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Based on the life of Rocky Dennis, MASK tells the uplifting story of a young man who suffered from a disfiguring congenital condition. The film movingly demonstrates the falsehood inherent in the world of appearances and the true nature of prejudice. Despite being...

Kimberly Peirce's directorial debut tells the gut-wrenching true story of Teena Brandon, a Midwestern female who disguised herself as a man. Relocating to Falls City, Nebraska, from Lincoln, she managed to convince her newfound group of friends that she was Brandon...

Fourteen-year-old Susie Salmon is just experiencing the pangs of first love when she's viciously murdered by her neighbor Mr. Harvey...    Full Descripti, a predatory wolf in J.C. Penney clothing. As her family slowly begins drifting apart while struggling to make...

Young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy, is in danger of being sent to an institution because her inability to communicate has left her frustrated and violent. In desperation, her parents seek help from the Perkins Institute, which sends them a...

Director Ron Howard delivers his finest effort with his extraordinary film, A BEAUTIFUL MIND, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2001. Based loosely on Sylvia Nasar's acclaimed biography of mathematician John Forbes Nash, the film is a compelling look at...

Needless to say, when I first read this book, the part about the eyes, and 3 a.m., really gave me the willies for a long time. Some believe it to be true, while others do not. Either way it is a story that still haunts some. A family moves into a Long Island house...

October Sky is the true story of Homer Hickam, based on the memoir Rocket Boys where a young boy is trapped in a close-minded coal-mining town in the 1950's. When Sputnik is successfully launched, Homer becomes obsessed with the concept of rocket launching. To the...

Wedding bells soon ring for Mark and Rachel after the two journalists meet at a friend's nuptials. After they've tied the knot, Rachel gives up her position as a food critic to begin a family. However, Mark, a political columnist, is unable to adjust to married life,...

More amazing than any work of fiction, yet true in every word, it swept to the top of the bestseller lists and riveted the consciousness of the world. As an Emmy Award-winning film starring Sally Field, it captured the home screens of an entire nation and has endured...

Ted Bundy was young, handsome and charming with a bright future ahead of him. He was also the most notorious serial sex killer in America. This is the story of his legend of terror. The accounts vary and the actual number will never be known, but the deaths of at...