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1) The Martian
Pub. Date
[2015]
Formats
Description
After a bad storm blows across Mars Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead and left behind. Now stuck on a hostile planet he must find a way to signal to Earth and in the meantime, survive on limited supplies.
2) Inception
Pub. Date
[2010]
Formats
Description
Dom Cobb is the best there is at extraction; stealing valuable secrets inside the subconscious during the mind's vulnerable dream state. His skill has made him a coveted player in industrial espionage, but also has made him a fugitive and cost him dearly. Now he may get a second chance if he can do the impossible; inception, planting an idea rather than stealing one. If they succeed, Cobb and his team could pull off the perfect crime.
3) The Matrix
Series
Description
Computer hacker realizes the world is a hoax, an elaborate deception spun by all-powerful machines of artificial intelligence that control us.
In an anti-utopian future, the real world as we know it is nothing more than a computer construct created by an all-powerful artificial intelligence. A small group of humans has found a way out of the construct and are now fighting for the future of the human race.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
When Thomas wakes up trapped in a massive maze with a group of other boys, he has no memory of the outside world other than strange dreams about a mysterious organization known as W.C.K.D. Only by piecing together fragments of his past with clues he discovers in the maze can Thomas hope to uncover his true purpose and a way to escape.
Pub. Date
c2010
Formats
Description
Gru delights in all things wicked. Surrounded by an army of tireless little yellow minions, and armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen, a potential dad.
6) Tangled
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
When Flynn Rider, the kingdom's most wanted bandit, hides in a mysterious tower, the last thing he expects to find is Rapunzel, a spirited teen with an unlikely superpower: 70 feet of magical golden hair! Together, the unlikely duo sets off on a fantastic journey filled with surprising heroes, laughter, and suspense.
7) The father
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind, and even the fabric of his reality.
8) Avatar
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
On the amazing world of Pandora, a man embarks on an epic journey of adventure and love, ultimately fighting to save the unique place he has learned to call home.
10) Eternals
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
After the population is restored following Thanos' click, 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.
11) Fantastic voyage
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Five people are miniaturized and sent on a rescue mission through a man's body where they have sixty minutes to reach and break up a blood clot in his brain.
12) Blue Beetle
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
Jaime Reyes suddenly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology called the Scarab. When the Scarab chooses Jaime to be its symbiotic host, he's bestowed with an incredible suit of armor that's capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero Blue Beetle.
13) The iron giant
Description
Hogarth Hughes just rescued an enormous robot that fell from the stars to Earth. Now young Hogarth has one very big friend and an even bigger problem: how do you keep a 50-foot-tall, steel-eating giant a secret?
14) The jerk
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
A rags-to-riches-to-rags story. Navin Johnson, adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, produces some crazy inventions that lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, it begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
16) Wonder Woman
Pub. Date
[2017]
Formats
Description
Diana, princess of the Amazons was trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers, and her true destiny.
18) Spider-Man
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider and develops spider-like abilities.
19) Poor things
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Under Baxter's protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn, a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices...
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Description
It opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident, were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt 3C 55 2B 30 30 38 32 E2 3Es fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and...