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| The Thursday Murder Club by Richard OsmanA star-studded ensemble led by Helen Mirren appear in the film adaptation of Richard Osman’s bestselling mystery about elderly amateur sleuths trying to solve a murder.
Where to watch: The Thursday Murder Club is now streaming on Netflix. |
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| My Oxford Year by Julia WhelanSofia Carson and Corey Mylchreest star in the film adaptation of Julia Whelan’s novel about an American grad student who finds love with her English professor while studying abroad at Oxford University.
Where to watch: Catch My Oxford Year on Netflix. |
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| The War of the Roses by Warren AdlerOlivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch costar as a seemingly perfect couple on the brink of divorce in The Roses, a new film adaptation of Warren Adler’s The War of the Roses.
Where to watch: The Roses is now playing in theaters. |
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| Caught Stealing by Charlie HustonAustin Butler and Zoë Kravitz star in the Darren Aronofsky-helmed adaptation of Charlie Huston’s crime novel about a bartender unwittingly caught up in New York City’s criminal underworld.
Where to watch: Caught Stealing is now playing in theaters. |
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The Hunting Wives
by May K. Cobb
Sophie O'Neill left behind an envy-inspiring career and the stressful, competitive life of big-city Chicago to settle down with her husband and young son in a small Texas town. It seems like the perfect life with a beautiful home in an idyllic rural community. But Sophie soon realizes that life is now too quiet, and she's feeling bored and restless. Then she meets Margot Banks, an alluring socialite who is part of an elite clique secretly known as the Hunting Wives. Sophie is completely drawn to Margot and swept into her mysterious world of late-night target practice and dangerous partying. When the body of a teenage girl is discovered in the woods where the Hunting Wives meet, Sophie finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation and her life spirals out of control.
Where to watch: Catch The Hunting Wives on Netflix.
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| The Long Walk by Stephen KingThe Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence helmed the film adaptation of Stephen King’s (writing as Richard Bachman) classic dystopian novel about 100 young men participating in a deadly walking contest.
Where to watch: The Long Walk hits theaters on September 12th. |
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| The History of Sound: Stories by Ben ShattuckPaul Mescal and Josh O’Connor costar in the film adaptation of Ben Shattuck’s short story about two men who fall in love and travel together to record folk songs in post-World War I rural Maine.
Where to watch: Catch The History of Sound in theaters on September 12th. |
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| Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire by Lizzie JohnsonMatthew McConaughey and America Ferrera costar in the survival drama The Lost Bus, based on Lizzie Johnson's Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire, the true story of a bus caught in Northern California’s 2018 Camp Fire.
Where to watch: The Lost Bus premieres September 19th on AppleTV+. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Carrollton Public Library 1700 Keller Springs Road, Carrollton Texas 75006 4220 North Josey Lane, Carrollton Texas 75010 |
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