Jurassic Adventures: 4-Movie Collection
Directors: T.J. Scott, Marco Brambilla, Timothy Bond
Starring: John Rhys-Davies, Wentworth Miller, Ricky Schroder
Studio: Mill Creek Entertainment
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Retail: $9.98
ASIN: B00VX21V34
Running Time: 7 hours 58 minutes
Rating: Not Rated
Buy Link: Amazon.com

If you're not already aware, Jurassic World is the biggest film of the year with over $1.6 billion in box-office sales so far. The previous three films have played on cable channels dozens of times over the summer to tie-in with the new movie and there have been a slew of ripoffs that were released to DVD, including Mill Creek Entertainment's Jurassic Adventures: 4-Movie Collection, which includes The Lost World, Return to the Lost World, Adventures in Dinotopia and Journey to the Center of the Earth. Now I wouldn't exactly call this a remake as two of the films featured here were released a year before the original Jurassic Park arrived in theaters in 1993. Plus, these four titles are loosely based on books.

Directed by Timothy Bond, The Lost World centers on Professor George Edward Challenger (played by John Rhys-Davies) who leads a scientific team to the strange lands deep in the African jungle where dinosaurs are believed to still exist. While the journey is fascinating, it is also extremely dangerous for them.


Released the same year (1992) is the direct-to-video sequel Return to the Lost World. With the same director and cast, the sequel centers on Professor Challenger and his team returning to the lost world to protect it from evil men that have ventured there to drill for oil.

Hammer Films Collection
Directors: Terence Fisher, Seth Holt, Val Guest, Michael Carreras
Starring: Paul Massie, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing,
Studio: Mill Creek Entertainment
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Retail: $14.98
ASIN: B00ZGIOL8I
Running Time: 7 hours 24 minutes
Rating: Not Rated
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:

Every diehard horror fan knows the name "Hammer Films," the British production company released a slew of Gothic horror flicks throughout the mid 1950s until the 1970s. Now available town on DVD from Mill Creek Entertainment is the two-disc Hammer Films Collection, featuring five frightening movies - The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll, Scream of Fear!, The Gorgon, Stop Me Before I Kill!, and The Curse Of The Mummy's Tomb.

Also known as the House of Fright and Jekyll's Inferno, The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) was directed by Terence Fisher and starred Paul Massie as Henry Jekyll, a man whom is heartbroken when he learns that his wife, Kitty has cheated on him with Paul Allen (played by Christopher Lee). Out of his mind, he creates a potion that turns him into a crazed killer.


Scream of Fear (original titled Taste of Fear) was directed by Seth Holt and was released to theaters in 1961. It centers on a paralyzed woman (played by Susan Strasberg) returns to her family home to unravel the mystery behind her father's disappearance. Christopher Lee is also featured in this tale.


The late Christopher Lee also starred in the 1964's The Gorgon. Directed by Terence Fisher, the film was set in 1910 in rural village of Germany and centered on the aftermath of seven murders that occurred during the span of five years. Each victim was turned into stone! Peter Rushing also co-stars in this Greek mythology inspired film.

Goosebumps Most Wanted: Special Editon 3 - Trick Or Trap
by R.L. Stine
Publisher: Scholastic
Pub. Date: July 28, 2015
ISBN: 978-0545627788
Pages: 192
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:
 
It's almost hard to believe that the first Goosebumps title by R.L. Stine was published in 1992. I was nearly twelve-years-old when I stumbled upon "Welcome to Dead House" in the book section at a Walmart and I've been a fan of the series ever since. This is a big year for Goosebumps fans as the first feature film will released in October with Jack Black playing a fictional version of R.L. Stine. Until then, fans can entertain themselves with the newest book - Goosebumps Most Wanted: Special Edition #3 - Trick Or Trap!

This installment centers on Scott Harmon, a twelve-year-old that is afraid of almost anything, especially his little sister, Rita, who is always playing tricks on him and his best friend, Amanda Gold. Rita isn't the only one that likes to bother them as the school bullies, Morty and Mickey, are always trying to scare them, which they always succeed in doing.

To prove that he isn't a scaredy cat and that he has the guts to standup to the bullies, he talks Amanda in going with him to the old abandoned house near the cemetery that everyone thinks is haunted! The plan is to have Amanda take a picture of Scott inside the house, but things don't exactly go as planned.

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A Heart's Home
Journey of the Heart, book six
by Colleen Coble
Pubisher: Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date: August 4, 2015
ISBN: 978-0718031695
Pages: 112
Buy Link: http://bit.ly/1Iyr7Im
Blog Tour: http://litfusegroup.com/author/ccoble

Review:

It's been a very busy month and I almost forgot about reading the final book in the Journey of the Heart series by bestselling author Colleen Coble.  If I remembered correctly, the six-part series started back in March with A Heart's Disguise, which focused on Sarah Montgomery, but starting with the fourth book, A Heart's Betrayal, the main character changed to Sarah's friend Emmie Croftner.

Emmie had high hopes of having a wonderful marriage, well, that is until her husband died and she later learned that he was actually married to another woman. Heartbroken, she left her home for a new life in the Wyoming Territory, where her old friend Sarah and her husband Rand kindly took her in. Shockingly after arriving, Emmie realizes she is pregnant.

After winning the affections of a solider, Isaac Liddle, Emmie is looking forward to getting married and raising her child. Life is full of twists & turns, especially when a friend dies and Emmie is forced to make a life-changing promise.

I'm sure by now that all my blog readers know that I'm somewhat of a bookworm, but you might be surprised that I'm not the biggest eBook reader. I prefer to have a physical book in my hands and be able to taken in the scent of the printed paper. Nevertheless, I do get several opportunities to review advanced copies of novels, which most are in eBook formats, which is one of the reasons why I own a Kindle.

Like I already said, I don't care for reading eBooks because I'm forced to sit in front of my computer to read a book. The good thing about a Kindle is that I can read the eBook anywhere I go. Now this is great for during the daytime hours, but the device is difficult to read late at night.

Earlier this summer, I was sent the Kandle Reading Light by Ozeri to test out and review. The device fits most Kindles as well as other eBook readers. The Kandle easily slips over the top of a Kindle. It features three small bright LED (lifetime) lights and an extended, adjustable & flexible neck. There are two different settings for the LED - soft light and ultra bright. It comes with 2 CR2032 batteries, a USB charging cable and a storage bag.

Once Upon A Time: Red's Untold Tale
by Wendy Toliver
Publisher: Kingswell Teen
Pub. Date: September 22, 2015
ISBN: 978-1484727461
Pages: 416
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:

I guess you can say that fairy tales have made a comeback in recent years with several blockbusters and television series, which many are produced by the Walt Disney Company, including ABC's Once Upon A Time. With the series about to start it's fifth season at the end of next month, Kingswell Teen is releasing a companion novel, titled Once Upon A Time: Red's Untold Tale.

Red's Untold Tale centers on Red Riding Hood (the character is played by Meghan Ory in the series), but way before she was known as Ruby in Storybrooke. Here, Red is sixteen-year-old trying to live a normal life with Granny in the small village. She spends her days delivering the baked goods her grandmother maed to the villagers. What makes her different than other girls in the village is that she is also a werewolf, meaning when wolftime nears, they must board up the house, so Red won't venture out and harm an innocent. Plus, it helps keep the other wolves away from Red.

The story flashes back to when Red was thirteen-years-old when she was first entering her werewolf stage and when she learned of how her parents really died. Then it flashes back three years, where the she is dealing her romantic feelings for the blacksmith's son, Peter. Granny's baking business is booming, so Red searches the village for more milk to use for baking, but it isn't an easy task as a wolf has killed a few of the dairy cows.