Will est un petit bouc avec de grands rêves. Lorsqu'il décroche une chance inespérée de rejoindre la ligue professionnelle de "roarball", un sport ultra-intense réservé aux bêtes les plus rapides et féroces, il entend bien saisir l’opportunité. Problème : ses nouveaux coéquipiers ne sont pas vraiment ravis d'avoir un "petit" dans l'équipe. Mais Will est prêt à tout pour changer les règles du jeu.
Au cœur de Los Angeles, une actrice en devenir prénommée Mia sert des cafés entre deux auditions. De son côté, Sebastian, passionné de jazz, joue du piano dans des clubs miteux pour assurer sa subsistance. Tous deux sont bien loin de la vie rêvée à laquelle ils aspirent… Le destin va réunir ces doux rêveurs, mais leur coup de foudre résistera-t-il aux tentations, aux déceptions, et à la vie trépidante d’Hollywood ?
Kevin Lomax, jeune et brillant avocat, est approché par l'un des plus puissants cabinets New-Yorkais dirigé par l'étrange John Milton. Assoiffé de pouvoir et d'argent, poussé par une ambition dévorante, prêt à tout pour réussir, il accepte l'offre et gravit les marches de la réussite de façon fulgurante. Mais l'ambition a un prix : sans le savoir, Kevin vient de vendre son âme au diable...
Les rêves de gloire d'un jeune joueur de football qui veut à tout prix partir de sa petite ville industrielle de Pennsylvanie.
En 1968, à New York, Frank Lucas a vécu pendant vingt ans dans l’ombre du Parrain noir de Harlem, Bumpy Johnson, qui en fait son garde du corps et confident. Lorsque son patron succombe à une crise cardiaque, Lucas assure discrètement la relève et ne tarde pas à révéler son leadership, son sens aigu des affaires et son extrême prudence, en prenant pour auxiliaires ses frères et cousins et en gardant un profil bas. Inconnu de la police comme des hautes instances de la Cosa Nostra, Lucas organise avec la complicité d’officiers basés au Vietnam un véritable pont aérien et importe ainsi par avions entiers des centaines de kilos d’héroïne pure, qu’il revend à bas prix dans les rues de New York.
D’un côté il y a l’agent spécial du FBI, Sarah Ashburn, une enquêtrice rigoureuse et méthodique dont la réputation la précède tant pour son excellence que son arrogance démesurée. De l’autre l’agent de police de Boston, Shannon Mullins, reconnue pour son fort tempérament et son vocabulaire fleuri. L’une comme l’autre, n’a jamais eu de partenaire… ni vraiment d’ami. Ainsi, lorsque ces deux représentantes de la loi radicalement opposées sont obligées de faire équipe pour arrêter un baron de la drogue sans pitié, elles se retrouvent à devoir lutter non seulement contre un puissant syndicat du crime, mais aussi et surtout contre l’envie de s’entretuer.
Dans les années 50, Ray Kroc rencontre les frères McDonald qui tiennent un restaurant de burgers en Californie. Bluffé par leur concept, Ray leur propose de franchiser la marque et va s'en emparer pour bâtir l'empire que l'on connaît aujourd'hui.
Adi et Taara finissent par tomber amoureux l'un de l'autre jusqu'à ce qu'ils soient séparés l'un de l'autre par leurs ambitions et leur phobie de l'engagement.
Un seigneur écossais est convaincu par un trio de sorcières qu'il deviendra le prochain roi d'Écosse, et sa femme ambitieuse le soutient dans ses plans de prise du pouvoir.
Un joueur professionnel de baseball, écarté des terrains pour matchs truqués, intègre un gang mafieux. De petit bras, il prend peu à peu du galon.
Un ingénieur talentueux fuit ses racines austères pour devenir riche et célèbre au sein de l'élite de Copenhague, mais l'orgueil qui l'anime pourrait causer sa perte.
Selene ne repoussera pas seulement les attaques des deux clans (Lycan et Vampire), qui après s'être livrés une guerre de longue date, s'allient contre elle. Elle va tout mettre en œuvre pour mettre un terme définitif à cette guerre éternelle, quitte à commettre le sacrifice ultime.
Dans The Disaster Artist, James Franco transforme l’histoire vraie tragi-comique du cinéaste en devenir et célèbre outsider Tommy Wiseau – dont la contestabilité des méthodes n’avait d’égale que la sincérité de sa passion – en la célébration d’une quête presque impossible d’amitié, d’expression artistique et de rêves. Inspiré du best-seller révélateur de Greg Sestero sur la création de The Room, le nanar classique de Tommy (« le meilleur pire film jamais tourné »), The Disaster Artist est un rappel hilarant et nécessaire qu’il existe de nombreuses manières de devenir une légende – et qu’il n’y a aucune limite à ce qu’une personne peut faire quand elle n’a aucune idée de ce qu’elle fait.
Trois jolies jeunes filles décident de faire une farce a une amie. Kidnappée pour rire, Liz meurt accidentellement, étouffée par un jawbreaker, une confiserie ambulante. Courtney, Jullie et Marcie décident de maquiller leur crime. Seulement Fern Mayo, une pauvre fille a qui personne ne fait attention, en a trop entendu.
En 1860, tandis que la Sicile est submergée par les bouleversements de Garibaldi et de ses Chemises Rouges, le prince Salina se rend avec toute sa famille dans sa résidence de Donnafugata. Prévoyant le déclin de l'aristocratie, ce dernier accepte une mésalliance et marie son neveu Tancrède à la fille du maire de la ville, représentant la classe montante.
Eric O'Neill est promu par le FBI dans le nouveau service de Robert Hanssen dédié à la protection des informations top secrètes du FBI. Son enthousiasme vire rapidement à l'angoisse quand il découvre la vraie raison de son étonnante promotion: Robert Hanssen, suspecté de vendre à l'ex-URSS des informations majeures, fait l'objet d'une enquête. Eric O'Neill va devoir utiliser la confiance grandissante de son chef pour révéler sa traîtrise. Pris au piège dans ce double jeu d'espion, il s'engage dans un combat acharné pour sauver sa vie, sa famille et son pays.
Dans le Japon féodal, alors que les guerres civiles font rage, les généraux Washizu et Miki rentrent victorieux chez leur seigneur Tsuzuki. Ils traversent une mystérieuse forêt où ils rencontrent un esprit qui leur annonce leur destinée : Washizu deviendra seigneur du château de l’Araignée, mais ce sera le fils de Miki qui lui succèdera. Troublé par cette prophétie, Washizu se confie à sa femme, Asaji. Celle-ci lui conseille alors de forcer le destin en assassinant Tsuzuki…
Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.
Fourteen-year-old Iruma Suzuki has just been abandoned and sold to a demon by his irresponsible parents! Surprisingly, the next thing he knows he's living with the demon who has adopted him as his new grandson and has been transferred into a school in the Netherworld where his new demon grandfather works as the principal. Thus begins the cowardly Iruma-kun's extraordinary school life among the otherworldly as he faces his true self, takes on challenges, and rises to become someone great.
Set against the backdrop of massive economic growth in the 1990s, the story follows A Bao, a self-made millionaire and his journey from being a young opportunist with a troubled past to accumulating dazzling wealth in the city of Shanghai. It also follows his entanglement with four women who represent the pursuits of his life: adventure, honour, love and innocence.
Two seasoned drug dealers return to the gritty street of London, but their pursuit of money and power is threatened by a young and ruthless hustler.
A figure skating Olympic hopeful struggles to balance love, family and fragile mental health as her dream of winning takes a dizzying hold.
Late in the 10th century, the Liao dynasty is at the zenith of its power. The omnipotent Liao rule much of what is now Northeast China, Mongolia, Russia, and much of the Korean Peninsula. Prime Minister Xiao Si Wen and Princess Yan have three daughters, with the youngest, Xiao Chao, their favourite. Her heart belongs to the aspiring military commander, Han De Rang, whose family have served the Liao loyally for decades. However, her parents have other plans, sucessfully arranging her marriage to Liao Emperor, Jin Zhong, whom she eventually concedes to marry. As the Emperor’s queen, she becomes a fierce defender of the Liao by assisting in mobilizing the army, heading a 10,000-strong cavalry and providing support to the civil administration. Eventually, she will earn the title of Empress.
Only Fools and Horses.... Is a British sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally transmitted on BBC One from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials aired until 2003. In working-class Peckham in south-east London, ambitious market trader Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter and his younger half-brother Rodney, explore their highs and lows in life, in particular their attempts to get rich. Initially not an immediate hit and receiving little promotion early on, it later achieved consistently high ratings, and the 1996 episode "Time on Our Hands" (originally billed as the series finale) holds the record for the biggest UK audience for a sitcom episode, attracting 24.3 million viewers. The series bears a significant influence on British culture, contributing several words and phrases to the English language.
In the tradition of Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential" and Gelsey Kirkland's "Dancing on my Grave" comes an insider’s look into the secret world of classical musicians. From her debut recital at Carnegie Recital Hall to the Broadway pits of "Les Miserables" and "Miss Saigon," Blair Tindall has played with some of the biggest names in classical music for twenty-five years. Now in "Mozart in the Jungle," Tindall exposes the scandalous rock and roll lifestyles of the musicians, conductors, and administrators who inhabit the insular world of classical music.
In Ambitious Women, all levels of ambition are revealed in a plot full of greed, revenge and struggle for power, through the conflicts of three strong women with very different personalities.
Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and finally Claudius.
Wang Xuan and Xiao Qi strike a deal for the sake of power. They marry first before falling in love and join hands to protect their homeland. She is a woman who is no less than any man while he rose from humble beginnings. The imperial family has become rotten to the core. The nobles are lavish with no regard for the people. Princess Wang Xuan and her childhood sweetheart, the third prince, become pawns of a prophecy that states, "to acquire thee is to obtain the world." Being pulled into the matters of the court, Wang Xuan is married off by her father to Xiao Qi who comes from a poor family. On the night of their wedding, Xiao Qi is forced to leave the capital. Wang Xuan is shamed and discouraged. The Helan Prince kidnaps Wang Xuan in order to seek revenge on Xiao Qi. The crisis they face becomes a blessing in disguise for the couple. Wang Xuan is moved and inspired by Xiao Qi's wish to bring peace and prosperity to the nation and they fall in love.
Qiao Jingjing, a celebrity, and Yu Tu, an aerospace engineer were high school classmates. Qiao Jingjing confessed to Yu Tu twice but was rejected both times. Ten years later, Qiao Jingjing became a top celebrity. She wants to become the endorser of a video game but was exposed that her gaming skills are super bad. By chance, she meets Yu Tu, who is now an aerospace engineer and is currently feeling lost about his career. Under Qiao Jingjing's set-up, Yu Tu becomes her gaming coach. They slowly fall in love over time.
To survive in a dog-eat-dog world, two rival lawyers with high-class clientele tear apart anything that stands in the way of their ambitions.
After a doping scandal derails his career, former champion swimmer Tang Yibai makes a determined comeback. With the support of rookie reporter Yun Duo, who is overcoming her own fears, he fights to clear his name and reclaim his glory.
Wi Seung Hyun joins the Korean national Police University to follow in his father's footsteps but runs into hurdles as he gets involved with a woman named Go Eun Gang.
Gosei School has a long history. The principal of the school is highly ambitious and he tries to achieve his goals by using supernatural majin powers. Six students go up against the principal. The students are Taisei Manaka (Taisho Iwasaki), Ryuhei Domon (Ryuga Sato), Yusuke Takigawa (Yuto Nasu), Hyuma Oura (Hidaka Ukisho), Naoya Morimura (Naoki Fujii) and Ichika Sakurai (Issei Kanasashi).
Qiao Nuo, a fresh graduate, comes across an unexpected opportunity to become an intern for the city court. Because of her lack of knowledge for what the work entails, her abilities are questioned by the judge. Qiao Nuo witnesses the intense confrontations between prosecutors and defense lawyers with her own eyes and starts to develop an appreciation for her profession. She becomes determined to become a good judge. Under the guidance of the chief judge, Zuo Dong Hai, she is unafraid to put in the hard work to search for useful clues to help a trial case, to accumulate experiences, to meet friends and to find love.
Pasta follows the dreams and successes of a young woman who aspires to become an elite chef at La Sfera Italian restaurant.
Tender Is the Night is a 1985 television drama miniseries co-produced by Showtime, 20th Century Fox Television, BBC, and 7 Network. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1934 novel of the same name, the six-part series focuses on themes of love, ambition, mental illness, and the decline of the American Dream. 1920s, the French Riviera: wealthy expatriate Nicole Warren's mental illness strains her marriage to psychiatrist Dick. A young American actress named Rosemary Hoyt arrives and is drawn into their circle, becoming romantically involved with the older, married Dick and disrupting the fragile balance of the group. The thought of Dick possibly being attracted to another sends Nicole on an emotional downward spiral that threatens to consume them all.
Koichi Asakura works as a designer at an advertising agency. Even though he works very hard, he does not receive recognition at his job. He is frustrated by his circumstance. He decides to visit a place from his school days, involving Eren Yamagishi. Meanwhile, Eren Yamagishi has the nickname of "The Southpaw" (“Hidarikiki”) and is a painter in New York. She is gifted as painter, but, due to her genius like talent, she suffers.
