The romantic story shows the splendor and hypocrisy of the high society of the late 70s of the 19th century. Newland Archer is a prosperous lawyer who deep down desires real passion in his mundane existence. His engagement to the lovely and well-meaning May Welland promises him a complacent and peaceful life.
But when cousin May returns to New York after a public scandal, Newland finds himself caught in the web of her secret power and ineffable beauty. Now he is forced to choose between the world he knows and the world he could only dream of.
The plot centers on the fate of a simple docker - Terry Mallow, tormented by doubts and decides to take the path of restoring justice, after it turns out that he works for a real gangster - the corrupt boss of port dockers Johnny Friendly.
Mason City, 1939. Far-right politician Willie Stark seeks monopoly power in his state. His trained team of professional journalists and analysts, using any means - forgery, deceit, dirty blackmail, violence and extortion, leads their leader to victory in the elections. Stark owns everything in the state - from modest real estate to giant factories. He is omnipotent and has his sights set on the highest echelons of power.
John Robie was once a consummate professional thief known as The Cat. The Cat was lucky, he managed to quit in time and leave nicely - having accumulated a capital, he retired and lived an elegant life on the French Riviera. But the refined and quiet life comes to an end after someone starts robbing the rich, exactly in Robie's style. As suspicions reasonably fall on John, he decides to find his imitator by all means.
Life has never spoiled farmer Graham Hess with amazing events and occurrences. Until the day he saw that his cornfield was covered with incomprehensible, gigantic signs made of squashed stalks. The residents of the small Pennsylvania town are trying to find a clue to the phenomenon. But no one is more eager to find it than the farmer himself, for the fantastic events occurring in his field defy everything he knows and believes about the world. Hess begins a personal investigation, not yet knowing what unimaginable, frightening answers he will get to his questions...
Like her mother, whom she hasn't seen in 15 years, Sam works as an assassin. On her next assignment, she takes pity on an eight-year-old girl and decides to protect her at all costs, even if it means going up against her own boss. When Sam is hunted by an army of thugs, including the head of the criminal group whose son she recently killed, her mother and her former partners suddenly come to her aid, always ready to give her enemies a "powder cocktail".
I'm Christina. I'm 14 years old. Most of my friends are drug addicts. The first time I tried drugs was to understand why my boyfriend was taking them..... It's been a few months since then. I'm tired of looking for a dose every day. Me and my boyfriend tried to quit.... Three people I know have already died. Am I next?
Australia, 1880. A small town lives in fear, and Arthur Burns is to blame, as he leaves his cave only to rob, rape and kill. To calm the townspeople, Captain Stanley takes two of his brothers hostage and makes an offer to his middle brother Charles to find and destroy Arthur, for which he promises to release the youngest from prison.
When top-secret technology falls into the hands of dangerous mercenaries, unpredictable CIA agent Mace is forced to team up with her rivals - tough German agent Marie, former MI6 ally, cutting-edge IT specialist Khadija and seasoned Colombian psychologist Graciela - for a deadly mission. The five female special agents will put their own loyalty to the national interest at risk, which will help them save the world or lead them to their deaths.