The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey Official Movie Guide (Brian Sibley)

The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey Official Movie Guide

Brian Sibley

Blurb: The official movie guide.
Enter Bilbo Baggins' world through exclusive interviews with director Peter Jackson, Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen and all the principal cast and filmmakers, who share film-making secrets and tales of what it was actually like making movie magic in Middle-earth.

Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of behind-the-scenes photos of the actors, locations, sets, creatures and costumes, this essential guide has been produced in collaboration with the filmmakers who have brought J.R.R. Tolkien's classic novel into breathtaking three-dimensional life.

ISBN: 9780007464463 (Paperback)

Year: 2012

Publisher: Harper Collins

Pages: 168 (Non-Fiction)

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Mewtwo Strikes Back - Pokemon The First Movie (Tracey West)

Mewtwo Strikes Back - Pokemon The First Movie

Tracey West

Blurb: Here comes Mewtwo, the Super-Pokemon - and it's trying to take over the world! (That is NOT a good thing!)

Scientists cloned the legendary Pokemon Mew to create Mewtwo, the most powerful Pokemon in the world. Only no one counted on a mad, mean Mewtwo! Now it wants to rule, and it will stop at nothing to get its way.

Mewtwo sets a trap for the world's best Pokemon trainers. It plans to steal their Pokemon and make super-nasty clones - clones strong enough to defeat all the real Pokemon. Even Ash and Pikachu are no match for Mewtwo and its cunning copies.

Now only Mew can save the world from Mewtwo's Poke power. Mew, go1 It's a double-trouble Pokemon showdown.

ISBN: 0439137411 (Paperback)

Year: 1999

Publisher: Scholastic

Pages: 109 (Fiction)

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Sci-Fi Movie Freak (Robert C. Ring)

Sci-Fi Movie Freak

Robert C. Ring

Blurb: Sci-Fi Movie Freak is a celebration of some of the greatest science-fiction movies of all time. Your inner geek will freak finding everything from classics like Metropolis, Forbidden Planet, and 2001: A Space Odyssey to modern movies including Avatar, Moon and Inception, and even the entertaining 'failures' like Robot Monster, Gammera the Invincible, and Battlefield Earth.

Movies are divided into various chapters including Best of the Best, Further Essentials, and Lesser-Known Gems.

-Features more than 100 movies

-250+ photos of movie stills and posters

-Top 10 lists of the best directors, female characters, villains and more

-Free DVD of the cult classic Plan 9 From Outer Space

ISBN: 9781440228629 (Paperback)

Year: 2011

Publisher: Krause Publications

Pages: 256 (Non-Fiction)

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5. A list of great Sci-Fi movies

The Avengers - The Movie Storybook (Scott Peterson)

The Avengers - The Movie Storybook

Adapted by Scott Peterson

Blurb: The invincible Iron Man, Super-Soldier Captain America. The Incredible Hulk. The Mighty Thor.

One by one, S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury, with the help of special agents Hawkeye and Black Widow, must bring these Super Heroes together to save the world.

The Asgardian Trickster known as Loki has stolen a power source known only as the Tesseract from a top-secret S.H.I.E.L.D base. Now he has the ability to destroy the planet - and he plans on using this unlimited power to rule Earth! Can Earth's Mightiest Heroes, now known as the Avengers, assemble for good and stop the master of mischief before it's too late?

ISBN: 9781742833682 (Paperback)

Year: 2012

Publisher: Scholastic / Marvel

Pages: 64 (Fiction)

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The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary - How Greg Heffley Went Hollywood (Jeff Kinney)

The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary - How Greg Heffley Went Hollywood

Jeff Kinney

Blurb: Go behind the scenes with Jeff Kinney and the making of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie!

Ever wondered how they make a movie out of a book? Author Jeff Kinney didn't know either, but discovering how Greg Heffley and everyone else from his bestselling series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, got turned into a live-action movie by 20th Century Fox, was an adventure he definitely wanted to share with you; so here it is!

Complete with still shots from the film, script pages, storyboard sketches, costume designs and all new original art from Jeff, The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary is a must-have for every Wimpy Kid fan.

ISBN: 9780143305491 (Paperback)

Year: 2010

Publisher: Puffin Books

Pages: 202 (Non-Fiction)

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The Rugrats Movie: A Novelization (Cathy East Dubowski and Mark Dubowski)

The Rugrats Movie: A Novelization

Cathy East Dubowski and Mark Dubowski

Blurb: Things will never be the same...

While the growed-ups at the baby shower talk about the baby that Stu and Didi Pickles are expecting, Tommy Pickles, his friends Chuckie, Phil and Lil, and Angelica go through the baby presents looking for Tommy's new baby sister. After all, Angelica said that babies are 'a gift from Bob.' But Bob isn't at the party, and neither is Tommy's sister.

The babies have more luck when they go to the hopsical and find it's a baby store. Tommy proudly meets his sister, only to find out that she is a boy named Dil.

Baby Dil is a big pain. He cries all the time and messes up everything. Tommy won't let Phil and Lil take Dil back to the baby store, but before the babies know it, they're on the way to a great adventure in Stu's latest invention: the Reptar Wagon.

While Stu and Didi desperately search for Dil and the babies, Tommy tries to take responsibility for his little brother. But the growed-ups better find the babies soon, because Lil and Phil are about to trade Dil for a baby monkey...

ISBN: 0671021060 (Paperback)

Year: 1998

Publisher: Pocket Books

Pages: 137 (Fiction)

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Shrek 2: The Movie Storybook (Tom Mason and Dan Danko)

Shrek 2: The Movie Storybook

Tom Mason and Dan Danko

Blurb: Once upon another time...

The fairy tale continues as everyone's favourite ogre faces his greatest challenge of all - the in-laws! Shrek and Princess Fiona return from their honeymoon to find an invitation to visit Princess Fiona's parents, the King and Queen of the kingdom of Far Far Away. With Donkey along for the ride, the happy couple is off on a brand-new adventure where they'll meet a host of other fairy tale characters who will help and hinder them along the way.

ISBN: 0439538491 (Hardback)

Year: 2004

Publisher: Scholastic

Pages: 50 (Fiction)

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