David Koepp è un acclamato sceneggiatore e regista americano le cui opere sono caratterizzate da una narrazione magistrale e un'azione avvincente. Le sue sceneggiature spesso intrecciano trame complesse con personaggi avvincenti, esplorando temi di curiosità, conseguenze e ingegno umano di fronte a sfide impreviste. Lo stile di Koepp è caratterizzato da dialoghi brillanti, un ritmo serrato e la capacità di creare momenti di meraviglia e suspense che risuonano con il pubblico globale. I suoi contributi al cinema lo hanno consolidato come uno dei narratori più influenti del settore.
Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for contemporary, motivating material that will instantly appeal to students. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is based on the long-awaited fourth 'Indy' movie, released in May 2008.
After losing his parents, Peter Parker lives with Aunt May and Uncle Ben in Queens. He leads a normal life until a genetically altered spider bites him during a school trip, granting him spider-like powers. Remembering Uncle Ben's words about responsibility, Peter decides to use his abilities to fight crime, unaware of looming challenges.
From the author of Cold Storage comes a riveting, eerily plausible thriller, told with the menace and flair of Under the Dome or Project Hail Mary, in which a worldwide cataclysm plays out in the lives of one complicated Midwestern family.In Aurora, Illinois, Aubrey Wheeler is just trying to get by after her semi-criminal ex-husband split, leaving behind his unruly teenage son.Then the lights go out--not just in Aurora but across the globe. A solar storm has knocked out power almost everywhere. Suddenly, all problems are local, very local, and Aubrey must assume the mantle of fierce protector of her suburban neighborhood.Across the country lives Aubrey's estranged brother, Thom. A fantastically wealthy, neurotically over-prepared Silicon Valley CEO, he plans to ride out the crisis in a gilded desert bunker he built for maximum comfort and security.But the complicated history between the siblings is far from over, and what feels like the end of the world is just the beginning of several long-overdue reckonings--which not everyone will survive . . .Aurora is suspenseful storytelling--both large scale and small--at its finest.
After decades underground in a forgotten sub-basement, a highly mutative organism - capable of extinction-level destruction - has found its way out.Only Pentagon bioterror operative Roberto Diaz can stop it. With the help of two unwitting security guards, he has one night to quarantine this horror, before it destroys all of humanity.
It begins with an orphan named Peter Parker, raised by his beloved Aunt May and Uncle Ben in Queens, New York. A quiet student, he works diligently at his studies and pines for the beautiful Mary Jane Watson. But this ordinary teenage boy is about to have his life turned upside down, when he is bitten by a genetically altered spider. Suddenly, he finds himself in possession of spectacular powers. He is now and forever Spider-Man! Follow Spider-Man's action-packed journey, from his struggle to harness the extraordinary gifts that will prove to be both blessing and curse, to his fight to save innocent lives while the media tears him to pieces. It all leads to the dramatic battle high above the city streets, where the webslinger faces his archnemesis, the madman known as the Green Goblin. While the city watches breathlessly, Spider-Man confronts his greatest challenge, and the Goblin puts Peter Parker's vow to fight crime to the ultimate test.... Based on the original screenplay by David Koepp. Based on the Marvel comic book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.
The amazing adventures of one of the greatest superheroes of all time continue in Spider-Man 2. Two years have passed, and Peter Parker struggles to cope with the demands of life as a college student, a Daily Bugle photographer, and a crime-fighting superhero. But it hasn’t gotten any easier. Condemned by the press, tormented by secrets he can never reveal, forced to give up the girl of his dreams—at times the lonely burden of Spider-Man seems almost too great to bear . . . and the temptation to give up grows stronger by the hour. Enter the archfiend Doc Ock, armed with a lethal invention powerful enough to destroy half the city. If Spider-Man tries to stop Doc Ock, he’ll be placing the lives of those closest to him in mortal danger. If he doesn’t, it could be the end of the Big Apple. With millions of lives hanging in the balance, high about Manhattan’s glittering skyline, Spider-Man confronts his destiny, his fiercest enemy, and himself.
Illustriertes Buch mit 48 Seiten, u.a. von Michael Crichton, Don McGregor und Claude St. Aubin.
Exkurzia medzi dinosaurami. Znovuzrodenie dinosaurov pomocou DNA kvôli zábavnému parku? Nie vždy idú veci tak, ako majú a človek by si nemal hrať na boha. Toto vydanie je prepis scenára filmového spracovania z roku 1993.
Für die Leser von Michael Crichton und Marc Elsberg kommt hier das erstaunliche Debüt des Drehbuchautors von Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible und Dan Browns Inferno, das alle Zutaten für einen weiteren Blockbuster hat: Herausragende Action, sympathische Charaktere und eine gute Prise Humor: 1987 : Alle Bewohner des australischen Wüstenorts Kiwirkurra sind tot - Opfer eines mutierten Killerpilzes. Ein Team US-Agenten schafft es unter hohen Verlusten, den Pilz in letzter Sekunde zu vernichten. Ein derart tödlicher Organismus muss studiert werden, und so sichern sie kurz zuvor eine Probe, die sie in eine Hochsicherheitseinrichtung in die USA bringen. 2019 : Die Nachtwache im unterirdischen Selfstorage-Lagerkomplex wird für Teacake und Naomi sehr viel spannender, als plötzlich ein leises Piepsen beginnt. Die beiden entschließen sich, nach der Ursache zu suchen und ahnen nicht, dass sie bald einem Wesen gegenüberstehen werden, das die gesamte Menschheit ausrotten könnte … »Packender Grusel mit Humor und tollen Charakteren.« Hörzu »Neben der explosiven Action sorgen sympathische Charaktere und eine gute Prise Humor für unbeschwerten Thrillerspaß.« ekz Bibliotheksservice »Spannendes Buchdebüt.« auf einen Blick »Cold Storage – Es tötet ist ein großer Thriller-Spaß und brutal unterhaltsam.« Blake Crouch, Autor von Dark Matter. Der Zeitenläufer »Eine hochexplosive Mischung aus wissenschaftsbasiertem Horror, alptraumhaftem Schrecken und unerbittlicher Action, meisterhaft verbunden durch unvergessliche Charaktere und einen cleveren Sinn für Humor.« Steven Soderbergh, Oscar-Gewinner und Regisseur von Traffic und Ocean’s Eleven
