Kiefer Sutherland stars in this supernatural thriller as Ben Carson, an ex-cop who quit his job owing to post-traumatic stress syndrome, & who now works as a night security guard at an old department store that was burned out in a fire. Soon after starting the job, Ben starts to see horrific images in the store's many mirrors: weird spirits that seem intent on pursuing him & his estranged family & watching them through the medium of any nearby reflective surface. Can Ben discover the origin of these evil spirits
- & reveal the story they are trying to tell
- in time to save himself & those he loves?

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Throughout Spain's tumultuous twentieth century, women writers produced a variety of novels, popular theater, & poetry. This multilingual collection of essays by both scholars & creative artists explores the diversity of Spanish women's writing, celebrated & forgotten. The contributors include: Nicole Altamirano, Alda Blanco, & Jo Labanyi. ...

Thriller double. Kiefer Sutherland stars in the supernatural thriller ' Mirrors' (2007) as Ben Carson, an ex-cop who quit his job owing to post-traumatic stress syndrome who now works as a night security guard at an old department store that was burned out in a fire. Soon after starting the job, Ben starts to see horrific images in the store's many mirrors: weird spirits that seem intent on pursuing him & his estranged family & watching them through the medium of any nearby reflective surface. Can Ben discover the origin of these evil spirits
- & reveal the story they are trying to tell
- in time to save himself & those he loves? In end-of-the-world thriller ' The Happening' (2008), a science teacher & his family try to outrun a neurotoxin sweeping the country. Lecturing his students about the mass disappearance of bees, teacher Elliot Moore (Mark Wahlberg) is informed that a wave of mass suicides is occurring across the country, initially believed to be some form of biological terrorist attack. Deciding to leave town by train with his wife Alma (Zooey Deschanel), fellow teacher Julian (John Leguizamo) & Julian's daughter Jess (Ashlyn Sanchez), the train finally comes to a halt before its final destination when the crew loses contact with the outside world. As the full enormity of the situation sinks in, what little information available from news reports suggests that the rapidly spreading neurotoxin is emanating from plants, & being spread on the wind. As the suicide pandemic reaches ever smaller population centres, Elliot, Alma & Jess have to fend for themselves, desperately seeking shelter from the approaching storm.

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