On Screen in 2015
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American Sniper by Chris Kyle (available at PHS and PFC)
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) takes his sole mission -- protect his comrades -- to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.
Book by: Chris Kyle
Movie Director: Clint Eastwood
Big Name Cast: Bradley Cooper
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick (available at PHS and PFC)
Movie Release date: March 13, 2015 (USA)
Book by: Nathaniel Philbrick
Movie Director: Ron Howard
Big Name Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, and Tom Holland
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
A disgraced member of the military police investigates a series of nasty child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union.
Movie Release Date: April 15, 2015
Book by: Tom Rob Smith
Movie Director: Daniel Espinoza
Big Name Cast: Gary Oldman
Paper Towns by John Green (available at PHS and PFC)
Movie Release Date: June 19, 2015
Book By: John Green
Movie Directed By: Jake Schreier
Big Name Cast: Nat Wolff, Cara Delevingne
The Martian by Andy Weir
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.
Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.
After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive--and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.
Movie Release Date: November 25, 2015
Book By: Andy Weir
Movie Directed By: Ridley Scott
Big Name Cast: Matt Damon
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey (available at PHS and PFC)
Aliens attack Earth in 5 waves, the 1st wave being a permanent blackout of power, setting earth back into the Stone Age. The 2nd wave being a massive tsunami, killing off all coastal cities. The 3rd wave being a plague caused by birds, leaving only the unlucky alive. The 4th wave being humans with activated alien brains. And what's the 5th wave... Well that's what Cassie Sullivan wants to know. As she goes to fulfill a promise she'd made, to return to her brother, she meets Evan Walker, a strange but beautiful boy with a secret he won't tell her. But the closer she gets with Evan the closer she gets to getting her brother and unraveling the secrets of the 5th Wave.
Movie Release Date: January 26, 2016
Book By: Rick Yancey
Movie Directed By: J Blakeson
Big Name Cast: Chloƫ Grace Moretz, Maggie Siff, Maika Monroe