A Love Song for Bobby Long. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 2004 book, Off Magazine Street
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Off Magazine Street
Ronald Everett Capps, 2004
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Shainee Gabel, 2004

After her mother’s death, Pursy Will returns to New Orleans to claim her inheritance, only to find two troubled men, Bobby Long and Lawson Pines, living in her mother’s house. Bobby, a once-promising literature professor, and Lawson, his young protégé, have succumbed to alcoholism and despair. As tensions and secrets unravel, the three form an unlikely bond, confronting their past traumas and finding redemption through forgiveness and human connection in the heartwarming and soulful city of New Orleans.


Love & Other Drugs. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 2005 book, Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman
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Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman
Jamie Reidy, 2005
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Edward Zwick, 2010

In 1996, Jamie Randall is fired from a Pittsburgh electronics store for having sex with his manager’s girlfriend. His wealthy brother, Josh, offers to refer Jamie to a friend for a job as a pharmaceutical sales representative. Afterwards, Jamie tries to gain access to Dr. Knight by flirting with his female employees, while secretly discarding the Prozac samples.


Archangel. Poster of the 2005 TV series and cover of the 1998 book
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Archangel
Robert Harris, 1998
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Jon Jones, 2005

An English expert on Soviet history, is in Moscow for an academic conference on Joseph Stalin. After the conference, Papu Rapava, an old man, says that he has important information for Dr. Kelso. In Hotel Ukraine, where Kelso is staying, Rapava recounts in detail how he, as a young security guard in 1953, witnessed the death of Stalin.


Whiteout. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1998 comic book
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Whiteout
Greg Rucka, Steve Lieber, 1998
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Dominic Sena, 2009

In 1957, a Russian cargo plane is flying above Antarctica. In the cargo hold, three Russians sit with a padlocked box. The co-pilot leaves his seat and goes into the cargo hold, then begins to shoot the other men, who return fire. The chaos caused by the gunfight leads to a crash which kills all aboard.


The Spirit. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 1940 comic book
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The Spirit
Will Eisner, 1940
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Frank Miller, 2008

Denny Colt, also known as ‘the Spirit’, learns about a major case from Detective Sussman involving his nemesis, ‘the Octopus’. The Spirit dons his costume and travels across rooftops, saving a woman before connecting with Officer Liebowitz. At the swampland, femme fatale Sand Saref rises from the water to shoot Sussman.