Un inmaduro y poco afortunado adolescente, Frank (Frank Whaley), consigue un trabajo de vigilante nocturno en una tienda, y al poco tiempo se queda encerrado nada más y nada menos que con la chica más guapa del lugar (Jennifer Connelly), una joven tan bella como rica. Ella tampoco es muy feliz con su familia y con su novio (Dermot Mulroney), pero ambos pertenecen a ambientes muy distintos, así que Frank tendrá sólo esa noche para intentar conquistarla.
After making a name for herself on the West Coast, a defense lawyer returns to her hometown of Atlanta to argue a controversial rape-murder case. But it's not all work and no play: once there, she reenters high society and has a reunion with an old flame -- who just happens to be the prosecuting attorney on her case. As she investigates her client's claims of innocence, she uncovers a sinister conspiracy that threatens both her life and her new romance.
A principios de la Guerra de Secesión, el ejército del norte se mostraba reticente a dar armas a los negros. El heroico comportamiento del regimiento de Massachusetts, formado por soldados afroamericanos y oficiales blancos, resultó decisivo para que la Unión abriera las puertas a 180.000 soldados negros.
In the early 20th century, an independent lady from up North causes a scandal when she decides to wed an older local general-store owner just three weeks after he's been widowed.
In 1962 in Montgomery, Alabama, State Attorney Richmond Flowers, Sr. is one of few willing to fight racial injustices even if it costs him his family's peace.
Angela, la joven problematizada por sus padres y guiada hacia el homicidio en la primera parte de este filme, sale del hospital para enfermos mentales en donde ha estado confinada. Los crímenes se reiniciarán.
Four male friends are reunited after not being in contact with each other for several years. However, the meeting place is Purgatory, the afterlife state of limbo between heaven and hell. In Purgatory, these friends reflect on their pasts while they were living. They especially focus on their years in Catholic School and their coming of age. This film talks a lot about sexual issues. One of the characters is an 18-year old sent to Vietnam who dies without ever losing his virginity and there is a middle-aged, homosexual alcoholic playwright who has still has problems dealing with his identity.
