Review by CJ
Page count:
306
ISBN:
1977001246
When only a handful of staff from Knights & Knights publishers arrive for their New Year’s week away at an isolated mansion, the attendees assume they’re snowed in for a dull holiday. When the history of the building begins to awaken, they find out how very wrong they were.
The General Theory of Haunting is the first novel in The Snow Trilogy series.
Continue reading The General Theory of Haunting by Richard Easter (2017)
Review by CJ
Director:
Dean Devlin
Starring:
Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Alexandra Maria Lara
Other notable appearances:
Andy Garcia, Ed Harris, Daniel Wu, Zazie Beetz, Talitha Eliana Bateman, Richard Schiff, Mare Winningham
Running time:
109 minutes
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The Day After Tomorrow, Into the Storm, San Andreas
When a satellite system designed the protect earth from extreme weather goes rogue, it is up to its creator, Jake Lawson (Butler), and his brother Max (Sturgess) to work out what has happened and prevent a catastrophic geostorm.
Review by CJ
Director:
Alex Garland
Starring:
Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny
Other notable appearances:
Benedict Wong, Oscar Isaac, David Gyasi
Running time:
115 minutes
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Interstellar, Contact, A Wrinkle in Time
When biologist Lena’s (Portman) husband returns from a covert military mission with a life-threatening condition, she must enter ‘The Shimmer’, an invasive anomaly that is continuously expanding, to save his life.
Review by CJ
Director:
John Krasinski
Starring:
Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe
Running time:
90 minutes
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10 Cloverfield Lane, Hush, It Follows
A married couple and their three children must survive in a world invaded by creatures with enhanced hearing. If they hear you, they hunt you.
Review by CJ
Director:
Brad Peyton
Starring:
Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerman, Jake Lacy
Other notable appearances:
Joe Manganiello, Jack Quaid, Breanne Hill, Will Yun Lee
Running time:
107 minutes
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King Kong: Skull Island, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Godzilla (1998)
When secret scientific experiments taking place in outer space go horribly wrong, canisters of a pathogen designed to increase size, speed, agility and durability come crashing down to Earth.
Three creatures become infected by the pathogen — a wild wolf, a wild crocodile and a rescued gorilla named George. When the creatures start showing uncontrollable aggression, the military step in to destroy them. George’s human carer and friend Davis Okoye (Johnson) must join forces with genetic engineer Dr. Kate Caldwell (Harris) and OGA Agent Harvey Russell (Morgan) to save George.
Review by CJ
Page count:
324
ISBN:
0-312-93208-1
Andrew ‘Ender’ Wiggins is the third Wiggins child in a future with a worldwide two-child policy. Ender’s life is due to his older brother and sister’s progress through a training program designed to create the best soldiers from a young age for the battle against alien insectoids. Ender’s brother Peter was too hostile and sister Valentine too empathetic to be successful, but their intelligence and potential meant Ender had a chance at life and glory.
As Ender progresses through battle school and makes a name for himself as the youngest and brightest star, he must survive the worst that humanity can throw at him to save humanity from the worst that its intergalactic enemy can bring.
Ender’s Game is the first novel in the Ender’s Saga series.
Review by CJ
Director:
Ava DuVernay
Starring:
Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Deric McCabe, Levi Miller
Other notable appearances:
Chris Pine, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Peña, André Holland, Bellamy Young, Daniel MacPherson
Running time:
109 minutes
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Interstellar, Coraline, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Since her father’s disappearance four years ago, Meg Murry (Reid) has gone from a bright and productive student to a withdrawn and angry young woman. When three celestial beings hear her father’s calls for help from a distant corner of the universe, Meg must join them, her brother and schoolmate on a journey of self-discovery to rescue both her father and herself.
