BOOK JACK

Baltasar Kormákur’s Apex pairs Charlize Theron, Taron Egerton, and Eric Bana in a polished survival thriller that delivers tension and star power, even if its deeper ambitions never quite land.

Jeong Yu-jeong’s Seven Years of Darkness is a bleak, gripping psychological thriller that explores murder, inherited guilt, and the devastating aftermath of violence with chilling emotional depth.

First published in 1982, Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits is a sweeping multigenerational novel that blends family drama, political upheaval, and subtle magical realism into one of modern Latin American fiction’s most memorable works.

Matthew Rhys leads Widow’s Bay, an upcoming coastal mystery series that already looks intriguing thanks to its strong ensemble, genre-savvy showrunner Katie Dippold, and an eye-catching lineup of directors including Hiro Murai and Ty West.