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1) Lucy
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
An action-thriller that tracks a woman accidentally caught in a dark deal who turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Rescued from the guillotine by his devoted dwarf, Baron Frankenstein moves to Carlsbruck, where he becomes known as Dr. Stein. Under the guise of charity work he continues his experiments, planning to transplant the dwarf's brain into his latest creation, a normal body sewn together from "donations" of the poor.
3) Push
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Nick is a 'mover' - someone who can move things with his mind. He meets up with Cassie who is a 'watcher' - someone who can predict the future. She is trying to rescue her mother from the government. As they try to piece things together, Kira enters their lives. Kira is a 'pusher' - someone who can influence the thoughts of others. She has had a relationship with Nick and is the only person to survive a powerful 'enhancement' drug that was administered...
4) Advantageous
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In the year of 2041, this sci-fi drama explores the extremes a mother would go to in order to secure her daughter's future. In this near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter Jules do all they can to hold on to their joy together, despite the instability surfacing in their world. The tale of a mother's desperate sacrifice, "Advantageous" presents an offbeat, intimate dystopian vision that is strongly...
5) Deadpool
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based upon Marvel Comics' most unconventional anti-hero, the film tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Told from Igor's perspective, we see the troubled young assistant's dark origins, his redemptive friendship with the young medical student Viktor Von Frankenstein, and become eyewitnesses to the emergence of how Frankenstein became the man, and the legend, we know today.
7) Downsizing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When scientists find a way to shrink humans to five inches tall, Paul and Audrey Safrane decide to ditch their stressed out lives in order to get small and live large in a luxurious downsized community. Filled with life-changing adventures and endless possibilities, Leisureland offers more than riches, as Paul discovers a whole new world and realizes that we are meant for something bigger.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Español
Description
"Dr. Robert Ledgard ... is a driven plastic surgeon haunted by personal tragedies. After many years of trial and error, he finally perfects a new skin--a shield which could have prevented the death of his wife in an accident years earlier. His latest "guinea pig" is a mysterious captive whose true identity masks a shocking mystery"--Container.
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