Boardwalk Empire. Poster of the 2010 TV series and cover of the 2002 book
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Boardwalk Empire
Nelson Johnson, 2002
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Terence Winter, 2010-2014

Boardwalk Empire is a period drama focusing on Enoch #Nucky# Thompson (based on the historical Enoch L. Johnson), a political figure who rises to prominence and controls Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the 1920s and 1930s. Nucky interacts with historical characters in both his personal and political life, including mobsters, politicians, government agents, and the common folk who look up to him. The final season jumps ahead seven years, to 1931, as Prohibition nears its end.


The Dreamers. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the 1988 book
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The Dreamers
Gilbert Adair, 1988
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Bernardo Bertolucci, 2003

Matthew is an American exchange student who has come to Paris to study French. The three bond over a shared love of film. After dinner with their parents, Théo and Isabelle offer Matthew the chance to stay with them while their parents are on a trip. After Théo loses at a trivia game, Isabelle sentences him to masturbate to a Marlene Dietrich poster in front of them.


Bully. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 1997 book, Bully: a True Story of High School Revenge
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Bully: a True Story of High School Revenge
Jim Schutze, 1997
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Larry Clark, 2001

South Florida high school dropouts Ali Willis and Lisa Connelly befriend Bobby Kent and Marty Puccio, employees at a local deli. The four all go out on a double date. While in a parked car, Ali performs oral sex on Bobby, while Lisa and Marty have sex in the back seat. Lisa later learns she is pregnant, but is afraid that the child is Bobby’s instead of Marty’s.


Ghost in the Shell. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 1989 comic book
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Ghost in the Shell
Masamune Shirow, 1989
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Rupert Sanders, 2017

In the near future, humans are augmented with cybernetic improvements to traits such as vision, strength, and intelligence. Augmentation developer Hanka Robotics establishes a secret project to develop an artificial body, or shell, that can integrate a human brain rather than an AI. Over the objections of her designer Dr. Ouelet, Hanka Robotics CEO, Cutter, decides to use Killian as a counter-terrorism operative.


Ghost in the Shell. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Ghost in the Shell
James Swallow, 2017
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Rupert Sanders, 2017

In the near future, humans are augmented with cybernetic improvements to traits such as vision, strength, and intelligence. Augmentation developer Hanka Robotics establishes a secret project to develop an artificial body, or shell, that can integrate a human brain rather than an AI. Over the objections of her designer Dr. Ouelet, Hanka Robotics CEO, Cutter, decides to use Killian as a counter-terrorism operative.


Asphalt City. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 2008 book, Black Flies
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Black Flies
Shannon Burke, 2008
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Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, 2023

Ollie Cross drives an ambulance on the streets of New York alongside Rutkovsky, a seasoned veteran who is one of the city’s finest medics, as he prepares for his ambition to attend medical school.


The Last Days of American Crime. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 2010 comic book
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The Last Days of American Crime
Rick Remender, 2010
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Olivier Megaton, 2020

In 2024, the U.S. government prepares to activate the American Peace Initiative signal, a ‘synaptic blocker’ that will prevent the population from breaking the law. In Detroit, Graham Bricke leads a crew of bank robbers including his brother Rory, who begins a prison sentence. The API signal is tested while Bricke’s crew robs a bank, and one of the thieves is killed.