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Go behind the scenes of DreamWorks Animation's smart,hilarious comedy The Boss Baby. This beautifully illustratedbook includes a wide range of colorful development art,storyboards and character sketches, as well as in-depthinterviews with director Tom...

Containing more than 2,200 entries from the most current Star Wars film and TV series, discover the vital facts about iconic characters, creatures, locations, vehicles, and technology from a galaxy far, far away.... This definitive title reveals...

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU COULD BECOME INVISIBLE?A GIFTSince childhood, Noel Shaker has been able to disappear, without warning or explanation.A CURSEBut his gift leaves Noel alone and afraid - and the more he tries to control it, the nearer he comes to...

Queer for Fear analyses the relationship queer people have to horror film, building upon decades of theory that previously emphasised horror's queerness as being subtextual, allegorical and figurative. This groundbreaking interdisciplinary empirical...

Following the success of How to Speak Wookiee comes this essential manual for interacting with R2 units in various likely situations. Droids are made to be reliable, helpful and daring, but their personalities can sometimes be frustratingly stubborn...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911105695Author Amanda J FieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Chaplin BooksPublisher Chaplin Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683837831Author Daniel WallaceFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight EditionsWeight(grams) 1474gDimensions(mm) 290mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629335414Author Kenneth George GodwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 254mm...

Revised and updated to include the latest guidance, this new edition Handbook provides detailed planning and assessment support and resources to help effectively implement Project X CODE Oxford Levels 7-11 in your school. Project X CODE is an...

In 1932, The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff, introduced another icon to the classic monster pantheon, beginning a journey down the cinematic Nile that has yet to reach its end. Over the past century, movie mummies have met everyone from Abbott and...

She Animates examines the work of twelve female animation directors in the Soviet Union and Russia, who have long been overlooked by film scholars and historians. Our approach examines these directors within history, culture, and industrial practice in...

Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead (1981) is one of the most inventive and energetic horror movies of the last 40 years. Released during a period in which the stalk-and-slash cycle had blunted the horror genre of much of its creative edge, Raimi's debut feature...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629337661Author Troy HowarthFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 531g

Syria is now one of the most important countries in the world for the documentary film industry. Since the 1970s, Syrian cinema masters played a defining role in avant-garde filmmaking and political dissent against authoritarianism. After the outbreak of...

Starring Tom Cruise examines how Tom Cruise's star image moves across genres and forms as a type of commercial product that offers viewers certain pleasures and expectations. Cruise reads as an action hero and romantic lead yet finds himself in...

Since its release at the mid-point of the 1980s American horror boom, Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator (1985) has endured as one of the most beloved cult horror films of that era. Greeted by enthusiastic early reviews, Re-Animator has maintained a spot at the...

Lanza turns his attentions to the production, reception, social climate, and impact of a movie that rattled the American psyche in the wake of Nixon, Watergate, and Vietnam.When Tobe Hooper's low-budget slasher film, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, opened...

American silent film comedies were dominated by sight gags, stunts and comic violence. With the advent of sound, comedies in the 1930s were a riot of runaway heiresses and fast-talking screwballs. It was more than a technological pivot-the first...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629337852Author Douglas BrodeFormat PaperbackPage Count 472Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 626gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250266293Author Sam WassonFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Flatiron BooksPublisher Flatiron BooksWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733014465Author Gordon M DobbsFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Gordon M. DobbsPublisher Gordon M. DobbsWeight(grams) 739gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

It makes us jump. It makes us scream. It haunts our nightmares. So why do we watch horror? Why do we play it? What could possibly be appealing about a genre that tries to terrify us? Why would we subject ourselves to shriek-inducing shocks, or spend...

This book brings fantasy storytelling to a whole new level by providing an in-depth insight into the tools used for virtual reality, augmented reality, 360 cinema and motion capture in order to repurpose them to create a virtual studio for filmmaking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615933334Author Neal Marshall StevensFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese Productions

What if science fiction stopped being fiction? Developments in neuroscience are turning sci-fi scenarios into reality, and causing us to revisit some of the philosophical questions we have been asking ourselves for centuries. Science fiction often...

Fashioning James Bond is the first book to study the costumes and fashions of the James Bond movie franchise, from Sean Connery in 1962's Dr No to Daniel Craig in Spectre (2015). Llewella Chapman draws on original archival research, close analysis of the...

A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2019Mickey Mouse, Betty Boop, Donald Duck, Bugs Bunny, Felix the Cat, and other beloved cartoon characters have entertained media audiences for almost a century, outliving the human stars who were once their...

The horror film is thriving worldwide. Filmmakers in countries as diverse as the USA, Australia, Israel, Spain, France, Great Britain, Iran, and South Korea are using the horror genre to address the emerging fears and anxieties of their cultures. This...

Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys (1995) was a commercial and critical success, but it is Gilliam's least understood film, even on the basic plot level. Aside from recognizable debts to specific films such as La Jetee (1962) and Dr. Strangelove (1964), 12...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734924916Author Barbara HinskeFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Casa del Northern PublishingPublisher Casa del Northern PublishingWeight(grams)...

A spirited dive into the life and career of a performer, writer, and director who dominated twentieth-century American comedy Mel Brooks, born Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn in 1926, is one of the great comic voices of the twentieth century. Having won...

The mafia has always fascinated filmmakers and television producers. Al Capone, Salvatore Giuliano, Lucky Luciano, Ciro Di Marzio, Roberto Saviano, Don Vito and Michael Corleone, and Tony Soprano are some of the historical and fictional figures that...

A special behind-the-scenes guide to the making of the all-new animated movie Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. This deluxe book explores the all-new movie Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the sequel to the Academy Award-winning Spider-Man: Into...

A collector's guide to the Oscar and multi-award winning animated movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, featuring exclusive content showcasing behind-the-scenes images, art, and much more!Experience an in-depth behind-the-scenes look at the world of...

In Avengers Infinity Saga and Philosophy, philosophers explore the momentous issues and the fascinating puzzles raised by Marvel's compelling series of movies: Is the Thanos snap truly an answer to overpopulation and famine, or is it simply indefensible...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861967490Author Alain BoillatFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint John Libbey & Co LtdPublisher John Libbey & Co

The Art of Hotel Transylvania 2 showcases the incredible artwork featured in the upcoming animated fantasy comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation, Hotel Transylvania 2, directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and written by Robert Smigel. The story...

Breaking Down Six Decades of James Bond Movies#1 New Release in Action & Adventure Movies & Video, and Movie ReferenceHosts Mike Kalinowski and Brad Gilmore team up in this comprehensive examination of the longest running film series in the history of...

In 1969-the counter-cultural moment when Easy Rider triggered a "youthquake" in audience interests-Westerns proved more dominant than ever at the box office and at the Oscars.It was a year of masterpieces-The Wild Bunch, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorJennifer Carroll is an author, event designer, and photographer who is passionate about sharing recipes, crafts, DIY projects, and other ideas for making...