Blogs about: Movies Based On Books

Featured Blog

Hunger Games: Catching Fire

ceruleanstarshine wrote 19 hours ago: Catching Fire comes out November 22nd. I can’t wait! It will be one of the very few movies I a … more →

Tags: catching fire, hunger games, katniss, Peeta, Plot, Story

The Great Gatsby2 comments

13th Floor Magazine wrote 3 days ago: Are you going to see the Great Gatsby tonight? I recommend it! It is, after all, summer and we are f … more →

Tags: summer, The Great Gatsby

The Five Best Film Adaptions7 comments

deanfortythree wrote 1 week ago: With the release of The Great Gatsby, which looks terrible, and all the hullabaloo around Ender … more →

Tags: Writing #2, Books, writing, Literature, Movies, The Great Gatsby, Entertainment, Agatha Christie, Drama

Top Ten List: My Favorite Movies Based Upon A Novel

nealabbott wrote 1 week ago: We’ve all heard, “Good movie, but the book is better.” Sometimes a great book makes a terrible movie … more →

Tags: Creative Writing 2, Creative Writing Blog, A word fitly spoken, neal abbott, Top Ten List

Silver Linings Playbook, the movie

Sally Ann Cooper wrote 1 week ago: I had the pleasure recently of watching Silver Linings Playbook. I just absolutely loved this movie. … more →

Tags: Teen Stuff, Movie Reviews, Movies, Silver Linings Playbook, Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper

Nice to Meet You, Mr. Gatsby

Sally Ann Cooper wrote 2 weeks ago: Another classic, I know. But this one is also worth reading. And it’s really pretty short, at just 1 … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Movies, f. scott fitzgerald, Leonardo DiCapprio, The Great Gatsby

Five Things that Rocked April 28 - May 4

akellyanderson wrote 2 weeks ago: It would have been enough that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played for the Lakers and is the leading NBA scor … more →

Tags: Get Smart, Let me entertain you, Life and Other Nonsense, Objects De Art, Reading, Basketball, Buzzfeed, Claire Messud, huffington post

10 Films That Contradict the Endings of the Books They're Based on55 comments

Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer wrote 3 weeks ago: My article “10 Films That Barely Resemble the Books They’re Based on” was a huge hit a few weeks ago … more →

Tags: Random Stuff, Movies, Movie Review, films, Action Movies, Books, Film Endings

A Quick Note

rwf1954 wrote 1 month ago: This is a quick update for my blog followers (or any other interested visitors) who are accustomed t … more →

Tags: books compared to movies, Books into Movies, Fusion Jazz, Historical Fiction, Issa, Issa legend, Medieval Period, Music, music commentary

Why I'm Getting Excited About DIVERGENT.....

Claire wrote 1 month ago: And I haven’t even read it! That’s right, my fellow cinephiles: the 2011 YA novel Diverg … more →

Tags: movies, Coming soon, This Looks Awesome, divergent, Dystopias, Jai Courtney's face, Kate Winslet, Neil Burger, Girl Power

10 Films That Barely Resemble the Books They're Based on90 comments

Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer wrote 1 month ago: Adapting a book into a film is hard, which is why some filmmakers just say “Forget it,” and make the … more →

Tags: Random Stuff, Books, films, Movie Review, Movies, Science Fiction

Books-Into-Movies: “The Natural” (based on the novel THE NATURAL)

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

Tags: Baseball, Bernard Malamud, Book Synopsis, Books, books compared to movies, Books into Movies, movie commentary, Movies, Robert Redford

Whoops, Spoiler Alert!6 comments

essaalroc wrote 1 month ago: Because I am a saint who loves to save other people time, as well as a super judgmental movie critic … more →

Tags: Actual Useful Advice (no, really), Written While Stoned and Covered in Funion Crumbs, Books, Comedy, Entertainment 2, Humor, Movie Reviews, Movies, New Movies

Life of Pi

Jennifer Venson wrote 1 month ago: Directed by: Ang Lee Starring:  Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan I remember reading Life of Pi by Yann Mart … more →

Tags: JLV Reviews, ang lee, Survivor tales, spectacular CGI, 2012 Oscar Winners, Richard Parker, Gerard Depardieu

The Pirates! Band of Misfits

Jennifer Venson wrote 2 months ago: Directed by: Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt Starring the voices of:  Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, Imelda Sta … more →

Tags: JLV Reviews, salma hayek, Animated Films, Family Films, Martin Freeman, Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt, Hugh Grant, Jeremy Piven

Movie of the Week5 comments

citychickcountrylife wrote 2 months ago: This weeks movie is the cult favorite, Pin. I first saw this when I lived in residence. My best frie … more →

Tags: Movies, Books, horror movies, 80s horror, 80's Movies, Dolls, PIN, Pin 1989, A Plastic Nightmare

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Jennifer Venson wrote 2 months ago: Directed by: Wes Anderson Starring the voices of: George Clooney, Jason Schwartzman, Meryl Streep Wh … more →

Tags: JLV Reviews, Wes Anderson, Bill Murray, george clooney, animated film, Oscar Nominee, Jason Schwartzman, meryl streep, Owen Wilson

Getting the story right

dykewriter wrote 2 months ago:   … more →

Tags: Living Well, Rules of Writering, Wellness, culture watch, Agoraphobic Diary, recovery process, Based on a True Story, book to movies, Community Planning

'Life of Pi' review by Matt Mueller 4 comments

emmawillemsen wrote 2 months ago: Matt Mueller’s review of Ang Lee’s Life of Pi sees a style of writing that encompasses the ability t … more →

Tags: review of reviews, Review, Matt Mueller, Life of Pi, ang lee, life of pi review, Total Film, Cinema, Movie Review


Related Tags
All →

Follow this tag via RSS