Review by CJ
Page count:
240
Format:
eBook
ASIN:
B01EOR1PI0
Sithembile ‘Sithi’ Nzeogwu is a union representative for a platinum mining township in South Africa. After years of abuse at the hands of his father and older brother, current police chief Baako Nzeogwu, Sithi defends those who cannot defend themselves. But when corrupt police spark the powder keg of already disgruntled mine workers, who will be there to defend Sithi?
Continue reading What Comes From The Earth by Kris Holt (2016)
Review by CJ
Page count:
353 [excluding credits, acknowledgments, a conversation with Ransom Riggs and a preview of Hollow City]
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
978-1-59474-603-1
When Jakob’s grandfather is killed under horrific circumstances, Jakob travels to the children’s home his grandfather spent time in as a child hoping that the trip will enlighten him on his grandfather’s past. Jakob discovers that the fantastic stories his grandfather told him were not only real but now lead him to a renewed purpose in his own life.
Continue reading Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (2011)
Review by CJ
Page count:
752 [including credits and acknowledgements]
Format:
Hardcover
ISBN:
978-0-06-220063-1
A deadly spore has infected most of the planet’s population causing them to spontaneously combust. When Harper Willowes becomes infected, she is happily married and working as a volunteer nurse around the clock to ease the suffering of those afflicted with Draco incendia trychophyton.
When the tell-tale black and gold markings appear, confirming that she has contracted the disease, Harper’s world turns upside-down. She discovers that she is also pregnant and that her husband isn’t the man she thought he was.
Harper flees her home and is rescued by John Rookwood, AKA The Fireman. John takes Harper back to a secluded camp where people with Draco incendia trychophyton hide from the extermination crews and learn to coexist with the spore that inhabits their bodies. But can a new community coexist with each other over the long term or will the camp erupt while the rest of the world burns?
Review by CJ
Director:
David R. Ellis
Starring:
Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips
Other notable appearances:
Sunny Mabrey, Rachel Blanchard, Kenan Thompson, David Koechner
Running time:
105 minutes
Watch this if you liked:
Deep Blue Sea, Lake Placid, Anaconda
There are snakes. They’re on a plane. Madness and chaos ensue.
Review by CJ
Director:
Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer (as The Duffer Brothers)
Writer:
Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Justin Doble, Paul Dichter, Jessica Mecklenburg, Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Alison Tatlock
Starring:
Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Noah Schnapp
Other notable appearances:
Matthew Modine, Shannon Purser, Randall P. Havens, Chris Sullivan
Running time:
41-55 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
8
When Will (Schnapp) goes missing on the way home from playing Dungeons and Dragons with his friends, most of the town assumes it is a standard missing child case. Will’s mother Joyce (Ryder), brother Jonathan (Heaton) and friends Mike (Wolfhard), Dustin (Matarazzo) and Lucas (McLaughlin) aren’t so sure. Will they win the battle against the supernatural and human disbelief to save Will?
Gotham City Times 