Little Brown & Co.; 395 pages; $28.99; Amazon

It's only less than a month away from the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. However, Little Brown & Company has already released a book set around the Summer Olympics, titled The Games: A Private Novel, written by bestselling authors James Patterson & Mark Sullivan.

The "Private" series centers on Jack Morgan, the owner of a worldwide security/investigation business. "The Games" marks the 11th entry in the series with Jack Morgan once again being part of the action.

The novel begins in 2014 in in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil around the time of the World Cup Games. While everyone is celebrating the game, Dr. Castro, is fighting to stop a possible outbreak of a deadly virus known as Ebola. Luckily, only a few deaths occurred from the virus and it never spread to the public.

Fast-forward to end of July 2016, with the Summer Olympics quickly approaching, the BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) are busy to make sure the Olympic stadium is secured from any possible terrorist threat or from the many protesters in Rio de Janerio.

Of course Jack Morgan is there, but not for the games; instead he is there to help Octavia "Tavia" Reynaldo, a tall woman who is in charge of Private Rio, to help find the nineteen-year-old Warren twins (Alicia and Natalie) who have been kidnapped by unknown assailants. Jack and Tavia want to make sure that everything goes okay with the ransom and that everyone comes out of the situation safely.

There's only about month or so before kids will have to go back to school, so there is no better time than the present to come up with some fun & entertaining activities and games for the entire family to play together.

With some help from Oriental Trading, I'm going to share with you 5 Fun Summer Activities & Games:

Rated R; 108 minutes; $26.99; Amazon

Arriving today on Blu-ray and DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment is the action-packed flick Vigilante Diaries. Directed by Christian Sesma, the film stars Paul Sloan, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Michael Jai White, Jason Mewes and Michael Madsen.

Vigilante Diaries centers on a Punisher-like character called "The Vigilante," an urban avenger who becomes a worldwide celebrity after a filmmaker (played by Jason Mewes) follows him around and puts the videos on the internet.

Unfortunately, "The Vigilante" is kidnapped and tortured by the Mexican cartels. His sidekick, "The Kid" (played by Kevin L. Walker) puts together a rogue team of Special Forces to help him save "The Vigilante."


However, things don't exactly goes as planned when the American mob gets involved with the situation, which leads "The Vigilante" on a international quest for revenge.

The only featurette is the Vigilante Diaries: Behind The Scenes.

Rated R; 92 minutes; $19.98; Amazon

Arriving today on DVD and Digital HD today from Lionsgate Home Entertainment is the horror-thriller The Levenger Tapes. Directed by Mark Edwin Robinson, the film stars Johanna Braddy, Lili Mirojnick, Morgan Krantz and Chris Mulkey. There are no special features or extras.

The Levenger Tapes is a found-footage horror flick, similar in style with The Blair Witch Project. The plot centers on three young friends, Amanda (played by Johanna Braddy), Kim (played by Lili Mirojnick) and Chase (played by Morgan Krantz), who head out into the country for a weekend getaway. For some reason, Chase decides to film their entire weekend with his camera.

Before they arrived at the planned destination, they accidentally run into a truck on a road in the middle of nowhere. The driver, a priest, is in a hurry to leave the scene, but before he leaves Chase captures what looks like a young girl inside the truck.

Eventually the trio continues with their weekend plans of goofing around, where they get bored and decide to explore the woods. This is where the come across a campsite with a bloody dress. The same dress the little girl from the truck was wearing.

Before long, the trio are being hunted by the priest, who will stop at nothing to get rid of all evidence of his crimes.

Rated R; 452 minutes; $9.98; Amazon; Mill Creek Ent.

I believe I might have mentioned about my love for horror flicks on here a time or two. I grew up watching 80s slasher flicks during my childhood, so I guess you can say that I've been disappointed with all the recent PG-13 slasher films. That being said, I was happy to hear that Mill Creek Entertainment was releasing another 5 movie collection, this time called Possessed By Evil, featuring five rated-R horror flicks.

The two-disc set contains:

Devour  - Released in 2005, and directed by David Winkler, the film stars the CW's Supernatural star Jensen Ackles as a college students who starts having strange nightmares about self-mutilation and murder after playing an online game.

Devour (89 minutes)

The Plague - Directed by Hal Masonberg and produced by Clive Barker, The Plague (also known as Clive Barker's The Plague) was released in 2006. The film centers on a weird event that causes all the children in a small town to fall into a catatonic state in 1983. Following the event, every child born has a similar fate. Fast-forward to 1993, where the children go on a killing rampage. James Van Der Beek and Dee Wallace stars in the film.

The Plague (88 minutes)

Wind Chill - Directed by Gregory Jacobs, the 2007 chilling supernatural thriller stars Emily Blunt and Ashton Holmes. The plot centers on an unnamed college student (played by Blunt) agreeing to share traveling expenses with a unnamed male (played by Holmes) as they drive from Pennsylvania to Delaware for Christmas vacation. Despite the bad snowy weather, they take a detour down a highway, and they end up a hit-and-run. With the weather getting colder, they try to survive, but things get worse when a supernatural force stars haunting the highway.

Wind Chill (91 minutes)

Not Rated; 1118 minutes; $14.98; Amazon; Mill Creek Ent.

While there are plenty of police procedures still on television, none of them are as action-packed as the 1984-1989 Miami Vice. Created by Anthony Yerkovich, the crime-drama starred Don Johnson and Phillip Michael Thomas.

From 2005 thru 2007, Universal Studios Home Entertainment released individual season sets as well as a complete series set. Last month, Mill Creek Entertainment released Miami Vice: Season One and Miami Vice: Season Two DVD sets, featuring new cover arts for the DVD jackets. There are no special features or extras on the sets.

Miami Vice centered on Miami Vice Squad detective James "Sonny" Crockett (played by Don Johnson) who witnesses the death of his partner Eddie Rivera (played Jimmy Smits) while he was investigating the Colombian drug dealer, Esteban Calderone. He teams up with a a New York narcotics detective Rafael Tubbs (played by Phillip Michael Thomas) to help him take down Calderone. Tubbs has his own personal vendetta - to avenge his brother's death. By the end of the 96-minute pilot episode, Tubbs decides to join the "Southern Law Enforcement" as Crockett's new partner.

The series is famous for using a wide-range of popular music from the 80s as well as featuring sports cars,
boats, and stylish men's fashion. The show as also known for using brand name firearms and accessories. While the series was extremely popular with audiences, it was heavily criticized for the amount of violence that was featured in each episode.

Multnomah; 80 pages; $14.99; Amazon

I wasn't originally going to write a 4th of July themed post. However, I received a copy of God Bless America: A Patriotic Coloring Book on Thursday, so I thought it would make a great post to celebrate Independence Day.

Published by Multnomah, God Bless America is an 80 page adult coloring books featuring 37 illustrations that celebrates the United States of America by talented artists (Holly Camp, Christina J. Culver, Debroah Gregg, Bridget Hurley, Joseph Marsh, Melinda B. Shiflet, Lisa Shirk, and Jennifer Tucker).

Accompanying each illustration is either a short biography on a historical figure or a small article on explaining whatever historical event goes with the picture (illustration).