Sideways. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 2004 book
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Sideways
Rex Pickett, 2004
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Alexander Payne, 2004

Miles Raymond is an unsuccessful writer, a wine aficionado, and a divorced, depressed, alcoholic middle-aged English teacher living in San Diego. At the beginning of this trip, he stops to see his mother before the day of her birthday. However, much to Miles’ consternation, Jack is on the prowl and wants one last sexual fling before settling into domestic life.


Swamp Thing. Poster of the 2019 TV series and cover of the 1983 comic book, Saga of the Swamp Thing
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Saga of the Swamp Thing
Alan Moore, Stephen R. Bissette, John Totleben, 1983
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Gary Dauberman, Mark Verheiden, 2019

Abby Arcane returns home to Marais, Louisiana, to investigate a deadly swamp-borne virus, where she develops a bond with disgraced scientist Alec Holland. After Holland tragically dies, Abby discovers the mysteries of the swamp and that Holland may not be dead after all when a mysterious creature claims to be him.


Swamp Thing. Poster of the 2019 TV series and cover of the 1972 comic book
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Swamp Thing
Len Wein, Bernie Wrightson, 1972
TV series vs comic book
Gary Dauberman, Mark Verheiden, 2019

Abby Arcane returns home to Marais, Louisiana, to investigate a deadly swamp-borne virus, where she develops a bond with disgraced scientist Alec Holland. After Holland tragically dies, Abby discovers the mysteries of the swamp and that Holland may not be dead after all when a mysterious creature claims to be him.


Witches of East End. Poster of the 2013 TV series and cover of the 2011 book
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Witches of East End
Melissa de la Cruz, 2011
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Maggie Friedman, 2013-2014

Freya and Ingrid Beauchamp, sisters who work as a bartender and a librarian, learn as adults that they are witches with magical abilities. They are facing a deadly foe along with their mother Joanna and her sister, both of whom are witches.


The Rainmaker. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1995 book
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The Rainmaker
John Grisham, 1995
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Francis Ford Coppola, 1997

Rudy Baylor is a graduate of the University of Memphis Law School. Unlike most of his fellow grads, he has no high-paying job lined up and is forced to apply for part-time positions while serving drinks at a Memphis bar. However, Deck is resourceful in gathering information and is an expert on insurance lawsuits.


Candyman. Poster of the 1992 movie and cover of the 1985 book, The Forbidden
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The Forbidden
Clive Barker, 1985
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Bernard Rose, 1992

The Candyman can be summoned by a person who says his name five times to a mirror, causing him to appear and kill the summoner by using a hook attached to the bloody stump of his right arm. Helen, now writing a thesis on how the residents of Cabrini-Green use the Candyman legend to cope with hardship, visits the scene of Ruthie Jean’s murder there, and meets Ruthie Jean’s neighbor Anne-Marie McCoy and her infant son Anthony.


Dune. Poster of the 1984 movie and cover of the 1965 book
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Dune
Frank Herbert, 1965
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David Lynch, 1984

In the far future, the known universe is ruled by Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV. Meanwhile, on the industrial world of Giedi Prime, the sadistic Baron Vladimir Harkonnen tells his nephews Glossu The Beast Rabban and Feyd-Rautha about his plan to eliminate the Atreides by manipulating someone in House Atreides into betraying the Duke.


The Haunting. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1959 book, The Haunting of Hill House
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The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson, 1959
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Jan de Bont, 1999

Eleanor Vance, an insomniac, has cared for her invalid mother for 11 years. They eject Nell so they can sell it, and Nell faces homelessness. Two other participants arrive, Luke Sanderson and Theodora, along with Dr. Marrow and his two research assistants. Each night, the caretakers chain the gate outside Hill House, preventing anyone from getting in or out until morning.


The Apocalypse Watch. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1995 book
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The Apocalypse Watch
Robert Ludlum, 1995
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Kevin Connor, 1997

In the Hausruck Hills in Austria, CIA agent Harry Latham attempts infiltrating a secret training airfield belonging to the Brüderschaft der Wacht, a Neo-nazi movement gradually building a renaissance of the Nazi ideology across Europe. However, he’s exposed and captured, and the Brotherhood’s chief surgeon, Dr. Gerhardt Kroeger, performs a microchip implant experiment on Harry in an attempt to make him a controllable double-agent.


Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1945 book, Stuart Little
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Stuart Little
E.B. White, 1945
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Audu Paden, 2005

Three years after the events of the previous film, Stuart, Snowbell, and the Littles leave New York City to go on a camping trip near the fictional Lake Garland. Once they arrive at the lake, Stuart and his brother George decide to join a group called the Lake Scouts led by their leader Troopmaster Bickle, with their father Frederick watching over them.