Chaplin. Poster of the 1992 movie and cover of the 1964 book, My Autobiography
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My Autobiography
Charlie Chaplin, 1964
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Richard Attenborough, 1992

Chaplin’s recollections begin with his childhood of extreme poverty from which he escapes by immersing himself in the world of the London music halls. After Sydney joins him in America to become his manager, Chaplin decides to break away from Sennett to have complete creative control over his films with the goal of one day owning his own studio.


Chaplin. Poster of the 1992 movie and cover of the 1985 book, Chaplin: His Life and Art
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Chaplin: His Life and Art
David Robinson, 1985
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Richard Attenborough, 1992

Chaplin’s recollections begin with his childhood of extreme poverty from which he escapes by immersing himself in the world of the London music halls. After Sydney joins him in America to become his manager, Chaplin decides to break away from Sennett to have complete creative control over his films with the goal of one day owning his own studio.


Transformers. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Transformers
Alan Dean Foster, 2007
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Michael Bay, 2007

Several thousand years ago, the planet Cybertron was consumed by a civil war between the two Transformer factions, the Autobots led by Optimus Prime and the Decepticons led by Megatron. They fight Scorponok off, aided by aerial reinforcements, and travel home with Scorponok’s stinger, discovering sabot rounds damaged its armor.


Stir of Echoes. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1958 book, A Stir of Echoes
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A Stir of Echoes
Richard Matheson, 1958
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David Koepp, 1999

Tom Witzky is a phone lineman living in a working-class neighborhood in Chicago with his pregnant wife Maggie and his son Jake, who possesses the ability to commune with the dead. At a party one evening, Tom challenges Maggie’s sister, Lisa, who is a believer in paranormal activity, to hypnotize him.


The Path to 9/11. Poster of the 2006 TV series and cover of the 2002 book, The Cell
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The Cell
John Miller, Michael Stone, 2002
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David L. Cunningham, 2006-

The miniseries portrays the series of events that led to the September 11, 2001 attacks carried out by Al Qaeda in the United States. It starts from the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and covers the period until the collapse of the towers in 2001. The story is presented through the perspectives of two main characters: John P. O’Neill and a fictional CIA agent named ‘Kirk’.


Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Transformers Dark of the Moon
Peter David, 2011
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Michael Bay, 2011

In 1961, the Ark, a Cybertronian spacecraft carrying an invention capable of ending the war between the benevolent Autobots and the malevolent Decepticons, crash lands on the dark side of Earth’s Moon. The crash is detected on Earth by NASA, and President John F. Kennedy authorizes a mission to put a man on the Moon as a cover for investigating the spacecraft.


Small Soldiers. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Small Soldiers
Gavin Scott, 1998
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Joe Dante, 1998

Top defense contractor GloboTech Industries acquires the Heartland Toy Company and as part of the move, Globotech CEO Gil Mars tells Heartland toy designers Larry Benson and Irwin Wayfair to develop actual live action toys capable of playing back. Faced with a tight three-month deadline for the toys’ release, Larry forgoes safety testing, then uses Irwin’s password and chooses GloboTech’s X1000 microprocessor to activate the toys.


The Stranger Beside Me. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the 1980 book
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The Stranger Beside Me
Ann Rule, 1980
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Paul Shapiro, 2003

Aspiring crime writer Ann Rule becomes friends with serial killer Ted Bundy while working at a women’s clinic in Seattle in the 1970s. Unknowingly, she spends time with Bundy and is unaware of his heinous crimes until he is arrested and she becomes the lead writer for the case.


Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Alan Dean Foster, 2009
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Michael Bay, 2009

In the year 17,000 B.C., the original Transformers leaders, the Seven Primes, travel across the universe to create Energon with star-absorbing machines called Sun Harvesters, which destroy stars in order to collect their raw material. The Fallen is confronted by the other Primes, who imprison him before he can harvest the Sun using the Matrix of Leadership.


Above Suspicion. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 1993 book
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Above Suspicion
Joe Sharkey, 1993
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Phillip Noyce, 2019

The chilling true story of a newly married FBI poster boy assigned to an Appalachian mountain town in Kentucky. There he is drawn into an illicit affair with an impoverished local woman who becomes his star informant. She sees in him her means of escape; instead, it’s a ticket to disaster for both of them.


A Perfect Day. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 2003 book
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A Perfect Day
Richard Paul Evans, 2003
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Peter Levin, 2006

When a writer’s book rockets to the bestseller list, he become famous. His wife and daughter, however, find it difficult to deal with the trappings of his success, and it takes a visit from an enigmatic stranger informing him that he has 40 days to live for him to regain his moral composure.