The Incredibles is a very well-done movie that showcases a unique take on the superhero genre. The movie introduces a world where there are supers born with their powers who use their powers to save the world. One day their powers are banned, and they have to live an ordinary life. Many years later they are drawn into action again by a mysterious message leading to the confrontation with a mysterious villain.
Despicable Me 3 is a good standalone movie but is disappointing and lackluster when compared to its predecessors. The movie starts off showcasing Gru and Lucy on a mission to retrieve the stolen diamond from Balthazar Bratt a former child star. They end up failing to capture him and up getting fired. In a surprising twist, Gru finds out he has a twin brother. This premise is fascinating, but it also resulted in a movie that does not execute the story.
Despicable Me 2 is a perfect installment to the series and ties up to the first installment perfectly. The movie starts off with Gru continuing his job of being a parent and turning to living an honest life, but then his life takes a turn as he is hired by the anti-villain league to partner with Lucy Wilde to find the culprit who stole the research facility with dangerous contents. Gru’s transition, from being a villain to a hero, was fun to watch. We see Gru develop as a character and become a better person.
Jurassic World is a good movie with a decent story. The movie starts off twenty-two years after the original Jurassic Park and introduces a new park full of visitors. Facing a decline in the park, the park’s team of researchers creates hybrid dinosaurs to draw in more visitors. However, this ends up proving disastrous to the park and its visitors.
Donner Dinner Party is part of the series Hazardous Tales, by Nathan Hale. This book features America during the Age of Discovery when people traveled the trail from Missouri to the West at Oregon or California. In this book, the Donner Family goes on a trail to California in a group of wagon trains. However, Father Donner tries to take a shortcut which ends up being longer than the real route and drains them of resources. Throughout the route, their oxen get stolen, and there are vicious fights between the company.
Ember of Night by Molly E Lee follows Harley, desperate to give her younger sister a better life than what their abusive father gives them. When a stranger reveals Harley’s importance in stopping a war between heaven and hell she calls him a liar. But as strange things keep happening that Harley can’t explain, she can’t help but think he was right.
Who is Jackie Chan?is a fun and inspiring book about one of the most famous action movie stars in the world. The book tells the story of his life, starting from when he was a little boy growing up in Hong Kong. It explains how he went to a strict opera school when he was very young, where he learned martial arts, acting, and how to do stunts. The book also talks about how Jackie never gave up, even when he faced many problems or got hurt while filming.
Five Survive is a thriller novel about six friends who are going on a road trip for spring break. On the way, their RV breaks down in the middle of a forest at night. They quickly realize that it was not an accident. There is a sniper outside of the RV who wants one of the people in the RV to reveal one of their secrets. Throughout the book, many secrets are uncovered, trust is broken, and tensions rise.
Till Human Voices Wake Us, by Rebecca Roque, chronicles the twisting journey of seventeen-year-old Silencia “Cia” Lucero as she attempts to uncover the secrets buried in her hometown, Summerset. Cia has her own dark history, her own secrets. Including a traumatic past as Silence Bennett, living in a house with three sisters and a father that ended up blowing it all up. And when her best friend Alice says that she has answers to secrets that lead back to the Bennett house, Cia isn’t ready to hear any of it.
Paul David Hewson, better known as Bono, is the lead singer of the famous rock band U2. This book tells his life story—from growing up in Dublin, Ireland, to becoming a world-famous musician and someone who helps people around the world. It shares how he got the name “Bono Vox,” which means “good voice,” and how his band U2 became super popular, selling millions of albums and winning many Grammy Awards.
