Since the era of "silent films," moving pictures are an important part of worldwide culture. How did movies get their start? What are the stories behind the movies? Enjoy hundreds of stories in this Collection.
This is a trailer for The Descendants, a film starring George Clooney and directed by Alexander Payne.
Matt King - played in this film by George Clooney - has a history of non-parental involvement with his two daughters.
Micky Ward was trying hard to make a comeback from a series of unfortunate events.
This is a trailer for the film, The Greatest Story Ever Told, based on the book (of the same name) by Fulton Oursler (1893-1952).
Government officials found out that a Catholic agitator was renting the house adjacent to the House of Lords.
Gathering gunpowder became easier when another favorable coincidence presented itself to the conspirators.
Why did the gunpowder plotters try to kill the king and blow-up Parliament?
Renting a vault under the House of Lords, conspirators stored thirty-six barrels of gunpowder for nefarious purposes.
At nearly midnight, on the 4th of November 1605, Guy Fawkes was hours away from blowing up the Houses of Parliament.
The plan was to kill the king and his male relations.
This clip provides a "behind-the-scenes" look as "The Help" was filmed in, and around, Jackson, Mississippi.
This clip is one of the trailers for The Hunger Games, based on the first book of a trilogy by Suzanne Collins.
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