Jenn and Kendyl talk He’s All That (2021) and wonder at what point we’ll be too far away from high school to be able to “get” these movies.
Continue readingEpisode #322: Not Improved, But Different
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Commentary #25: Ever After (1998)
Watch Ever After (1998) with us!
Continue readingCommentary #24: She’s All That (1999)
Watch She’s All That (1999) with us!
Continue readingEpisode #321: Jojo Said It Best
“It’s just too little, too late” for the complex Black Widow story that we really wanted, but that doesn’t mean we didn’t enjoy the 2021 film. We just wish it wasn’t the first and last time Natasha got to be our title character.
Continue readingEpisode #320: Like a Spider Waiting for the Kill
The Adaptation team talks Cruella (2021)!
Continue readingCommentary #23: One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
Watch One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) with us!
Continue readingEpisode #319: But the Crows, Though
A jam-packed episode on the first season of Shadow and Bone!
Continue readingEpisode #318: Emphasis on Chaos
We thought it would never happen, but the Adaptation team is finally covering Chaos Walking (2021).
Continue readingEpisode #317: Masculine Laughter
The Adaptation team covers The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith, published in 1956, and you can tell.
Continue readingEpisode #316: Eff That Noise
Coming to you from the distant past of 2019, Dorin and Kendyl talk about The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness.
Continue readingEpisode #315: Super Squirrel
Dorin and Kendyl discuss the movie Flora & Ulysses (2021) and the differences in family dynamics from the book that it’s based on.
Continue readingEpisode #314: Choosing Each Other
Jenn (completely voluntarily) joins Corey and Kendyl to talk about To All the Boys: Always and Forever (2021), the finale to the movie series.
Continue readingEpisode #313: A Loop, a Whirl, a Vertical Climb
Dorin and Kendyl cover the delightful, layered middle grade book Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo.
Continue readingEpisode #312: Near and Far, Closer Together
Corey and Kendyl cover the final book in the To All the Boys trilogy, Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han.
Continue readingEpisode #309: Wait… What?
Jenn, Dorin, and Kendyl talk about Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), try to work out the rules of the stone, and what moral compass this movie was using.
Continue readingEpisode #308: You Must Be True to Your Heart
The Adaptation hosts discuss Mulan (2020), their criteria for liking these Disney live-action remakes, and what exactly makes stories like Mulan empowering
Continue readingEpisode #307: The Subtle Art of Traveling Between Worlds
Jess and Kendyl discuss The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman, the introduction of other words and characters, and the religious symbolism.
Continue readingEpisode #306: Rebecca of Manderley Estate
Jenn, Dorin, and Kendyl discuss the choices made in Rebecca (2020) compared to the book by Daphne du Maurier, which they agreed with and which they could have done without.
Continue readingEpisode #303: The Witches Who Lunch
The Adaptation hosts watched The Witches (2020) and could truly go on-and-on about all the visual elements, from the updated way the witches look to every piece of clothing. But there’s more to talk about with our hero, the grandmother, and the addition of a new mouse friend.
Episode #302: The Ghosts of the Mind
Dorin, Jenn, and Kendyl have a lot of theories as to what the heck happened in The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. Basically, everyone is sus, children are terrifying, and always pay attention to what’s in the corner of your eye.
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