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The unauthorized, behind-the-scenes story of the stunning rise -- and suddenly uncertain reign -- of the most transformative cultural phenomenon of our time: the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel Entertainment was a moribund toymaker not even twenty years ago. Today, Marvel Studios is the dominant player both in Hollywood and in global pop culture. How did an upstart studio conquer the world? In MCU, beloved culture writers Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales,...
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Whether you judge by box office receipts, industry awards, or critical accolades, science fiction films are the most popular movies now being produced and distributed around the world. Nor is this phenomenon new. Sci-fi filmmakers and audiences have been exploring fantastic planets, forbidden zones, and lost continents ever since George Méliès' 1902 film A Trip to the Moon. In this highly entertaining and knowledgeable book, film historian and pop...
3) X-men
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Because of unique genetic mutations, children with extraordinary and dangerous powers are born into a world filled with prejudice. Under the tutelage of Professior Xavier, these and other outcasts learn to harness their powers for the good of mankind.
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""Ryan Britt is the Virgil you want to guide you through the inferno of geekery." --Lev Grossman, author of the bestselling Magician's trilogy Pop Culture and sci-fi guru Ryan Britt has never met a monster, alien, wizard, or superhero that didn't need further analysis. Essayist Ryan Britt got a sex education from dirty pictures of dinosaurs, made out with Jar-Jar Binks at midnight, and figured out how to kick depression with a Doctor Who Netflix-binge....
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"Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down. But pulling...
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There is no need to worry if you are a cocktail Wookie, as this sacred text contains helpful bartending tips and Jedi tricks to suit those of all levels! Channel the force and let The Unofficial Star WarsInspired Book of Cocktails be the Yoda to your Luke Skywalker with fifty drinks from Chalmuns Cantina in Mos Eisley on planet Tatooine. Cocktails made with alien ingredients such as activated charcoal and color-changing reagents are the perfect accompaniment...
8) Nope
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2022.
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Caretakers at a California horse ranch encounter a mysterious force that affects human and animal behavior.
9) The giver
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[2014]
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The story centers on Jonas, young man who lives in a supposedly ideal world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with the elder, who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community's secret past. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all; a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before.
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We are the first generation to live in a science fiction world. The science we do, the movies we watch, and the culture we consume is the stuff of fiction that became fact, the future imagined in our past--the future we now inhabit. The Science of Science Fiction is the story of how science fiction shaped our world. No longer a subculture, science fiction has moved into the mainstream with the advent of the information age it helped realize. Explore...
12) Upgrade
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[2018]
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Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when Grey, a self-identified technophobe, has his world turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant called Stem.
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When Alita awakens with no memory in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman. Ido also tries to shield Alita from her mysterious history while her street-smart new friend Hugo offers instead to help trigger her memories. But it is when the deadly and corrupt forces that run the city come after Alita that she...
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"As imminent conflict brews between the powerful Trade Federation and the peaceful planet of Naboo, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi travel to Naboo to warn the Queen of the galactic fallout which is to follow. Eventually, Naboo is invaded forcing the Jedis to evacuate the planet with the Queen and her court. They travel to the desert planet of Tatooine where they meet a slave boy called Anakin Skywalker who is evidently...
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[2024]
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Coriolanus Snow, impoverished and desperate to go to university and restore his family's former power and prestige, reluctantaly mentors the female District 12 tribute during the tenth Hunger Games, battling his instincts for both good and evil as he fosters feelings for his Tribute and tries to survive in post-war Panem.
16) Eternals
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[2022]
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Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, an unexpected tragedy forces a group of ancient aliens who have been living on Earth in secret for thousands of years out of the shadows to reunite against mankind's most ancient enemy, the Deviants.
18) Geekerella
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In a modern version of "Cinderella," geek girl Elle Wittimer enters a cosplay contest behind her stepmother's back and meets teen actor Darien Freeman at a convention cosplay ball.
19) Ready player one
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When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he challenges all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune.
"It's the perfect marriage of fabulist and fable."--Entertainment Weekly.
"The movie is crammed with excitement and good humor..."--New York Daily News.
"A rollicking adventure through worlds both bleak and fantastic..."--Hollywood Reporter.
20) Black Widow
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2021.
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Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Natasha Romanoff-- the Black Widow-- confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and assassin, and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.
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