Stranger Things. Poster of the 2016 TV series and cover of the book novelization
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Suspicious Minds
Gwenda Bond, 2019
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Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, 2016-

Stranger Things begins in November 1983, when Will Byers is abducted by a creature from the Upside Down. His mother, Joyce, and the town’s police chief, Jim Hopper, search for Will. At the same time, a young psychokinetic girl called Eleven escapes from the laboratory and assists Will’s friends, Mike, Dustin, and Lucas, in their own efforts to find Will.


Revolutionary Road. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 1961 book
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Revolutionary Road
Richard Yates, 1961
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Sam Mendes, 2008

In 1948, Frank Wheeler meets April at a party. Frank later secures a sales position with Knox Machines, and he and April marry. Meanwhile, Helen has asked April if they will meet her son, John, who had been in an insane asylum. She thinks the younger couple may be able to help her son with his condition.


Black Widow. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 1964 comic book
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Black Widow
Stan Lee, Don Rico, Don Heck, 1964
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Cate Shortland, 2021

Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Natasha Romanoff finds herself alone and forced to confront a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Romanoff must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.


Extraction. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 2014 comic book, Ciudad
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Ciudad
Ande Parks, Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Fernando León González, Eric Skillman, 2014
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Sam Hargrave, 2020

After a day at school, Ovi Mahajan –son of an incarcerated Indian drug lord– sneaks out of his house to visit a club, where he is kidnapped by police officers working for rival drug lord Amir Asif. Rake rescues Ovi, kills his captors, and takes him to the extraction point, but his father’s men intentionally fail to transfer the funds.


Quantum of Solace. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 1965 book
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Quantum of Solace
Ian Fleming, 1965
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Marc Forster, 2008

Moments after the end of the previous film, James Bond is driving from Lake Garda to Siena, Italy, with the captured Mr White in the trunk of his Aston Martin DBS V12. Observing her subsequent meeting with Greene, Bond learns Greene is helping exiled Bolivian General Medrano, who murdered Camille’s family, to overthrow the government and become the new president, in exchange for a seemingly barren piece of desert.


A Walk Among the Tombstones. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1992 book
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A Walk Among the Tombstones
Lawrence Block, 1992
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Scott Frank, 2014

In 1991, Detective Matthew Matt Scudder is in a car with his partner, who urges him to get help and expresses his concern that Scudder is not a reliable backup. Kenny tells Scudder that after he delivered the ransom, the kidnappers directed him to a car containing his wife’s dismembered body.


Parkland. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2007 book, Four Days in November
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Four Days in November
Vincent Bugliosi, 2007
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Peter Landesman, 2013

November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. The movie follows, almost in real time, a handful of individuals forced to make split-second decisions after an event that would change their lives and forever alter the world’s landscape.


Suicide Squad. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 1987 comic book
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Suicide Squad
Steve Anglehart, 1987
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David Ayer, 2016

In the one-year aftermath of Superman’s death, intelligence officer Amanda Waller convinces Washington, D.C. officials to allow her to assemble Task Force X, a team of dangerous criminals imprisoned at Belle Reve Special Security Barracks. Meanwhile, Harley’s lover, Gotham City crime boss Joker, finds out about her predicament and tortures Belle Reve security officer Griggs into leading him to the facility where the nanite bombs are made.


Suicide Squad. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Suicide Squad
Marv Wolfman, 2016
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David Ayer, 2016

In the one-year aftermath of Superman’s death, intelligence officer Amanda Waller convinces Washington, D.C. officials to allow her to assemble Task Force X, a team of dangerous criminals imprisoned at Belle Reve Special Security Barracks. Meanwhile, Harley’s lover, Gotham City crime boss Joker, finds out about her predicament and tortures Belle Reve security officer Griggs into leading him to the facility where the nanite bombs are made.


Hellboy. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 1993 comic book, Hellboy: Seed of Destruction
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Hellboy: Seed of Destruction
Mike Mignola, John Byrne, 1993
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Neil Marshall, 2019

In 517 A.D., the evil Blood Queen Vivienne Nimue unleashes a plague on England until King Arthur thwarts her with the aid of Ganeida, a member of her coven. Sending an SO19 team to retrieve Hellboy, Bruttenholm introduces Hellboy to M11 agent Ben Daimio and relays that Nimue’s remains have been taken, and the last piece is stored at the Osiris Club.