At a major university, the first woman of color to become chair tries to meet the dizzying demands and high expectations of a failing English department.

The military's attempt to shoot down an orbiting satellite unleashes a space-borne epidemic on a remote, small town. Deputy Max Brody and his girlfriend Brooke must battle their way through an army of infected townsfolk and soldiers as they struggle to save themselves and their loved ones from a horrible, early death. When cannibalism is contagious, will even the strong survive?

An aspiring Olympic gymnast and her single father who has dedicated himself to his daughter’s success. When the young athlete suffers a potentially career-ending injury, their relationship suffers as they fight to discover who they are without gymnastics.

After his mother dies, Dan McCarthy returns to his upstate New York family home hoping to find out why his older brother Robert was not at the funeral. Once a promising pianist, Robert now drives a delivery truck when not hassling his girlfriend Julie. Dan hangs out with the two for several days while repairing his car. At a lake one night, Robert threatens Dan and Julie with a gun, triggering flashbacks to his father's suicide.

In the cramped confines of her apartment, a woman cares for her disturbed, elderly mother, feeding her through a bottle and keeping her from crawling out of the window by tying her to a table. Through the woman's daily rituals come traces of a deep, troubled history which binds her to her mother and which might ultimately force her to make a fateful decision.