God has made [our] fantasies … so preposterously unrewarding that we are forced to turn to him for help and for mercy. We seek wealth and find we've accumulated worthless pieces of paper. We seek security and find we've acquired the means to blow ourselves and our little earth to smithereens. We seek carnal indulgence only to find ourselves involved in the prevailing erotomania.

—Malcolm ...

My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a romantic comedy about culture, family, and acceptance. Nia Vardalos plays Toula Portokalos, the awkward middle child of a proud Greek family. Her father, Gus (Michael Constantine), often embarrasses her because he always lectures people on Greek history. "Give me a word," he says, "any word, and I'll show you how the root of that word is Greek." Toula has ambitions to ...

One Night with the King is the movie version of the biblical story of Esther. The following scene shows the bravery and devotion of Mordecai, Esther's cousin who served as her only parent. When King Xerxes orders all royal officials to bow before his second-in-command, Haman, Mordecai realizes such an act would be idolatrous for a Jew. In this scene, Haman's processional is making its way through ...

The Guardian is about the heroic and sacrificial efforts of the U.S. Coast Guard.

In a DVD bonus feature, Rescue Swimmer Joseph Flythe comments: "Hurricane Katrina really brought out what a Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer is because we were plastered all over the national media. It was the Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers you saw go down to the roofs, pulling people out. We were all working 18–24 hour ...

The Guardian depicts the heroic and sacrificial efforts of the U.S. Coast Guard. Legendary rescue swimmer Ben Randall trains a group of recruits—particularly a high school swim champion with a troubled past—to save those lost and perishing at sea.

In this scene, Ben (Kevin Costner) and Jake Fischer (Ashton Kutcher) have just completed a rescue in the Bering Sea near Kodiak, Alaska. A fierce ...

The Devil Wears Prada tells the story of Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathaway), a journalism graduate who takes a job as second assistant at a prestigious fashion magazine. Caring nothing for fashion, Andrea finds herself answering the beck and call of Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), the ultra-demanding, diva-like editor. Andrea not only survives, but thrives in her role, changing in both appearance and values. ...

The Guardian is the story of Jake Fischer (Ashton Kutcher), a high-school swim champ who enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's "A" School. Here, legendary rescue swimmer Ben Randall (Kevin Costner) teaches him some hard lessons about self-sacrifice.

After Randall reluctantly takes an assignment to train a new batch of potential rescue swimmers, one of the first training exercises for the new recruits is ...

The movie The 6th Day is set in the future and is about a billionaire tycoon who illegally and successfully clones humans. In this scene, Adam Gibson's clone (Arnold Schwarzenegger) confronts billionaire Michael Drucker over his unethical cloning of humans.

Drucker says: "In two years, three tops, I'll control enough votes to get the laws changed. Then we won't have to lose our best people—our ...

In the movie Phenomenon, George Malley (John Travolta) is a small-town mechanic whose life changes radically after being knocked unconscious by a bright light from the sky. After this encounter, George discovers he can see and understand complex ideas easily. He starts reading voraciously on a variety of subjects. His newfound genius is demonstrated as he learns Portuguese in 20 minutes and deciphers ...

In The Count of Monte Cristo, the hero, Edmond (Jim Caviezel), is unjustly imprisoned in the sinister Chateau d'If (pronounced deef). As he enters his cell escorted by the malevolent warden Dorleac (Michael Wincott), he sees an inscription gouged into the otherwise barren wall: "God will give me justice."

"People are always trying to motivate themselves," Dorleac sneers. "Or they keep calendars. But ...