[Review] Book to Movie Comparison: A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L'Engle

Series: A Time Quintet

Release Date: 1 January, 1962/9 March, 2018

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Disney Movie Studios

Genre: Young Adult Fiction/Science Fiction & Fantasy/Time Travel

ISBN: 9780312367541 (book only)

Edition: Audiobook/Movie

Rating: ★★★★☆ (book)/★★☆☆☆ (movie)

Review Written: 24 March, 2018

Summary: It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger.

"Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them. "I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me sit down for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of ways, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract."

A tesseract (in case the reader doesn't know) is a wrinkle in time. To tell more would rob the reader of the enjoyment of Miss L'Engle's unusual book. A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the most popular boys in high school). They are in search of Meg's father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government on the tesseract problem.

A Wrinkle in Time is the winner of the 1963 Newbery Medal.

[Movie Review] Star Trek Beyond

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Summary: A surprise attack in outer space forces the Enterprise to crash-land on a mysterious world. The assault came from Krall (Idris Elba), a lizard-like dictator who derives his energy by sucking the life out of his victims. Krall needs an ancient and valuable artifact that's aboard the badly damaged starship. Left stranded in a rugged wilderness, Kirk (Chris Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto) and the rest of the crew must now battle a deadly alien race while trying to find a way off their hostile planet.

Please note: This review does contain Spoilers, read at your own risk.

[Movie Review] Captain America: Civil War

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Captain America: Civil War is the long awaited continuation of the superheroes within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). A semi-direct sequel to Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War features the current Avengers team minus Bruce Banner (Hulk, last seen flying towards the atmosphere in the jet) and Thor (current location uncertain) though both should be returning in Thor: Ragnarok next year. Still, this movie isn't lacking on the superheroes. If you haven't seen the movie yet, I'm going to warn you now there will be spoilers below the cut so read at your own risk.

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