundup gang Jessie, Prospector, and Bullseye

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U S flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years

A local Pennsylvania band scores a one hit wonder in 1964 and rides the star making machinery as long as they can, with lots of help from their manager

A young man is reunited with a mermaid he briefly encountered as a boy and falls in love with her without knowing her secret

From his childhood in Tupelo, Mississippi to his rise to stardom starting in Memphis, Tennessee and his conquering of Las Vegas, Nevada, Elvis Presley becomes the first rock n roll star and changes the world with his music

After his mistress runs over a young teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight and attracts the interest of a down and out reporter

The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and its up to Woody to convince the other toys that they werent abandoned and to return home

When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit

A recently widowed mans son calls a radio talk show in an attempt to find his father a partner

A soon to be married mans friends throw him the ultimate bachelor party

With his older brother off to war, fourteen year old telegram messenger Homer Macauley comes of age in the summer of 1942

A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage

A failed American sales rep looks to recoup his losses by traveling to Saudi Arabia and selling his companys product to a wealthy monarch

The toys throw Ken and Barbie a Hawaiian vacation in Bonnies room

The Mayo Clinic Faith Hope Science tells the story of a unique medical institution that has been called a Medical Mecca, the Supreme Court of Medicine, and the place for hope

Two young single ad men must disguise themselves as women to live in the one apartment they can afford

A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman action figure supplants him as top toy in a boys bedroom

An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there

1962, after Yale graduation, womanizing Lawrence flees a gambling debt that his rich dad wont pay He takes his roomies place as Peace Corps Volunteer in Thai Golden Triangle with 2 other PCVs Will he survive 2 years

An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a classical ensemble in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting but sharp old landlady