Film and Book Reviews for 2006
Films released in 2006
For Evey Hammond, the 5th of November will never be the same again.
The second episode in the series adapting Sergei Lukyanenko's Night Watch novels.
The movie sequel to Final Fantasy VII reintroduces some old friends in new guises.
Nostalgia abounds as the fashion for underpants worn over tights makes a comeback.
The midwinter festival of Hogswatch takes a deadly turn in this adaptation of a Terry Pratchett novel.
In the Spain of 1944 young Ofelia finds a kingdom of fairies and magic.
Humanity faces extinction through infertility in this adaptation of a P.D. James novel.
Kate Beckinsale fights vampires and werewolves whilst never getting a hair out of place.
Something is up with the computers, and a psychology student tries to find out why despair is spreading through the campus like an infection.
A group of young men are gifted with magic powers. But if they can't resist the temptation to use them, those powers could tear them apart.
A cop investigates the disappearance of a young scientist in this near-future noir thriller.
500 years in the future all of the smart people have died out, and it is up to an average guy from our time to put things right.
The fifth instalment in the Highlander series.
A young farm boy discovers a dragon egg, and finds that everything changes. Including most of the original plot of the book.
This adaptation of a Philip K. Dick novel depicts a man struggling with madness, paranoia and addiction in a near-future dystopia.
A mysterious woman from the sea turns up with a mission to enlighten mankind, before time runs out.
A princess makes her way through a forest and past the perils of evil elves and a fire-breathing dragon.
Books published in 2006
Tiffany Aching put a foot wrong, and now the winter is in love with her in this Discworld novel.
The human race is dying out, and Sophie Zapata isn't convinced it deserves to be saved.
The epic conclusion to the Tamir Triad sees a young queen fight to unite her country.
A group of skilled con artists meet their match in the midst of an underworld turf war. The first novel in the Gentlemen Bastards sequence.
The second episode in the Age of the Five introduces new characters and cultures to the series.
In the first episode of The First Law series some very different characters fight for truth, survival, or simply to look good.
Five young sisters escape to a secret life of magic and dancing once a month, but adult responsibilities and dangers threaten to ruin it.
In the third episode of The Age of the Five Auraya faces a stark choice between her gods and the people she has grown to love.
The fourth episode of the Noble Dead saga sees the half-elf Leesil and his dhampir companion Magiere investigate Leesil's past.
The first novel in the fantasy series, The Return to Enlightenment.
In a brutal post-Apocalyptic world one man fights his way across America to find the source of a message.
The first book in the epic fantasy series The Lorradda Stone.
An incubus takes a journey into the darkest corners of his own heart.
Bella studies Romeo and Juliet whilst two supernatural families square up against each other in Forks in this sequel to Twilight.
A look at how scientific truths are under attack from pressure groups, corporations, and other interested parties.
The human body is the battleground when ruthless corporations clash in this far future thriller.
John Constantine loses his memory in this contemporary occult graphic novel.
Claire Danvers is worried about missing class. But in a town full of vampires she has more to fear than bad grades and parental disapproval.
A young man discovers a crack in his perfect face. In a world where genetic perfection is all-important, his flaw could prove fatal.
A girl bereaved of her mother and a statue in a cemetery find themselves asking the same questions.
After Dolly the sheep made headlines the scientist behind her creation discusses the implications of her birth.
Kfir Luzzatto's first full-length science fiction novel tackles prejudice based on genetic differences.
A young man battles for survival and for his people in this icy, epic fantasy. This is the first episode of The Godless World.
The first novel in the high fantasy Pelarian series.
A pirate fantasy set in the world of the Aethans.
People are disappearing, and one man may hold the key to solving the mystery.
This dystopian future sees natural humans fighting against the oppression of genetically enhanced super-soldiers.
