雷夫(班艾佛列克飾)與丹尼(喬許哈奈特飾)是從小一起長大的死黨,兩人對於飛行從小就十分有興趣。長大之後,時間正值二次大戰時空,兩人一同加入美軍飛行的隊伍。受訓期間,雷夫結識了軍中護士─伊弗琳(凱特貝琴薩飾演),兩人迅速墬入愛河。 此時美軍決定派出精英部隊前往歐陸,協助歐洲各國抵抗納粹德國的侵略,雷夫自告奮勇前往參戰。於是將伊弗琳託付給丹尼照顧,不久之後,歐洲傳來噩耗,雷夫的座機在空戰中不幸遭德軍擊落,生死未卜。 伊弗琳與丹尼得知噩耗後,只能互相勉勵對方。但是愛情的幼苗卻悄悄地萌芽。 就在1941 年12月7日,雷夫突然出現在伊弗琳與丹尼駐紮的珍珠港。正當三人不知如何面對這個難題時,日軍也悄悄地準備偷襲珍珠港。 雷夫與丹尼這對好朋友又是情敵,還得一起並肩作戰,隨著二次世界大戰的 開打,兩人只能將兒女私情暫時拋在一旁,共同為自由、正義而戰。
問題學生波西傑克森的學校成績不佳,不過他即將面臨更艱鉅的挑戰。雖然現在是21世紀,不過奧林帕斯山的眾神從波西的希臘神話課本走進他的生活了。波西發現他的父親是海神波塞頓,也就是說:波西是混血人,一半是人,一半是神。就在這個時候,眾神之王宙斯指控波西偷了祂的閃電火-最原始的毀滅性武器。現在波西得踏上一生一次的冒險之旅,說是史上最危險的旅程也不為過。 暴風雨來臨之前,天空密佈不祥的雲,波西身處極大的危難。他前往一個叫混血營的秘密基地,在那裡接受訓練,學習駕馭他剛開發的新力量,試圖阻止眾神間一觸即發的大戰。波西在混血營遇見兩個和他一樣的混血人:一位是尋找媽媽女神雅典娜的安娜貝斯,還有他的兒時玩伴兼守護者格羅佛—他其實是個勇敢的羊男,只是還沒通過測試。 格羅佛和安娜貝斯加入了波西橫越大陸的超現實苦難之旅,他們不但到了紐約市600層樓高的地方(奧林帕斯山的入口) 還去了著名的好萊塢看板,因為下面就是烈火猛燒的冥界。全世界的命運都取決於這趟旅程的結果,也關係著波西的媽媽莎莉的性命,波西得親自下到地獄深處把她救出來。
Irresponsible party girl, Maggie is kicked out of her father's and stepmother's home—where she lives for free—and is taken in by her hard-working sister, Philadelphia lawyer, Rose. After Maggie's disruptive ways ruin her sister's love life, Rose turns her out as well. But when their grandmother, who they never knew existed, comes into their lives, the sisters face some complicated truths about themselves and their family.
故事描述,凱文哈特(Kevin Hart)飾演的主角與一群麻煩惹事者,被迫要到夜校進修,通過GED考試,才能順利獲得高中文憑。蒂芬妮哈戴許(Tiffany Haddish)飾演夜校老師。 夜校,Night School
八歲小男孩 Ishaan Awasthi,他的世界充滿了別人並不以未然的驚奇:色彩、魚兒、小狗和風箏。這些對於成人世界並不那麼重要,他們對家庭作業、分數和整潔更感興趣。而Ishaan在學校,似乎什麼也做不對。當他惹出的麻煩已經超出父母能掌控的範圍後,他被送到了一家寄宿學校“接受教導”。在新學校,一切並沒有什麼不同,反而還必須應對額外的與家庭分離的創傷。一天,來了一位新的美術老師Ram Shankar Nikumbh,用歡樂和樂觀感染著每一個學生。他打破了“事情是如何完成”的所有規則,讓學生自己去思考去夢想去想像。學生們滿懷熱忱,除了Ishaan。 Nikumbh很快也發現了Ishaan並不快樂,然後他開始了找尋原因。用時間、耐心和關懷,他最終幫助Ishaan找回了自己,還有快樂。
Two con artists hire an unwitting medical-school student as a secretary for their latest scam.
Mostly on account of a pride struggle, Mike Dunmore has lived his whole life keeping a secret which he believed would only cause shame if it came to light. Personal relationships with his son Patrick have been strained as a result. The only ones who ever knew anything about it were his deceased wife and his best friend, Thurgood who he works with, who both agreed to help keep it covered up for him as long as they could. However, when his treasured grandson begins experiencing the same problems, Mike realizes that he can't hide his secret any longer, or if he tried to, it would be most difficult. Even more so when he is endorsed and volunteers to run as a candidate for local election.
In May 1998, a year before the massacre at Columbine High, 15-year-old Kip Kinkel murdered his mother and father, and then opened fire at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon, killing two fellow students and wounding 25 others. In this first in-depth television examination of a school shooter, FRONTLINE reveals the intimate inside story of how the “shy and likeable” Kip Kinkel from a solid middle-class family became the boy police call “a cold-hearted killer.”
A young dyslexic and artistic woman is overcome with despair as she finds herself defined, not by her talents, but by her disabilities.
How far would a mother go to reverse her child’s fate? Based on writer/director Ann Hu’s story, that’s the question facing Lan (Zhu Zhu), who travels with her 9-year-old daughter Meimei (Harmonie He) from their small town in China to New York City.
Nobody's perfect. We've all got our strengths and weaknesses. Kristi knew her weakness and discovered Brad's -- dyslexia, a learning disability. She learned what a learning disability is, and about handicaps -- those you see and those you don't.
A teen, who is always in trouble in school and has been sent to reform school, turns her life around when a counselor discovers she is dyslexic.
Jimmy Arnaud eulogizes his mother.
Does having a learning disability mean that you can’t learn? Eight children prove that the answer is a definitive 'No' in this documentary. Interviews with kids are intercut with scenes of the children engaged in activities that reflect their talents to form a compelling portrait of the ways in which these young people use their strengths to overcome their challenges.
Inspirational tale set in the late 1940s involving an elderly blind woman with a unique collection of bells in her home and a dyslexic 12-year-old boy who form an offbeat friendship to help each other overcome a disability.
What is at the bottom of this dark hole, which a child's tear has dug in the sheet of paper? What are these strange hieroglyphs written on this board? It's not easy to be a schoolboy when letters and words get mixed up! It's not easy to make people recognise your different... Underneath it all, there are these assessments! Below fifty, you don't pass! So you have to hang on to stay in the race.
This film puts you inside the head of a dyslexic child trying to get through the 5th grade in the 1970's.
Inspired by a true story, A Mind of Her Own tells the poignant and moving story of Sophie, a determined young girl whose ambition to become a doctor is obstructed by the fact that she is severely dyslexic. But Sophie, encouraged by her closest friend, Becky, has never been one to give up and, despite being advised by parents and school teachers to be realistic and pursue something less academic, she puts herself through college and university, in the process achieving a first class degree in biomedical science and a PhD conducting research into post trauma regeneration of the spinal column which ultimately leads to her achieving worldwide recognition for her work and helping to develop a cure for paralysis. Written by Owen Carey Jones
A young woman works to overcome her dyslexia with the help of a good-hearted cab driver.
Arlo, a dyslexic actor, seems to be auditioning well. That is until he’s asked to perform a new monologue.