The X Files. Poster of the 1993 TV series and cover of the book novelization
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The X Files
Les Martin, Ellen Steiber, 1997
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Chris Carter, 1993-2018

The X-Files follows the careers and personal lives of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson). She is partnered with Mulder initially so that she can debunk Mulder’s nonconforming theories, often supplying logical, scientific explanations for the cases’ apparently unexplainable phenomena.


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.


Peacemaker. Poster of the 2022 TV series and cover of the 1966 comic book
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Peacemaker
Joe Gill, Pat Boyette, 1966
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James Gunn, Brad Anderson, 2022-

Set after the events of The Suicide Squad (2021), the series explores the origins of Peacemaker and his subsequent missions. Set in Peace, AL, Peace Maker, or better known as PeaceMaker, has one goal in mind – to make peace. However, he soon discovers peace isn’t so easy to make alone. He forms a rag-tag gang with fellow peace enthusiasts Piece Major and Peas Sprayer. As a group, Peace, Piece, and Peas make peace piece-by-piece.


The Unit. Poster of the 2006 TV series and cover of the 2002 book, Inside Delta Force
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Inside Delta Force
Eric L. Haney, 2002
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David Mamet, 2006

The Unit comprises a secret Special Forces squad that works outside the standard military hierarchy. Their missions take them across the globe, where they put themselves in harm’s way to safeguard American citizens and foreigners, slipping in undetected and often without recognition.


Walk the Line. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1997 book, Cash: The Autobiography of Johnny Cash
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Cash: The Autobiography of Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash, 1997
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James Mangold, 2005

In 1968, as an audience of inmates at Folsom State Prison cheer for Johnny Cash, he waits backstage near a table saw, reminding him of his early life. A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash’s life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.


Walk the Line. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1975 book, Man in Black
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Man in Black
Johnny Cash, 1975
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James Mangold, 2005

In 1968, as an audience of inmates at Folsom State Prison cheer for Johnny Cash, he waits backstage near a table saw, reminding him of his early life. A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash’s life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.


Bridge to Terabithia. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 1977 book
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Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson, 1977
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Gabor Csupo, 2007

Jesse Jess Aarons (Josh Hutcherson) is a 12-year-old aspiring artist living with his financially struggling family in Lark Creek. He rides the bus to school with his little sister May Belle (Bailee Madison), where he avoids the school bully Janice Avery (Lauren Clinton). On the way home, Jess and Leslie learn they are next-door neighbours.


Flags of Our Fathers. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 2000 book
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Flags of Our Fathers
James D. Bradley, Ron Powers, 2000
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Clint Eastwood, 2006

As three US servicemen – Marine Private First Class Ira Hayes, Private First Class Rene Gagnon, and Navy Pharmacist’s Mate 2nd Class John Doc Bradley – are feted as heroes in a war bond drive, they reflect on their experiences via flashback. The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II.


Gangster Squad. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2010 book
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Gangster Squad
Paul Lieberman, 2010
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Ruben Fleischer, 2013

In 1949 Los Angeles, Mafia boss Mickey Cohen has become the most powerful figure in the California criminal underworld and intends to expand his criminal enterprise to Chicago and New York City. The LAPD has not been able to stop Cohen’s ruthless rise, as he has eliminated witnesses, hired dirty cops to protect his criminal activities, and shielded himself from prosecution through corruption in the justice system.


Lore. Poster of the 2017 TV series and cover of the 2017 book, The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures
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The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures
Aaron Mahnke, 2017
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Aaron Mahnke, 2017-2018

This eerie anthology series adapts Aaron Mahnke’s ‘Lore’ podcast, delving into real-life events that inspired our deepest fears. Combining compelling dramatizations with animations, archival footage, and Mahnke’s narration, Lore unveils the unsettling origins behind our most terrifying myths and legends.


Fire in the Sky. Poster of the 1993 movie and cover of the 1978 book, The Walton Experience
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The Walton Experience
Travis Walton, 1978
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Robert Lieberman, 1993

On November 5, 1975 in Snowflake, Arizona, logger Travis Walton, and his co-workers head to work in the White Mountains. Driving home from work, the loggers come across an unidentified flying object. Curious to learn more, Walton gets out of the truck and is struck by a bright beam of light from the object and is sent flying several feet backwards as if pushed by an unseen force.


Back Roads. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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Back Roads
Tawni O'Dell, 1999
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Alex Pettyfer, 2018

After his mother is imprisoned for killing his abusive father, Harley Altmyer is left to care for his three younger sisters in rural Pennsylvania. Harley forgoes his college education, working dead-end jobs to pay the bills and raise his siblings. Scarred by his past, Harley becomes infatuated with Callie Mercer, the older married woman who lives nearby.