Tennis player turned coach Tashi has taken her husband, Art, and transformed him into a world-famous Major champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she signs him up for a "Challenger" event — close to the lowest level of pro tournament — where he finds himself standing across the net from his former best friend and Tashi's former boyfriend.
As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business. The movie follows the journey of Mark as he faces legal battles and navigates the rise of Facebook, ultimately becoming a billionaire.
Ned Fleming's family meets his daughter's wealthy boyfriend Laird. Things get chaotic as Laird tries to win over Ned and propose to Stephanie, leading to unexpected events and revelations.
When a young programmer is offered a job at a powerful tech company, he uncovers a web of corruption and betrayal that puts his life in danger.
In 1971, a groundbreaking social experiment is conducted at Stanford University, where participants are randomly assigned the roles of prisoners and guards. What was meant to be a two-week study on the psychology of prison life takes a dark turn as the guards become increasingly sadistic and the prisoners fight to maintain their humanity.
A slacker surfer named Shaun Brumder jumps from one low-paying job to another with no ambition or direction in life. However, when his application to Stanford University is mistakenly rejected due to a clerical error, Shaun embarks on a mission to rectify the situation and prove his worth. Along the way, he faces various obstacles and learns valuable life lessons about love, family, and the importance of following one's dreams.
Spare Parts is a movie based on a true story about a group of Hispanic students who form a robotics club under the guidance of their teacher. They build a remotely-operated vehicle from scratch and compete in a prestigious national competition. Along the way, they face various challenges and overcome obstacles, showcasing their determination and self-belief. The movie highlights themes of teamwork, perseverance, and the power of education.
The College Admissions Scandal is a drama movie that follows the true story of wealthy parents who are involved in a college admissions scandal that involves bribery and fraud. It explores the lengths these parents go to secure spots for their children in elite universities, and the consequences they face when their actions are exposed. The movie focuses on the relationships between the parents, their children, and the impact of their choices on their families.
Three Marines take shore leave in San Francisco during World War II. Frankie O'Neill visits his lower-class dysfunctional family; Nico Kantaylis visits his pregnant fiancée; and the upper-class Alan Newcombe visits his high-living playgirl girlfriend. Each must decide whether to make the best of his situation or break out of it. O'Neill drowns his troubles in alcohol, losing the respect of a potential lover; Kantaylis marries his fiancée, but realizes he may not survive the war to see his child; while Newcombe sheds his decadent girlfriend for a pure-hearted Hawaiian nurse. Later, in battle, a heroic act costs one of the Marines his life.
More than a history of computing, this program shows how the mecca of computer technology caused a fundamental shift in American society. Walter Cronkite is the host for this fascinating film featuring the stories of Hewlett and Packard, Intel, Apple Computer and dozens of other Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, inventors and visionaries.
A reclusive scientific prodigy and three college friends find themselves in the middle of a toxic storm, when an unscrupulous business deal rains terror down on an entire county.
Columbia's Spirit of Stanford is built around the talents of a real-life college football star, in this instance all-American quarterback Frankie Albert.
Prep School is a drama mystery movie that takes place in a prestigious prep school. The story revolves around rugby, friendship, vengeance, and betrayal.
A gifted high-school student flubs her college admissions interviews for the most unexpected reasons in this independent coming-of-age drama. Cynical, world-weary Evie is more interested in taking care of her family than getting into the Ivy League institutions for which she seems destined. Dad Harry spends all his time building model trains in the basement, while workaholic mom Martha depends on Evie to take care of her other daughter, developmentally challenged Emily. When she's not busy reading poetry to her sister Emily, Evie hangs out with James (Fran Kranz), the sensitive boy next door, whose romantic overtures prove too confusing to acknowledge. College also seems too daunting, so Evie deliberately blows one university interview after another in the hopes of staying at home as her sister's keeper. Meanwhile, Evie begins passing off her own poems as Emily's, fuelling the belief that her brain-damaged sister is actually a literary savant.
After being laid off, two salesmen land an internship at Google and compete against young, tech-savvy interns for jobs.
TARGET ST. LOUIS Vol. 1© tells the story of how the United State Military conducted secret chemical testing on citizens of St. Louis's Northside. Told through the eyes of the survivors who bravely share their experiences of being unwitting test subjects. Long before the current scandal of lead poisoning of the water supply of Flint, Michigan, the United States Army conducted secret experiments on unknowing residents of northern St. Louis using toxic chemicals. The predominantly African American residents of northern St. Louis are the focus of this film. "Target: St Louis Vol. 1" shares their disturbing story of how these Cold War experiments occurred and the film examines the actions of the US Military that extended beyond the guarantees of public safety promised to US citizens by the Constitution.
This comical campus romance showcases the fancy footwork of All-American basketball player Hank Luisetti while it tells the story of a dean's son who does his very best to become a good student. When he fails, he turns to playing basketball and befriends Luisetti, which makes him quite popular. This doesn't sit well with the dean, who wants academics to be more important than sports.
Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World is a documentary that explores the life and ideas of Thomas Sowell, a renowned economist and conservative thinker. The film delves into Sowell's background, including his time at the University of Chicago and Stanford University, as well as his prolific career as an author and columnist for the Wall Street Journal. Through interviews and archival footage, the documentary highlights Sowell's unique perspective on politics, philosophy, and the free market.
This short starts out as a documentary. In a dramatization, Eadward Muybridge's photographic experiments prove that when a horse gallops, there are times when all four of the animal's feet are off the ground. We are then brought to the present, where MGM directors and their cinematographers are shown working on current productions. The film closes with closeups of the studio's major stars and a tribute to the studio's actors who have joined the armed forces.
Over the last three decades, science has been advancing our understanding of stress—how it impacts our bodies and how our social standing can make us more or less susceptible. From baboon troops on the plains of Africa, to neuroscience labs at Stanford University, scientists are revealing just how lethal stress can be. Research tells us that the impact of stress can be found deep within us, shrinking our brains, adding fat to our bellies, even unraveling our chromosomes. Understanding how stress works can help us figure out ways to combat it and how to live a life free of the tyranny of this contemporary plague. In Stress: Portrait of a Killer, scientific discoveries in the field and in the lab prove that stress is not just a state of mind, but something measurable and dangerous.