The Road to Wellville. Poster of the 1994 movie and cover of the 1993 book
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The Road to Wellville
T. Coraghessan Boyle, 1993
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Alan Parker, 1994

The film follows William Lightbody’s experiences during his visit to a health farm managed by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, a cereal tycoon. William’s wife, Eleanor, has convinced him to seek treatment from Kellogg to purify his system. However, Kellogg’s methods are highly unconventional and almost savage in nature.


The Wolfman. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Wolfman
Jonathan Maberry, 2010
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Joe Johnston, 2010

Lawrence Talbot’s childhood ended the night his mother died. His father sent him from the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor to an insane asylum, then he goes to America. When his brother Ben’s fiancée, Gwen Conliffe, tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns to his father’s estate to learn that his brother’s mauled body has been found.


Noah. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Noah
Mark Morris, 2014
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Darren Aronofsky, 2014

As a young boy, Noah sees his father, Lamech, killed by a young Tubal-cain. After seeing a flower grow instantly from the ground and being haunted by dreams of a great flood, Noah travels to visit his grandfather, Methuselah. The Watchers are confined on Earth as creatures of stone for helping humans banished from the Garden of Eden.


Alexander. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 1973 book, Alexander the Great
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Alexander the Great
Robin Lane Fox, 1973
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Oliver Stone, 2004

The story begins around 283 BC, with Ptolemy I Soter, who narrates throughout the film. Alexander grows up with his mother Olympias and his tutor Aristotle, where he finds interest in love, honor, music, exploration, poetry and military combat. His relationship with his father is destroyed when Philip marries Attalus’s niece, Eurydice. Alexander insults Philip after disowning Attalus as his kinsman, which results in Alexander’s banishment from Philip’s palace.


The Innocent. Poster of the 1993 movie and cover of the 1990 book
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The Innocent
Ian McEwan, 1990
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John Schlesinger, 1993

A young engineer is sent to post World War II Berlin to help the Americans, in spying on the Russians. In a time and place where discretion is still a man’s best friend, he falls in love with a mysterious woman, who will take him on the dark side of evil. The film centres around the joint CIA/MI6 real-life Operation Gold: building a tunnel under the Russian sector of Berlin.


Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Rebel Moon
V. Castro, 2023
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Zack Snyder, 2023

In a tranquil settlement on the outskirts of a distant moon, facing the threat of armies from a tyrannical ruling force, the villagers find their best hope for survival in a mysterious stranger dwelling among them.


Freejack. Poster of the 1992 movie and cover of the 1959 book, Immortality, Inc.
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Immortality, Inc.
Robert Sheckley, 1959
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Geoff Murphy, 1992

Alex Furlong, a race car driver, is taken from his vehicle just before a collision and transported to the year 2009, where he finds himself alive but in perilous circumstances. In this unfamiliar world, he is a ‘freejack,’ pursued by a determined ‘bonejacker’ who stands to gain a fortune by capturing him.


Blackway. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2008 book, Go with Me
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Go with Me
Castle Freeman Jr., 2008
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Daniel Alfredson, 2015

Set in an Oregon logging community, Lillian, is a woman newly returned to her hometown after the death of her mother. Lillian refuses to be run out of town by Blackway, but Sheriff Wingate is reluctant to act against Blackway out of fear; feeling sympathetic to Lillian, he tells her to go to the town lumberyard mill and ask for a man named Scotty.