![]() ![]() Cast includes Nathan Fillion as Malcolm Reynolds, Gina Torres as Zoe Washburn, Alan Tudyk as Hoban "Wash" Washburn, Jewel Staite as Kaylee Frye, Adam Baldwin as Jayne Cobb, Morena Baccarin as Inara Serra, Sean Maher as Simon Tam, and Summer Glau as River Tam. Writers include Whedon, Minear, Edlund, Jose Molina, and Jane Espenson. Directors include Whedon, Minear, and Vern Gillum. Producers include Whedon, Tim Minear, and Ben Edlund. Mutant Enemy for 20th Century Fox Television. ![]()
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![]() Yet never in Stone's wildest nightmares could he imagine the conspiracy the Camel Club is about to uncover.Īfter witnessing a shocking murder, the Club is slammed headfirst into a plot that threatens the very security of the nation, full of stunning twists, high-stakes intrigue, and global gamesmanship rocketing to the Oval Office and beyond. Day and night, Stone and his friends study wild conspiracy theories, current events, and the machinations of government, hoping to discover some truth that will hold America's leaders accountable to its citizens. He has no known past and has taken the name "Oliver Stone". Their simple goal is to find the "truth" behind their country's actions. ![]() ![]() It exists at the fringes of Washington, D.C., has no power, and consists solely of four eccentric and downtrodden members whom society has forgotten. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When push comes to shove, is Jax really The Right Stud or is he just another nail in the coffin of love? With a suitcase in one hand and a hammer in the other, he wants to move in and renovate my old house while he films his new show.īut my roommate has secrets, and they threaten to rip our blossoming friendship-and possible love-apart. You see, my sexy mystery man is none other than Jax Roland, the drop-dead gorgeous home improvement star of The Right Stud, and he’s got an offer I can’t refuse. What I don’t expect is for him to show up the next day in my kitchen! I resolve to forget about his perfect lips (and chest of steel) and instead focus on turning my Granny’s old beach house into a profitable B&B. Men are all snakes in the grass, and I don’t need a new one anyway. Tall, Blond, and Handsome walks into that bar, I know he’s the hook-up I need to get over stupid Cheater Kyle.Ī few stolen kisses in a dark hallway, and I’m pretty sure we’re headed for a home run-until he disappears without a trace. “The best way to get over your sh**ty ex-fiancé is to get under a shiny new stud…”Īs soon as Mr. Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills and USA Today bestselling author Tia Louise are back with an all-new romantic comedy filled with Southern sass and steamy scenes that will have you laughing out loud and fanning yourself. ![]() ![]() ![]() He gazed sadly at the threatening sky, at the burned-out remnants of a locust-plagued summer, and suddenly saw on the twig of an acacia, as in a vision, the progress of spring, summer, fall and winter, as if the whole of time were a frivolous interlude in the much greater spaces of eternity, a brilliant conjuring trick to produce something apparently orderly out of chaos, to establish a vantage point from which chance might begin to look like necessity …and he saw himself nailed to the cross of his own cradle and coffin, painfully trying to tear his body away, only, eventually, to deliver himself-utterly naked, without identifying mark, stripped down to essentials-into the care of the people whose duty it was to wash the corpses, people obeying an order snapped out in the dry air against a background loud with torturers and flayers of skin, where he was obliged to regard the human condition without a trace of pity, without a single possibility of anyway back to life, because by then he would know for certain that all his life he had been playing with cheaters who had marked the cards and who would, in the end, strip him even of his last means of defense, of that hope of someday finding his way back home.Īn excerpt from the beginning (and end) of László Krasznahorkai’s novel Satantango. English translation by George Szirtes. ![]() ![]() ^ Xing Yi (China Daily) (April 8, 2015). ![]() of The Three-Body Problem, 2015 and several novels by different authors set. "Rights holder won't give up 'Three-Body' series". At a 2016 conference in Japan on Chinese science fiction after Three. "Amazon's Reportedly Dropping $1 Billion for a TV Show to Rival Game of Thrones". "Premiere of Film based on Acclaimed Sci-fi Novel 'The Three-Body Problem' Pushed Back until 2017". Publisher, Tor Books Translation edition (September 20, 2016). Filming began in March 2015 in Heilongjiang and ended in July 2015, produced by YooZoo Film established in 2014 by Lin Qi. : Deaths End (The Three-Body Problem Series, 3): 9780765377104: Liu, Cixin. The film had a budget of CN¥200 million ( US$30 million). However, YooZoo Pictures released a statement in response stating that it was the "sole owner of the rights for film and TV series adaptations." Although it "was originally scheduled to be released in 2017," the project "was postponed indefinitely due to the company's internal shuffling and the rumored 'bad quality' of the film's first cut." Production ![]() In March 2018, Amazon was rumored to be negotiating for the rights to the project. The Three-Body Problem ( Chinese: 三体) is an unreleased Chinese science fiction 3D film, adapted from The Three-Body Problem series by Liu Cixin, directed by Zhang Fanfan, and starring Feng Shaofeng and Zhang Jingchu. ![]() ![]() ![]() I really enjoyed this story, with the start making me feel incredibly frustrated with some of the characters – particularly Elodie’s stepfather, the emotional reaction I felt early on told me to strap on, I’m in for a wild ride. – the very place she is emotionally abused by her stepfather, unsupported by her mother and denied an education so much she is illiterate… Regardless, Elodie is determined to make this work…Ī story of witches – ancient curses – folklore – strong women. Gyssha’s final curse left Aleida practically dead on her feet and now, with monsters roaming the woods, a demonic tree lurking in the orchard and an angry warlock demanding repayment of a debt, Aleida needs Elodie’s help and no matter what the old witch throws at her, to Elodie it’s still better than going back home. When she was hired at Black Oak Cottage, Elodie had no idea she’d find herself working for a witch and her acid-tongued new mistress, Aleida, was not expecting a housemaid to turn up on her doorstep. But the witch is dead now, and somehow it’s Elodie’s job to clean up the mess. ![]() ![]() Some people knit socks by the fire at night – Gyssha Blackbone made monsters. ![]() ![]() Following his retirement, he began devoting himself to demonology cases full time. He retired in 2004 as a decorated sergeant, having spent a portion of his time serving in the 46th Precinct in The Bronx, which has a reputation for being one of the most violent neighborhoods in all of New York City. The real Ralph Sarchie was a member of the New York City Police Department for approximately twenty years from the early 1980s through the 1990s. How long was Ralph Sarchie a member of the NYPD? It was these liberties that led to the movie posters being adorned with the phrase, "Inspired by the actual accounts of an NYPD sergeant," instead of, "Based on the actual accounts of an NYPD sergeant." This differs from director Scott Derrickson's previous exorcism movie, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, which follows the real account much more closely and was promoted with the "based on a true story" tagline. ![]() "He took liberties with certain aspects." ![]() "Scott took a lot of elements of my cases and put them in a different context than what I originally wrote about," says Sarchie. ![]() In examining the Deliver Us From Evil true story, we learned that the movie does not follow Ralph Sarchie's cases exactly, but is rather a fictional retelling of some of the cases he worked on. ![]() ![]() ![]() Though Lakunle has asked Sidi to marry him, she has refused him once already. Lakunle is considered the village idiot because of his fancy words and the way he carries himself. Lakunle is a schoolmaster who, though also young, dresses and acts like an “old soul.” Lakunle has adopted the dress and speech patterns of Western countries, and believes that the only way for their village of Ilujinle to progress is to modernize, like Lagos and other “forward-thinking” places. Sidi is pursued as a marriage prospect by the other two main characters, Lakunle and Baroka. ![]() Sidi is a young, beautiful village girl who is known as the “village belle.” She is the “jewel” referenced in the play’s title. The play’s three main characters are Sidi, Lakunle and Baroka. ![]() ![]() As a scientist, Franklin wrote it almost as if it is was a report on the failures and successes of experiments in living. The Autobiography is not a chronicle of Franklin's brilliance the idea was to show how a person's life and character could become a noble one through constant self-assessment. 'If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing.' In the history books he looms large as co-drafter of the Declaration of Independence and the American Constitution, but the Autobiography has been lauded as 'The first great book written in America' (Richard E Amacher: 1962) It helped to create the modern literary form of the autobiography, and has been a bestseller for two centuries, despite the fact that it was never finished or properly edited.įranklin's attitude to written work is summed up in one of his own aphorisms: ![]() Benjamin Franklin is best known as an historical figure, for his role in the American Revolution and experiments with electricity. ![]() ![]() ![]() Inside the object is a cryptic message about something called Dust and it's not long before Malcolm is approached by the spy for whom this message was actually intended. ![]() ![]() But during a winter of unceasing rain, Malcolm finds a mysterious object-and finds himself in grave danger. Malcolm Polstead and his daemon, Asta, are used to overhearing news and the occasional scandal at the inn run by his family. Philip Pullman returns to the parallel world of His Dark Materials-now an HBO original series starring Dafne Keen, Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott, and Lin-Manuel Miranda-to expand on the story of Lyra, "one of fantasy's most indelible heroines" ( The New York Times Magazine).ĭon't miss Volume II of The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth! ![]() |
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