An expert at sleight of hand and with a keen eye for identifying charlatans and tricksters, our story begins as Harry has fallen on hard times in recent years, professionally and ethically losing his way. He’s resorted to making his living as a fake medium and fraudulent ghost hunter, conducting séances for unsuspecting families who think their lives have been made a misery by ghostly mischief making. Harry’s duplicitous lifestyle has also had serious consequences when after leading a séance for a tragic soldier a young man commits suicide on the doorstep of Harry’s home. A couple of months later, Harry is offered the chance to investigate the haunting of a local MP’s home as the case threatens to ruin the politician’s reputation. With the prospects of leading his political party, Edward Curtis can ill-afford the scandal as his wife Grace begins to hallucinate and act bizarrely and very much out of character as she believes their family home to be haunted. There’s a possibility Grace may be committed to an asylum in scandalous circumstances if Harry doesn’t take on the investigation. Ghosts from Harry’s past influence his decision to take the case and he begins to think it might be time to take a new path. Together with the Curtis family maid, Sarah Grey, whose own mother has fallen prey to con artist mediums in the past, their detection and investigative skills complement one another and they make a formidable partnership. Smart, driven and open-minded, Sarah is a strong-minded woman who can handle herself when unravelling the mysteries behind the hauntings, which are seriously affecting Grace’s health and well-being. Harry also calls on the services of his old friend, Albert, during the investigation. An African pharmacist with a sideline in voodoo con-artistry, Albert has a keen interest in medical and scientific discoveries, which Harry exploits to the maximum. Journalist Vernon Wall also finds himself in Harry’s orbit. Cynical and hard-bitten, although clever at winning the trust of the people he’s interviewing, Vernon is keen to learn about Harry’s techniques and sensing a political scandal sets out to inveigle his way into his life by extracting information from Sarah.
Brooke (Bonnie Dennison) is devastated that she's pulled out of her high school so her family can move to a new town. Even worse, her stepmother is pregnant with a new addition to her dysfunctional family. All seems lost until she becomes smitten with a charming guy (Michael Welch). He's gorgeous, sweet, thrilling, everything her life isn't...until he reveals a menacing dark side.
《纽约图书馆》将观众带到了世界最大的知识宝库之一的幕后,这个图书馆是一个包容的文化交流和学习平台,每年接待1800万读者,线上访客3200万人。在曼哈顿、布朗克斯、斯坦顿岛地区散布着92个图书馆分部,致力于为这个复杂而繁华的大都市的所有居民提供资源。影片审视了这个传奇机构是如何在保留传统的同时适应数字化革命的。纽约公共图书馆是多面的,从位于第五大道的庄严宏伟的总部到分布在城区的各个分部,每一个都有自己独特的项目和目标群体。图书馆的功能远不止借书,而纽约公共图书馆通过讲座、社区工作、为孩子而设的工作坊以及为找工作的人而设的培训课程,造福所有人。这部纪录片展示了图书馆是如何用书、音乐会、讲座、课程等多种方式教化读者,激发学习兴趣、传播知识并巩固社区联系。
Andrea Absolonová was a talented Czech professional diver with a bright career ahead of her. However, her sports career had been cut short by a spinal injury during a training session at the Atlanta Olympic Games. She then embraced a professional career in the adult entertainment industry, where she became an internationally recognized porn actress. She died at the age of 27.
改革开放初期,罗心刚(杨在葆 饰)在广交会上发现本厂生产的凤凰牌产品无人问津,而本厂文革中遭冷遇的设计师申华(刘信义 饰)设计的产品却成了畅销货。罗心刚深受启发,他三顾茅庐请已被迫离厂的申华出山,同时纠正以前人们戴有色眼镜看人的错误观念。他决心走市场化道路,转变过去“皇帝女儿不愁嫁”的传统思想。罗的行动遭到传统势力的阻挠,别人认为他的行为背离了社会主义市场经济原则,面对种种困难,罗心刚始终坚持自已的信念。当看到共青团员巧珍(殷新 饰)因缺乏信仰脖子上带上十字架,他深感十年动乱在青年一代身上造成的信仰危机。改革是多方面的,且刻不容缓。在他人造谣告状,不得已面临下台的千人大会上,罗心刚说出了那段泣血的台词......