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The American dystopian science fiction film, Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), was directed by Wes Ball and written by T.S. Nowlin, based on James Dashner’s 2011 novel of the same name. The remaining free ‘Gladers’ – Thomas, Newt, and Frypan – team up with the Right Arm resistance in an attempt to rescue other Immunes from WCKD’s train. Their mission takes a dangerous turn when they realize their friend Minho, who was captured by WCKD, is on a separate carriage headed to the ...

First Man (2018) is an American biographical drama film directed by Damien Chazelle from a screenplay by Josh Singer, based on the book of the same name by James R. Hansen. It follows NASA test pilot Neil Armstrong in 1961 as he flies the X-15 rocket-powered spaceplane, which accidentally bounces off the atmosphere. Despite successfully landing in the Mojave Desert, his colleagues question his recent series of mishaps and suggest that his focus may be divided due to personal troubles. Armstrong’s daughter Karen is ...

Mr. Mercedes is an American crime drama television series based on the Bill Hodges novel trilogy by Stephen King, which consists of Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, and End of Watch. The series premiered on Audience on August 9, 2017. It was developed by David E. Kelley and stars Brendan Gleeson and Harry Treadaway. In November 2018, it was announced that Audience had renewed the series for a ten-episode third season, which premiered on September 10, 2019. In ...

The film Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) is an American dystopian science fiction based on James Dashner’s novel of the same name. A hesitant Thomas is left by his mother with scientist Ava Paige and soldiers from the organization WCKD. Along with other children, he is placed in a mobile maze in the Glade for scientific testing. Years later, after being rescued from the maze, Thomas and the other survivors are brought to a facility led by Mr. Janson. He claims that the facility offers protection from the Flare virus and ‘Cranks’, and supplies them with necessary resources. Under Janson’s ...

The film Paper Towns (2015), directed by Jake Schreier and written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, is based on the 2008 novel of the same name by John Green. Quentin ‘Q’ Jacobsen resides in Jefferson Park, a subdivision in Orlando, Florida, just across the street from his childhood friend Margo Roth Spiegelman. Their friendship had faded over nine years since they stumbled upon the body of local lawyer Robert Joyner, who had committed suicide following ...

The film The Longest Ride (2015), directed by George Tillman Jr. and written by Craig Bolotin, follows the story of Luke Collins, a professional bull rider who crosses paths with Sophia Danko, an art student at Wake Forest University, at a PBR event. On their first date, they come across a car crash in the woods and together rescue an elderly man and a box of letters from his vehicle. At the hospital, Sophia meets the 91-year-old man, Ira Levinson, whom she helped save. He shares that the letters are his teenage writings to his late wife, Ruth. Seeing that Ira is unable ...

The Maze Runner (2014) is an American sci-fi film directed by Wes Ball. It is based on the eponymous novel written by James Dashner and marks Ball’s directorial debut. Our protagonist, a teenage boy, wakes up in an underground elevator with no recollection of his identity. He is welcomed by a group of male youths in an open grassy area known as the ‘Glade’, enclosed by towering stone walls. The boys have established a basic society with each assigned specific tasks. It becomes clear to our young hero that their only means of escape from the maze they are trapped in lies within its complicated pathways. ...

The Fault in Our Stars (2014), directed by Josh Boone and written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, is an American coming-of-age romance film based on John Green’s 2012 novel of the same name. Hazel Grace Lancaster, an Indianapolis teenager with thyroid cancer that has spread to her lungs, attends a weekly cancer patient support group at the urging of her mother who believes she may be depressed. There she meets Augustus ‘Gus’ Waters, who is there to ...

Safe Haven (2013) is an American romantic fantasy drama thriller film starring Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel and Cobie Smulders. After fleeing to her older neighbor’s house for refuge, a panicked Erin takes drastic measures to change her appearance before arriving at a bus station. Despite being pursued by the police, she boards a bus and makes her way to Southport, North Carolina. There, she adopts the name Katie, secures employment as a waitress, and rents a modest home on the outskirts of town. Katie quickly forms a ...

The romantic fantasy film, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012), is directed by Bill Condon with a screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, adapted from Stephenie Meyer’s novel Breaking Dawn. Continuing from the previous film, Bella wakes up as a newly turned vampire after giving birth. With the help of her husband Edward Cullen, she overcomes her initial thirst for blood and meets their daughter Renesmee. The Cullens and Bella’s friend Jacob are also present, but when Jacob becomes possessive ...

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011) is an American romantic fantasy film directed by Bill Condon from a screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the 2008 novel Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. After several months since the previous events, human Bella Swan and vampire Edward Cullen tie the knot. At their wedding reception, werewolf Jacob Black returns to town after receiving an invitation, much to Bella’s delight. They share a dance in the woods, where she mentions their plan to ...

The romantic fantasy film, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), follows the story of Bella Swan and her vampire lover, Edward Cullen. Directed by David Slade and written by Melissa Rosenberg, the movie is an adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s novel of the same name. In Seattle, Victoria attacks a human named Riley to start an army of newborn vampires in order to get revenge on Edward for killing her previous partner. Meanwhile, Bella and Edward contemplate the idea of immortality and marriage in Forks, Washington. Despite ...

Dear John (2010) is a romantic war drama film directed by Lasse Hallström, based on Nicholas Sparks’ novel of the same name. While serving in the United States Army Special Forces in 2003, Staff Sergeant John Tyree gets shot in Afghanistan. In a voice-over, he reflects on visiting the U.S. Mint as a child and compares himself to a coin in the military before remembering that his last thought before passing out was of someone special. Two years prior, during Spring of 2001, John takes leave in Charleston, South Carolina and meets Savannah Curtis. She is a college ...

The American romantic fantasy film, The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), was directed by Chris Weitz and written by Melissa Rosenberg. Based on Stephenie Meyer’s 2006 novel of the same name, it follows the story of Bella Swan in Forks, Washington. On her eighteenth birthday, Bella wakes up from a dream where she is elderly and her immortal vampire boyfriend, Edward Cullen, remains young. Despite her reservations, Edward’s family throws her a birthday party at their home. Unfortunately, when Bella receives a paper ...

Catherine Hardwicke directed the American romantic fantasy film Twilight (2008), which was based on Stephenie Meyer’s 2005 novel and written by Melissa Rosenberg. Seventeen-year-old Bella Swan moves from Phoenix, Arizona to live with her father, Charlie, who is the police chief in Forks, Washington. Her mother Renée is remarried to a minor league baseball player named Phil. In Forks, Bella reunites with her childhood friend Jacob Black, who lives on the nearby Quileute Indian Reservation with his father Billy. At ...