Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Poster of the 1991 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Randall Frakes, 1991
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James Cameron, 1991

In 1995, John Connor is living in Los Angeles with his foster parents. After the trio escape from the T-1000 in a police car, the Terminator informs John and Sarah about Skynet’s history. Finding him at his home, she wounds him but finds herself unable to kill him in front of his family.


Zack Snyder's Justice League. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 1987 comic book, Justice League
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Justice League
Gardner Fox, 1987
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Zack Snyder, 2021

Thousands of years ago, Darkseid and his Parademons attempted to conquer Earth using the Mother Boxes after learning that Earth harbored the Anti-Life Equation. Steppenwolf aims to regain Darkseid’s favor by gathering the boxes to form the Unity, which would terraform Earth in the likeness of their world Apokolips.


Of Mice and Men. Poster of the 1992 movie and cover of the 1937 book
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Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, 1937
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Gary Sinise, 1992

During the Great Depression, the quick-witted George Milton looks after his physically strong yet mentally disabled companion Lennie Small. George, aware that Curley’s wife will bring trouble upon the men due to her sexual allure and persistent flirting, strictly instructs Lennie to keep away and not to look at her.


Apt Pupil. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1982 book
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Apt Pupil
Stephen King, 1982
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Bryan Singer, 1998

In Southern California in 1984, 16-year-old high school student Todd Bowden discovers that his elderly neighbor, Arthur Denker, is in reality Kurt Dussander — a former Sturmbannführer in the SS who is now a fugitive war criminal hiding from justice. Talking about the war crimes affects both the old man and the young boy, and an intoxicated Dussander attempts to kill a cat in his gas oven but fails when it attacks him and escapes.


Cleveland Abduction. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2014 book, Finding Me
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Finding Me
Michelle Knight, 2014
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Alex Kalymnios, 2015

Cleveland Abduction is a film that tells the true story of Michelle Knight, a 21-year-old single mother who was affected forever by a chance encounter with a madman. The film follows Knight’s journey as she tries to rebuild her life after enduring years of captivity and abuse at the hands of her kidnapper.


Paycheck. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the 1953 book
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Paycheck
Philip K. Dick, 1953
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John Woo, 2003

In the near future, Michael Jennings is a reverse engineer; he analyzes his clients’ competitors’ technology and recreates it with improvements. To protect his clients’ intellectual property and himself, Jennings undergoes memory wipe to remove knowledge of his engineering with aid of his friend Shorty.


The Night Listener. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 2000 book
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The Night Listener
Armistead Maupin, 2000
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Patrick Stettner, 2006

Famous author and late-night talk show host Gabriel Noone is enthralled by the tragic tale of a young listener and his adoptive mother. But when worrying doubts about the boy’s identity start to surface, Noone finds himself sucked into a growing mystery that conceals a terrible secret!


Our Kind of People. Poster of the 2021 TV series and cover of the 1999 book, Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class
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Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class
Lawrence Otis Graham, 1999
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Wendy Calhoun, Karin Gist, 2021-2022

Angela Vaughn, a single mother, arrives with her teenage daughter and aunt to the Martha’s Vineyard community, instantly immersing into a luxurious lifestyle and finding herself at the center of attention of the powerful Franklin and Dupont families.


The Pest. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1924 book, The Most Dangerous Game
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The Most Dangerous Game
Richard Connell, 1924
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Paul Miller, 1997

The Pest is a deranged con artist from Miami who is ready to become the prey of a hunter. As The Pest demonstrates in this hilarious high-speed hunt that careens from a neo-private Nazi’s island to the party-all-the-time streets of Miami’s South Beach, if you’re going to be a target, it’s best to be a moving target. The Pest, a coarse, crass, and infinitely creative character, eludes his predator while maintaining his attitude by assuming a wide range of ethnic identities.