Simon Brew

Get in touch with your inner geek with this guide to the movies from Den of Geek, the hugely popular entertainment and pop culture fan website. Movie Geek brings you a leftfield look at film history, from superheroes to super-intelligent sharks. Aimed at those with an unnatural enthusiasm for the weird and wonderful, the book is packed with lists, features and facts that are sure to intrigue and impress even the nerdiest of film buffs. Includes: Alternative movie endings that were scrapped Movie sequels you didn't know existed Massive box office hits that were huge gambles The collateral damage of Tom Hanks movies Hidden subtexts in family movies Disastrous things that went wrong on modern movie sets ... and much, much more!

A Geek's Guide to the Movieverse

Movie Geek

All is not well in the beautiful county of Midsomer. On the eve of its first Villages In Bloom competition, a man lies dead, smelling of damson jam. Who could have done it? Well, that's where you come in. Step into the shoes of Midsomer CID's newest recruit. In this first ever Midsomer interactive adventure investigation, you make the choices that determine which way the story goes. Will you get to the bottom of the mystery? Will you bring the perpetrator to justice? And perhaps most importantly of all, could you avoid an untimely and, possibly bizarre, death... will YOU survive Midsomer? An official Midsomer Murders Interactive novel set in ITV's most celebrated and murderous county. The 'Causton Villages in Bloom' competition was always going to be competitive, but as the county's CID is about to discover, there's murder among the mayflowers and marigolds. Can you, as Causton CID's newest recruit, get to the bottom of the uncharacteristically strange goings on in the area? Or will you too find yourself a victim of a... Midsomer Murder? Your task is to make the right choices, solve the case and - most tricky of all - stay alive!... Good luck.

Could You Survive Midsomer?

Sarah Tomley

Chas Newkey-Burden

Nigel Henbest

Trevor Davies

Ken Okona-Mensah

Tom Parfitt

A polish bear in World War II rose to the rank of colonel. Penguins can't taste fish. The ashes of the man who invented the Pringles container are buried in one one. On Neptune it rains diamonds. 'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is the fear of long words. These are just 0.1% of all the facts in this incredible tome! Written by seven authors and covering subjects as diverse as The Universe, Art and Literature, The Natural World and Movies, The Colossal Book of Incredible Facts for Curious Minds is the ultimate trivia book! Why not amaze family and friends with the reasons pandas do handstands, the sinister source of the term 'rule of thumb', or that the patent for the fire hydrant was destroyed... in a fire. Every entry is weird, wonderful, inspiring and quite brilliantly, true!

5,000 staggering facts on science, nature, history, movies, music, the universe and more!

The Colossal Book of Incredible Facts for Curious Minds

All is not well in the beautiful county of Midsomer. On the eve of its first Villages In Bloom competition, a man lies dead, smelling of damson jam. Who could have done it? Well, that's where you come in. Step into the shoes of Midsomer CID's newest recruit, choose your own path and decide which way the story goes. Will you get to the bottom of the mystery? Will you bring the perpetrator to justice? And perhaps most importantly of all, could you avoid an untimely, and possibly bizarre, death... will YOU survive Midsomer? Your task is to make the right choices, solve the case and - most tricky of all - stay alive!... Good luck. An official Midsomer Murders Interactive novel set in ITV's most celebrated and murderous county.

Can you avoid a bizarre death in England's most dangerous county?

La vida secreta de las películas abre la caja de Pandora para revelar los trucos inteligentes, los amaños y las estrategias inspiradas que te harán observar la pantalla con mayor atención y hallar detalles ocultos o disimulados. Ya se trate de elementos sutiles que un director pone en el fondo, de elementos de una película que aparecen en otra o de momentos icónicos que en realidad son el producto de felices accidentes, este libro te ayudará a estudiar la pantalla con más detenimiento.

detalles, pistas, guiños y motivos ocultos en grandes películas de cine

La vida secreta de las películas

Essential nerdtastic reading! - Jason Issacs From the author of Den of Geek, this is the ultimate, nerdy television guide for TV geeks everywhere! TV Geek recounts the fascinating stories of cult-classic series, reveals the nerdy Easter eggs hidden in TV show sets, and demonstrates the awe-inspiring power of fandom, which has even been known to raise TV series from the dead. Includes: - How the live-action Star Wars TV show fell apart - The logistics and history of the crossover episode - The underrated geeky TV shows of the 1980s - The hidden details of Game of Thrones - Five Scandinavian crime thrillers that became binge hits - The Walking Dead, and the power of fandom TV series are now as big as Hollywood movies with their big budgets, massive stars, and ever-growing audience figures! TV Geek provides an insightful look at the fascinating history, facts and anecdotes behind the greatest (and not-so-great) shows.

The Den of Geek Guide for the Netflix Generation

TV Geek

Get ready to spot hundreds of things you've never seen before across a wide range of films, in this brand new book from the creator of Den Of Geek. From the small references and inspirations, through to clues, hidden meanings and moments in frame that you may have simply missed, this indispensable guide is both a love letter to cinema and a jam-packed treasure trove that no film fan will want to miss!

The Secret Life of the Movies

Get ready to spot hundreds of things you've never seen before across a wide range of films, in this brand new book from the creator of Den Of Geek. From the small references and inspirations, through to clues, hidden meanings and moments in frame that you may have simply missed, this indispensable guide is both a love letter to cinema, and a jam-packed treasure trove that no film fan will want to miss!

Den of Geek

Movie Geek is a nerdy dive into popular movies, brought to you by the award-losing Den Of Geek website, with a foreword by the UK's foremost film critic, Mark Kermode. Discover hidden stories behind movies you love (and, er, don't love so much), and find out just why the most dangerous place to be is in a Tom Hanks film. Fascinating, surprisingly and hugely entertaining, this leftfield movie guide is gold for film buffs, and might just bring out the geek - hidden or otherwise - within you... Includes: Alternative movie endings that were binned Movie sequels you didn't know existed Massive box office hits that were huge gambles The collateral damage of Tom Hanks movies Hidden subtexts in family movies Disastrous things that went wrong on modern movie sets...and much, much more!

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