Tim Jenison, a Texas-based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did seventeenth century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically, 150 years before the invention of photography? Spanning ten years, his adventure takes him to Delft, Holland, where Vermeer painted his masterpieces, to the north coast of Yorkshire to meet artist David Hockney, and even to Buckingham Palace to see a Vermeer...

After spending time at a mental institution, troubled student Brian Woods returns to class following his father's death, amid a swirl of rumors about his emotional state. Brian competes for the affections of Paula Carson with her boyfriend -- the school's resident rebel, Dwight Ingalls (Brad Pitt). When students begin disappearing at an alarming rate, Brian is the obvious suspect, but the real threat may be coming from an unexpected source.

On Christmas eve, Howard Langston must try to find the hottest selling toy of the season for his son for Christmas, but it turns into a mad dash against other fathers when he finds out it is sold out all over town.

A murderer is loose in a high school in this 'whodunit' movie.