Films, cinema

How to Be More Shrek

An illustrated guide to embracing your inner ogre and living your truth, mud, farts, and all.“There’s a lot more to ogres than people think. Ogres are like onions. Onions have layers. Ogres have layers.” —Shrek With bite-sized advice that feels attainable rather than exhausting, How to Be More Shrek will teach you how to set boundaries, peel back your layers, learn to love your inner (and outer) ogre, fill your swamp with all the right fairytale creatures, and make your own happily ever after. This hilarious book will empower you to have your eyeball jelly on toast and eat it too.

1. Kendall Ashley

Marvel Studios Be More Captain Marvel

Kendall Ashley is a self-proclaimed geek and huge fan of all things Marvel. Kendall is a writer and editor who channels her love of pop culture into writing for websites such as Nerdist, Geek & Sundry, The Mary Sue, HelloGiggles, and Hypable. She also collaborates widely on fiction and non-fiction books via Kendall Ashley Creative (kendallashleycreative.com) and you can find her on Twitter @Kendall_Ashley.

1. David Thomson

A Sudden Flicker of Light

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Last Orgy by the Cemetery

The meteoric rise of video technology in the early 1980s was met with suspicion in some quarters. Pressure groups found certain videocassettes objectionable and 'video nasties' became a catch-all term for undesirable films or films potentially liable for prosecution under the Obscene Publications Act 1959. This book is not a discussion of the video nasties themselves, but instead gives a detailed synopsis of each film, from Absurd to Zombie Flesh Eaters, without criticism or commentary -- 75 video nasty plots without dissection. The book may be considered a nostalgic reverie for those fans and collectors who don't have the fortitude to sit through these films again and would like an aide-memoire means of revisiting them. What's more, many of the films are cheap and exploitative, little masterclasses of cutting corners -- the brutal logic of their storylines when laid bare make for entertaining reading. The material contained in LAST ORGY BY THE CEMETERY originally appeared in a different form in the authors' See No Evil: Banned Films and Video Controversy, published by Headpress in 2000 and now out of print.

Studio Ghibli: Architecture in Animation

A deluxe art book featuring exclusive commentary, sketches, concept art, and paintings detailing the unique architecture in Studio Ghibli’s films.

1. Rob Reiner

A Fine Line between Stupid and Clever

From the acclaimed actor and director comes the first behind-the-scenes look at the making of legendary mockumentary This is Spinal Tap, with the collaboration of the film’s key players including actors, producers, screenwriters, designers and more.