As the team discusses Tom Hooper’s film Les Miserables, we realize that our expectations were both too high and too low. Talking over the cast, the filming and the how the story was told versus the stage musical and Victor Hugo’s novel, we can only conclude that it was painfully amazing… or was that amazingly painful?
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Jess, Jenn and Kendyl think that Ang Lee did adaptation right in this episode focused on his film Life of Pi. They also discuss the film’s visual and spiritual aspects and do some more wondering about the truth behind Pi’s story.
Also, check out our discussion of the book by Yann Martel in episode #20: Pi of the Tiger!
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The team talks the first installment of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, how it fits into the Lord of the Rings saga and how faithfully it represents the novel by JRR Tolkien.
For our discussion on the book check out episode #26: Luckily for Hobbits, Size Doesn’t Matter. For The Desolation of Smaug, check out episode #72: Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon. For Battle of the Five Armies, check out episode #109: And a Hobbit with the One Ring.
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In episode #28, Kendyl and Dorin discuss how the writers and directors of Cloud Atlas must have felt exactly as they did after reading the novel and Ryan brings in the non-fangirling reader perspective. In the end, we all conclude that there needs to be a TV miniseries in the future.
Check out our discussion on the novel by David Mitchell here.
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After seeing David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook, Dorin and Kendyl discuss it’s merits and shortcomings as a film and in comparison with the novel its based on.
Also check out our episode on the novel!
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In episode #26, the gang gets together to talk about JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit, make predictions on the upcoming film trilogy and discuss where learning elvish falls on the geek scale.
EDIT: Our episodes on the films An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug and Battle of the Fiver Armies are now available!
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The Twilight Saga is over (finally)! The hosts discuss the last film in the series, Breaking Dawn Part 2, getting a little over excited about their favorite parts, the twisty ending and the differences between the film and the book.
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Kendyl and Dorin read Cloud Atlas and feel like it has taken over their entire thought processes in this record long episode. But don’t worry, it’s worth it for the in-depth discussion of David Mitchell’s amazing book that leads the hosts to talk of reincarnation, war and lots of -isms.
Also check out the episode on the film!
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My life is over. Come Christmas, my Saturday nights will no longer be full of magic and adventure. And why is that?
Because Merlin is ending. And I don’t just mean the-season-finale-is-coming-crap-now-we’ll-have-to-wait-another-six-months-for-Colin’s-cheekbones. Nope, BBC has announced that this season will be the last, despite the tantalizing season 6 hints that they teased us with this summer. So, here I am, saying sorry for raising hopes with our previous post, but you must understand, dear readers, that I am just as disappointed as you are. Continue reading
In episode #23, our hosts discuss James Whale’s Frankenstein (1931), Tim Burton’s short film Frankenweenie (1984) and the current feature film remake, concluding that in any form it all comes down to bad parenting and creations that just want to be loved.
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Dorin, Corey and Kendyl review the film version of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, discuss the future career of Logan Lerman and wonder if today’s teens know what a cassette tape is.
For our discussion of the book check out Adaptation #15: The Perks of Being an Infinite Lorax!
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After seeing the newest film in the franchise, the hosts get together to discuss Resident Evil as a whole, what they like about the games, their favorite of the films and which ones didn’t measure up.
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In episode #20, Jess and Jenn discuss Yann Martel’s novel Life of Pi, debate whether Pi’s story is actually true and make predictions for how Ang Lee will translate it to film.
Also check out the episode on the film!
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In episode #19, we return to discuss Joe Wright’s film Anna Karenina (2012), talk about the many metaphor’s contained in it and give some love to our favorite character, Boris.
Also check out our episode on the film!
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In episode #18, Dorin and Kendyl discuss Matthew Quick’s novel The Silver Linings Playbook, the balance between optimism and realism, and the epicness of Total Eclipse of the Heart.
Also check out our episode on the movie!
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Hosts Kendyl, Dorin, Ryan and Chase get together to discuss Philip K. Dick’s short story We Can Remember It For You, Wholesale and its two movie adaptations: Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 Total Recall and the current Len Wiseman remake.
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As November 16th approaches, we are bound to be getting more and more sneak peeks at the final installment in the Twilight Saga to ramp up the excitement. We’ve already seen a few teasers, but now a full theatrical trailer has been released for Breaking Dawn Part 2 on the Official Twilight YouTube channel.
In just over two minutes, the trailer outlines the danger that the Cullens once again find themselves in, this time because of Edward and Bella’s unexpected offspring, and how they are attempting to prevent it. It gives a quick look at several of the covens that are coming to their aid and some serious fighting towards the end. It seems like fans might finally get the battle they were denied in the book.
I have to say, I was excited to see that there might be a battle at the end to make the climax less of a non-event. And also to see that little exchange between Kate and Garrett.
Are you excited for the apparent changes to the storyline? What was your favorite part of the trailer?
Leave you answers in the comments!
Corey and Dorin discuss Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel Anna Karenina, the destructiveness of Anna’s relationship and the Russian aristocracy she was part of.
Also check out our episode on the 2012 film!
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Kendyl and first-time host Nicole sit down to talk about some interviews Kendyl did at the From Page To Screen festival earlier this year. The interview with screenwriter Simon Beaufoy (Salmon Fishing in the Yeman, Catching Fire) gets the girls excited for the new Hunger Games installment as well as discussing the role of screenwriters in film making. The interview with English and Film lecturer at the University of Exeter, Dr. Corinna Wagner about DH Lawrence’s Women in Love and the 1969 adaptation leads into quite the discussion about how relationships are viewed today.
A special thanks to everyone at From Page to Screen for making these interviews possible!
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Based on the crime novel Cogan’s Trade by George V. Higgins comes Brad Pitt’s new flick Killing Them Softly, the trailer of which hit earlier this week. Pitt plays Jackie Cogan, an enforcer hired by the mob to track down the men who robbed one of their high-stakes card games.
The film is adapted and directed by Andrew Dominik and in addition to Pitt, it stars Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins and James Gandolfini. It is set to release September 21 in the UK and October 19 in the US.
What do you think of the trailer?
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