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A pop culture devotee who is happiest watching any incarnation of Star Trek, reading Stephen King or Joe Hill novels, viewing great movies [primarily from the action, horror, adventure or science fiction genres], or flipping through a DC comic. Dream jobs would include: Starfleet Captain, joining the Green Lantern Corps, Pokémon Master, Disney Princess or plumber for the Mushroom Kingdom.
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Double Feature by Owen King (2014)

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Page count:
419 [including credits, acknowledgements and Welsey Latsch’s List of Seventy-Four Seventy-Five Things That Cause Unnecessary Fatigue]

Format:
Hardcover

ISBN:
978-1-4516-7689-1

Sam Dolan has a strained relationship with his father, b-grade movie star Booth Dolan, due to the countless betrayals and disappointments Booth has enacted upon both Sam and his beloved mother.

After his own life-changing experiences, Sam is forced to re-evaluate relationships, his outlook and what his life has become.

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What We Do In The Shadows (2014)

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What We Do In The Shadows

Director:
Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi

Starring:
Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement, Jonathan Brugh, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Ben Fransham

Other notable appearances:
Stuart Rutherford, Jackie van Beek, Rhys Darby

Running time:
86 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Shaun of the Dead, Dark Shadows, Flight of the Conchords

 

A documentary team is given access to film a small group of vampires living in New Zealand.

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That Risen Snow: A Scary Tale of Snow White and Zombies by Rob E. Boley (2014)

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Page count:
242 [excluding acknowledgments and about the author]

Format:
Kindle eBook

ASIN:
B00JH1WUF6

 

When Snow White’s Prince arrives to deliver true love’s kiss, things don’t exactly go according to plan. Instead of a happily ever after, Snow awakens to a hunger that only human (or dwarf) flesh will satisfy. Can the seven dwarfs and Snow’s Prince save her from what she has become or will they join her in the world of the undead?

That Risen Snow is the first book in The Scary Tales series.

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ZOO by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (2012)

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Page count:
395 pages

Format:
Paperback

ISBN:
978-1-846-05830-1

 

When the animals of the world start to behave out of character and make targeted attacks against humans, Jackson Oz takes notice. Oz is a biologist whose obsession with his discovery has cost him his PhD, relationships and at least part of his sanity.

Oz shares a profound experience involving lions and crocodiles with ecologist Chloe Tousignant. During this experience, Oz records indisputable evidence of the change in animal behaviour. Oz and Chloe must then work together to convince the government that the world is changing in ways humanity never expected.

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Moana (2016)

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Director:
Ron Clements, John Musker

Starring:
Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House

Other notable appearances:
Alan Tudyk, Jemaine Clement, Temuera Morrison, Nicole Scherzinger, Sven the Reindeer

Running time:
107 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Frozen, Hercules, Zootopia, Brave, The Little Mermaid, Tangled

 

When demigod Maui (Johnson) steals the goddess Te Fiti’s heart, he unleashes a curse on the world that is destined to destroy the planet. A thousand years later, the curse reaches the island of Motunui where the chieftain’s daughter Moana (Cravalho) is chosen by the ocean to find Maui and return Te Fiti’s heart.

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