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Help Me Support Danger Word Film!

teemtwo wrote 1 month ago: I rarely ask people to donate funds for anything, but this project, Danger Word Film is very dear to … more →

Tags: Entertainment, videos, Film Reviews, steven barnes, Fiction, film, Movies, Books, Danger Word Film

Good, not great, and a little bit powerful

jerms4389 wrote 2 months ago:   The Wizard of Oz is one of the most cherished films ever made. It had characters you related … more →

Tags: films, Dorothy Gale, Film Review, glinda, James Franco, Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis, oz, oz the great and powerful

Review: Alice (1988)

KotG wrote 3 months ago: Greg Foster compares Czech surrealist animator Jan Švankmajer’s Neco z Aleky to its Disney cou … more →

Tags: Review, Animated Films, alice, Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, Disney, Walt Disney Company, Eastern Bloc, Jan Svankmajer

Films Based on Books: The 2013 Edition by Michael Rogers

bluesyemre wrote 3 months ago: With Parker, the latest film incarnation of the badass protagonist appearing in two dozen Donald Wes … more →

Tags: Books, Movies, Books 2, movies, movies based on books

End of the year catch up: Movies Part 2

jerms4389 wrote 4 months ago: In my final post for films and music from the year that was 2012, I give you the last three films I … more →

Tags: films, action 2, adventure 2, Video Games, Film Review, Book Adaptation, The Hobbit, Wreck-It Ralph, Rise of the Guardians

End of the year catch up: Movies Part 1

jerms4389 wrote 4 months ago: In an effort to make sure I am beginning 2013 fresh, I need to write about the films I saw in 2012 y … more →

Tags: films, action 2, Drama 2, Movie, Film Review, Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken

Great expectations this Christmas

readingthecentury wrote 4 months ago: 2012 is drawing to an end, and the Mayans were wrong, which means I can’t put off the universi … more →

Tags: Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Movie, 2012, 1860's

You've Seen the Film - Now Read the Book!

MaryTreacy wrote 5 months ago: Tired of mega-movie houses where the feature film is lost in the frenzy of projectiles, the grumbles … more →

Tags: Public libraries, books and reading, Libraries, Hennepin county library, libraries and librarians, films, books into film, American Fiction

American Psycho

Leonie Cumiskey wrote 9 months ago: I’m currently reading ‘American Psycho’ by Bret Easton Ellis. I haven’t seen … more →

Tags: Brainless/Comedy, Culture, writing, American Psycho, Black Comedy, Books, Bret Easton Ellis, Christian Bale, Cinema

The Hobbit

Shaun wrote 9 months ago: Fans of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit were already in for a treat this December with the theatrical … more →

Tags: The Hobbit

Books-Into-Film Commentary – Birdsong (Part Two)

rwf1954 wrote 1 year ago: (Richard Warren Field wrote the award-winning novel, The Swords of Faith. Read why this book will ma … more →

Tags: Historical Fiction, Television Commentary, movies based on books, Books, Book Synopsis, books compared to film, books compared to television, Birdsong, sebastian faulks

Books-Into-Film Commentary – Birdsong (Part One) 1 comment

rwf1954 wrote 1 year ago: (Richard Warren Field wrote the award-winning novel, The Swords of Faith. Read why this book will ma … more →

Tags: Historical Fiction, Television Commentary, movies based on books, Books, books compared to film, books compared to television, Birdsong, sebastian faulks, Television Based on Books

Top Ten Books that Shouldn't Be Made Into Movies2 comments

mbolit wrote 2 years ago: Modlife, the Modcloth blog, recently posted a list of the Top 10 Books that Should Be Made Into Movi … more →

Tags: What I'm Reading, Web Reading, Random Thoughts, Books, Virginia Woolf, William Faulkner, Carson McCullers, Movies, Kurt Vonnegut

no shit, sherlock.

kendallgoodwin wrote 3 years ago: i went and saw the new sherlock holmes movie a couple days ago, and i have been thinking a lot about … more →

Tags: Literary Giants, Opinions & Musings de la Kendall, So Cultural, un film.., Books, films, Guy Ritchie, Jude Law, Sherlock Holmes

no shit, sherlock.

Kendall wrote 3 years ago: i went and saw the new sherlock holmes movie a couple days ago, and i have been thinking a lot about … more →

Tags: Literary Giants, un film.., So Cultural, Opinions & Musings de la Kendall, Books, Sherlock Holmes, Guy Ritchie, films, Jude Law

Fantastic Mr Fox, Brothers, The Road, 2010 reviews

Sister Rose wrote 3 years ago: The Fantastic Mr. Fox – Based on a story by Roald Dahl (1916-1990), director Wes Anderson (The Darje … more →

Tags: Film Reviews, Sr Rose movie reviews, Sr Rose film reviews, FantasticMrFoxmovie, Fantastic Mr. Fox, 2012 movie, Brothers, Jim Sheridan, The Road Movie

BREAKING NEWS! The novel Twilight incites odd behavior in teens...2 comments

teenlibrarian wrote 4 years ago: They read it – they love it – and some are willing to TALK ABOUT IT!!! *gasp* SURPRISE!  … more →

Tags: Teen Programs, Neat - New - Interesting, Book Club

Your 2 cents (and your 2 cents, and - oh look, a dollar!)2 comments

teenlibrarian wrote 4 years ago: Fun and games with WordPress polls! [polldaddy poll=1156470] … more →

Tags: Teens @ CCPL&IC polls

Where do they come up with these movies?4 comments

teenlibrarian wrote 4 years ago: …well, if the folks who make ’em want a good bet, then they look to the really cool teen … more →

Tags: Neat - New - Interesting


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