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3) Passengers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two passengers board a spaceship transporting them to a new life on another planet. The trip takes a deadly turn when their hibernation pods mysteriously wake them 90 years before they reach their destination. As Jim and Aurora try to unravel the mystery behind the malfunction, they begin to fall for each other, unable to deny their intense attraction, only to be threatened by the imminent collapse of the ship and the discovery of the truth behind...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"From the authors of The Fifty-Year Mission and So Say We All, comes the first and only comprehensive oral history of the Star Wars movie franchise. For the past four decades, no film saga has touched the world in the way that Star Wars has, capturing the imaginations of filmgoers and filmmakers alike. Now, for the first time ever, Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman, the bestselling authors of The Fifty-Year Mission, are telling the entire story of this...
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Join Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and the Mystery Inc. crew as they head to Chicago for a talent show, some museum tours and a whole lotta pizza! The windy city is home to the hit TV show, Talent Star, in which songwriting duo Fred and Daphne are finalists with some high hopes. Not to be left out, Scooby and Shaggy have a secret act in the works, which they are betting will take the contest by storm.
10) Maximum ride
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Max, a teenage superhero with wings, leads her motley crew in a battle against the scientists that created them. In the process, they discover secrets from their past that are darker than they imagined.
11) Unstoppable
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Sequences of action and peril, and some language.
A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down on Scranton, Pennsylvania, and only two men can stop it: a veteran engineer and a young conductor. Thousands of lives hang in the balance as these ordinary heroes attempt to chase down one million tons of hurtling steel and prevent an epic disaster.
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus continue to lead the revolt against the Machine Army. In their quest to save the human race from extinction, they gain greater insight into the construction of The Matrix and Neo's pivotal role in the fate of mankind.
"...a sequel that soars to places only hinted at in the original."--Ebert & Roeper
"An immensely skillful sci-fi adventure."--Chicago Sun-Times
"The martial arts sequences are breathtakingly staged."--New...
13) Oblivion
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jack Harper is the lone security repairman stationed on a desolate, nearly ruined future Earth. When he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft, her arrival triggers a nonstop chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows, and leaves humanity's fate in his hands.
14) Arthur Christmas
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
On Christmas night at the North Pole, Santa's youngest son looks to use his father's high-tech operation for an urgent mission.
16) Sunshine
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
In the year 2057, scientists are sent on a mission to reignite the sun.
18) Fast color
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hunted by mysterious forces, a young woman with supernatural abilities must go on the run when her powers are discovered. With nowhere else to go, she flees back to her family and the farmhouse she abandoned long ago. There, while being pursued by the local Sheriff, she begins to mend the broken relationships with her mother and daughter and learns that the power she needed was inside her all along.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on Michael Ende's classic children'sbook, this sequel finds the young her, Bastian, encountering new adventures in the magical world of fantasia. In the sequel to the 1984 film, our young hero, again bored with the real world, returns to his storybook's magical land of Fantasia and attempts to slay the evils that threaten the extinction of goodness. There he finds a special brand of courage within himself, a reminder of the eternal, optimistic...
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