"You've got to play the hand you're dealt." A young man (Damon) is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.

"Pride is the curse." The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who is terrorizing towns, and later, Grendel's mother, who begins killing out of revenge.

"Don't Panic" Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

"Ever wanted to be someone else? Now you can." A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of the movie star, John Malkovich.