Michael Dougherty
Author
Publisher
Sentinel, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"National Review senior writer Michael Brendan Dougherty delivers a mediation on belonging, fatherhood, and nationalism, through a series of letters to his estranged Irish father. The child of an Irish man and an Irish-American woman who split up soon after he was born, Michael Brendan Dougherty grew up with an acute sense of absence. He loved his mother but longed for his father, who only occasionally returned from Ireland for visits. He was happy...
3) Krampus
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"This darkly festive tale of a yuletide ghoul reveals an irreverently twisted side to the holiday. The horror-comedy tells the story of young Max, who turns his back on Christmas as his dysfunctional family comes together and comically clashes over the holidays. When they accidentally unleash the wrath of Krampus, an ancient entity from European folklore, all hell breaks loose and beloved holiday icons take on a monstrous life of their own."--
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Intertwines four tales together. A high school principal moonlights as a vicious serial killer; the quest for that special someone by a young virgin takes a gruesome turn; a group of teens carries out a cruel prank with disastrous consequences; and a cantankerous old man battles a mischievous trick-or-treating demon.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An ancient rivalry is rekindled when a Hollow Earth scholar receives private funding and wants to use Kong to discover the origin of the Titans. Protected inside a biodome since his discovery in the 70s, Kong was the only kaiju who did not participate in the epic battle against King Gidorah, and Godzilla is determined to become the final apex predator. Meanwhile, the humans begin to suspect that everyone involved is being manipulated by an industry...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The new story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance." --
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
An assassination attempt is made on the life of the president by a teleporting mutant. This act upsets the entire world and entices the president to begin the mutant-human war as predicted by Charles Xavier earlier. In an effort to get to the bottom of the attack and prevent world-wide war, Xavier sends out Storm and Dr. Jean Grey to search for the teleporting mutant and discover the truth behind the assassination attempt.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the X-Men try to find a mutant that has attempted to assassinate the President, the Academy is attacked by military forces. In the aftermath they join forces with Magneto and uncover a plot to murder all mutants on Earth.
11) Superman returns
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Following a mysterious absence of several years, Superman returns to Earth. While archenemy Lex Luthor plots to render him powerless once and for all, Superman faces the realization that Lois Lane has moved on with her life.
Publisher
Cranston Public Library
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
X-Men: A war is brewing between those with special powers ("mutants") and the rest of humanity -- and the only ones who can save the humans from certain destruction are a special group of mutants - the "X-Men." (Based on the comic series).
X2: X-Men united: An assassination attempt is made on the life of the president by a teleporting mutant. This act upsets the entire world and entices the president to begin the mutant-human war as predicted by...