Review by CJ
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.
Review by CJ
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.
Continue reading That Risen Snow: A Scary Tale of Snow White and Zombies by Rob E. Boley (2014)
Review by CJ
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.
Continue reading ZOO by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (2012)
Review by CJ
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.
Review by CJ
Director:
Peter Sohn
Starring:
Raymond Ochoa, Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, Jack Bright
Other notable appearances:
Steve Zahn, Anna Paquin, Sam Elliott, Peter Sohn
Running time:
93 minutes
Watch this if you liked:
The Lion King, Ice Age, The Pagemaster
On an Earth where the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs missed the planet, dinosaurs are the dominant species. Arlo (Ochoa) comes from a family of Apatosaurus farmers, but his constant fear prevents him from being able to make his mark.
During a storm and flash flood, Arlo is swept down river. Far from his family and accompanied by a wild human child, Arlo must overcome his fears if he ever hopes to get home.
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