D. C. Detective Shaun Patrick is in a cat and mouse game with a mastermind who is using ancient Taoist sorcery to raise the dead and send them out to kill. Pressured by the FBI and his own department and targeted by the killer, Shaun is in a race against time to solve the murder of his best friend, save his girlfriend and stop a supernatural force that will soon make the nation's capital a wasteland.

The War on Terror and American Popular Culture is a collection of original essays by academics and researchers from around the world that examines the complex interrelation between the Bush administration's "War on Terror" and American popular culture. Written by experts in the fields of literature, film, and cultural studies, this book examines in detail how popular culture reflects concerns and anxieties about the September 11 attacks and the war those attacks generated, how it interrogates the individual and collective impacts that war has wrought, how it might challenge or critique current policy, and how it might reinforce or endorse the war and its sociopolitical paradigms.

The year's releases in review, with necrologies and brief articles.

Now in its 57th year, Film Review is the longest-running film annual available. Lively opinion is combined with detailed coverage of the year's cinema releases, as well as features on movie gossip, and the most promising new faces.

Thirty-five years in the making, and destined to be the last word in fanta-film references! This incredible 1,017-page resource provides vital credits on over 9,000 films (1896-1999) of horror, fantasy, mystery, science fiction, heavy melodrama, and film noir. Comprehensive cast lists include: directors, writers, cinematographers, and composers. Also includes plot synopses, critiques, re-title/translation information, running times, photographs, and several cross-referenced indexes (by artist, year, song, etc.). Paperback.