Patrick Johnson
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Explore the mystical power of the Force using quantum mechanics, find out how much energy it would take for the Death Star or Starkiller Base to destroy a planet, and discover how we can potentially create our very own lightsabers. Explore the physics behind the world of Star Wars, with engaging topics and accessible information that shows how we're closer than ever before to creating technology from the galaxy far, far away--perfect for every Star...
4) Maximum ride
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Max, a teenage superhero with wings, leads her motley crew in a battle against the scientists that created them. In the process, they discover secrets from their past that are darker than they imagined.
5) 5-25-77
Publisher
MVD Visual
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
During the spring of 1977, sci-fi-obsessed teenager Pat Johnson finds himself torn between making 8mm sequels to his favorite movies and pursuing the girl of his dreams, Linda. Desperate to help her son escape his likely future in Wadsworth, Illinois, (population 750), his mother Janet cold-calls the editor of 'American Cinematographer's magazine, and Pat soon finds himself on "the ultimate trip" to Hollywood, becoming the very first outsider to see...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
With the help of his recently deceased (but still kicking) Uncle Fred, Danny must battle an army of prankster ghouls rising from the ground to break the curse that's been placed on his small town home. And bring back the magic of Halloween!
7) Dragonheart
Language
English
Formats
Description
Disillusioned knight Bowen befriends Draco, the last of the dragons, and the two begin scamming village folk as Bowen repeatedly "kills" Draco for money. Bowen soon learns that Draco is the same dragon who once saved his former student, now King Einon, from death by giving him a piece of his heart. Einon is now a merciless tyrant, and Bowen is compelled to stop him -- but the bond between king and dragon means if one dies, the other does as well.
Publisher
Distributed by Gaiam Americas
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Beautiful Sloan is on the fast track to success at her public relations firm. However she will discover that her unethical ways need to change when a deceased client becomes her personal ghost of Christmas past, present, and future, and a jilted lover from her past enters her life once again.
11) The Genesis code
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When college journalist Kerry Wells befriends hockey player Blake Truman, the star athlete reveals his secret struggle with a difficult personal crisis. Convinced that modern science disproves the Genesis story, Blake rejects Kerry's suggestion that prayer might help ease his burden. Faced with similar challenges to her beliefs, Kerry sets out on a journey of spiritual discovery, leading her to the startling revelation that faith and science are both...
12) Spaced invaders
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Piloted by an ultra-hip Martian, the cosmic crew ends up in a sleepy Midwestern town. Unfortunately, it₂s Halloween night, and as the local radio station replays Orson Welles₂ 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast, the citizens mistake these little space invaders for harmless trick-or-treaters. Instead of the global invasion they planned on, these misguided Martians bungle their way into a series of madcap misadventures!
13) Angus
Publisher
Turner Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Angus is a whiz at science, a terror on the football field, and totally lost socially. With help from his geeky friend and his grandfather, he tackles a choice between a science project and the queen of the winter ball.
15) 47 hours to live
Publisher
4 Digital Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
During a sleepover, Rose and Cadence turn to the Internet for scary stories but instead find an iPhone game that dares the players to set the photo timer on their phone, look into the lens and pass it back and forth while saying a chant summons an evil spirit. When the timer goes off, the person whose picture is taken loses and is vexed with a supernatural curse and death within 47 hours unless they play the game with someone else who loses to them....
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Long ago, when majestic fire-breathers soared the skies, there lived a knight who would come face-to-face and heart-to-heart with the most remarkable creature that ever existed - the dragon. The legend continues when a stable boy discovers the last living fire-breathing dragon and realizes his dream of becoming a knight in shining armor may come true.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sylvan Dell Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Zoos are amazing places to see and learn about the many native and exotic of animals that inhabit this world. Some animals are plentiful while others are threatened or in danger of extinction. Zookeepers not only feed and care for these animals, they may also be helping to conserve and protect whole species through breeding and "head start" programs. Follow the extraordinary duties of these unusual animal helpers in this behind-the-scenes photographic...