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Interview: Cate Shortland on Berlin Syndrome
Berlin Syndrome (2017)
#197: Wake Up, Wakefield
Wakefield by E.L. Doctorow
Wakefield (2016)
Interview: Robin Swicord on Wakefield
Wakefield by E.L. Doctorow
Wakefield (2016)
#196: Everything, Everything Under the Sun
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
#195: Apple Pie Gods
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
#194: The Inner Circle
Dave Eggers’ The Circle
#193: Morphitudinal Power Rangers
Power Rangers (2017)
#192: The Handmaid’s Pedestal
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
#191: There’s Something There That Wasn’t There Before
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
#190: Go Back to the Way Jem Was
Jem and the Holograms (2015)
#189: Papa Logan’s School for Pugnacious Punks
Logan (2017)
#188: Hidden Figures Make History
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Hidden Figures (2016)
#187: The Game of Katwe
Disney’s Queen of Katwe (2016)
#186: A Dog’s Fluffy Purpose
A Dog’s Purpose (2017)
#185: A Long Way Home for Lion
A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley
Lion (2016)
#184: A Dog Is a Time Lord
A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron
#183: A Monster Counsels
A Monster Calls (2016)
#182: Does a Monster Really Call?
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
#181: The Road to Ozland
Ozland (2015)
#180: Adorable Beasts and How to Catch Them
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by JK Rowling
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
#179: Arrival of Your Life
“Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang
Arrival (2016)
#178: The Strange Case of Dr. Privilege and Mr. Wong
Doctor Strange (2016)
#177: The Women Near the Train
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
The Girl on the Train (2016)
#176: A Villainous Trap for Peculiar Children
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
#175: Miss Peregrine’s Loop for Tiny Adults
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
#174: The Queen of the Castle (…it’s called a Rook)
The Queen of Katwe by Tim Crothers
#173: There Dragons Will Be
Pete’s Dragon (2016)
#172: The Nerve to Be Anonymous
Nerve (2016)
#171: What’s the Opposite of Squad Goals?
Suicide Squad (2016)
#170: Ghostbustin’ Makes Me Feel Good
Ghostbusters (1984)
Ghostbusters (2016)
#169: Star Trek Above and Beyond
Star Trek Beyond (2016)
#168: The Big Friendly Sandman
The BFG by Roald Dahl
The BFG (1989)
The BFG (2016)
#167: Hit a NERVE
Nerve by Jeanne Ryan
#166: Winter Has Come
Game of Thrones season 6
#165: Once Upon a Test of True Love
Once Upon a Time season 5
#164: Me Before the Wreckage
Me Before You (2016)
#163: Magnetocast
X-Men:Apocolypse (2016)
#162: Alice Through the Ocean of Time
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
#161: Super-Mega-Foxy-Awesome-Hot-Girl
Supergirl (season 1)
#160: Putting Me Before You
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
#159: Civil War Makes Civil Hands Unclean
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
#158: The Law of the Jungle Book
The Jungle Book (2016)
#157: The Huntsman and the Queen’s War
The Huntsman: Winter’s War (2016)
#156: Dawn of the Justice League
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
#155: Divided Allegiances
The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016)
#154: What Would Peggy Carter Do?
Agent Carter season 2
#153: The Right to Refuse Allegiance
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
#152: Deadpool Talks to Walls
Deadpool (2016)
#151: A Flirty Pissing Contest and Zombies
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
#150: We Are the 5th Wave
The 5th Wave (2016)
#149: Riding the 5th Wave
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
#148: #TeamWhale
In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
#147: The Peanut Gallery Is Back!
The Peanuts Movie (2015)
#146: Breaking the Heart of the Sea
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathanial Philbrick
#145: The Origin of Victor Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein (2015)
#144: The Hunger Games Finale
Mockingjay Part 2 (2015)
#143: There’s No Place Like Brooklyn
Brooklyn (2015)
#142: When Sh*t Hits the Pan
Pan (2015)
#141: A Guilt Trip to Brooklyn
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
#140 Running the Scorch Trials
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)
#139 Peter Pan, #NotAllChildren
Peter Pan by JM Barrie
Adaptations of Peter Pan
#138 The Scorch Trials and Tribulations
The Scorch Trials by James Dashner
#137 A Paper Trail to a Paper Girl
Paper Towns (2015)
#136 A Shot in the Dark Places
Dark Places (2015)
#135 Fallible Four and the Fantastic Flop
Fantastic Four (2015)
#134 Ant-Man Is Watching You
Ant-Man (2015)
#133 Dark and Twisty Places
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
#132 Terminating the Genesys
Terminator Genesys (2015)
#131 Free Willy from the Paper Towns
Paper Towns by John Green
#130 A Losing Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones season 5
#129 On Top of the Jurassic World
Jurassic World (2015)
#128 The Causal Flarrow of Time
The Flash s1
Arrow s3
#127 Still Pretty Close to the Madding Crowd
Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)
#126 Perfect Peggy and the Agents of SHIELD
Agent Carter season 1
Agents of SHIELD season 2
#125 Once Upon a Soap Opera
OUAT season 4
#124 Avengers, Age of Cameos
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
#123 Right in the Middle of the Madding Crowd
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
#122 Home Is Where the Boov Is
Home (2015)
#121 Cinderella and Her Fairy Goose Mother
Cinderella (2015)
#120 In Case of Insurgency…
Insurgent (2015)
#119 A Dance with Selmy
A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin
#118 The True Meaning of Gratuity
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
#117 The Seventh Son and the Stone of Destiny
Seventh Son (2014)
#116 Cinderella, Dressed in Yellow
Many different versions of the Cinderella fairytale
#115 Ever the Kingsman
The Secret Service by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)
#114 From Initiate to Insurgent
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
#113 Little Women Meet World
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
#112 Revenge of the Last Spook’s Apprentice, A Seventh Son of Wardstone
The Last Apprentice by Joseph Delaney
#111 Into the Woods of Deconstruction
Into the Woods (2014)
#110 We Got Annie
Annie (2014)
#109 And a Hobbit with the One Ring
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
#108 Do You Hear the Districts Sing?
Mockingjay Part 1 (2014)
#107 Victoria “Ghoulish” Frankenstein, MD
Frankenstein MD (2014)
#106 Big Hiro 6
Big Hero 6 (2014)
#105 Of Mockingjays and Monoploy
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
#104 A Feast of Trust Issues
A Feast for Crows by George RR Martin
#103 Alexander and the Delightful, Wonderful, Not Bad, Very Good Film
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)
#102 There Were Grievers in the Glade, James!
The Maze Runner (2014)
#101 I’m Gonna Miss You When You’re Gone Girl
Gone Girl (2014)
Adaptation Celebrates 100 Episodes!
#100 Get Out of Your Box, Trolls
Here Be Monsters! By Alan Snow
The Boxtrolls (2014)
#99 Gone Crazy on You Girl
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
#98 Emma’s Approved Improvements
Emma Approved (entire series)
#97 WICKED is… Good?
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
#96 The Giver of Mental Breakdowns
The Giver (2014)
#95 If I Stay, It’s For the Music
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
If I Stay (2014)
#94 Misfits of the Galaxy
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
#93 The Giver of Apprehension
The Giver by Lois Lowry
#92 It’s Anyone’s Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones season 4
#91 The Fault in Our Accuracy
The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
#90 Stefan Started the Maleficence
Maleficent (2014)
#89 x-Men and the Day Everyone Died
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
#88 Once Upon a Bratty Child
Once Upon a Time season 3
#87 Dorothy’s Legendary Return
Dorothy of Oz by Roger s Baum
Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return (2014)
#86 the Villain Creating Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
#85 Even Voldy Cried During TFIOS
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
#84 I’m Telling Ya’ll It’s Sabotage
Sabotage (2014)
#83 OUAT’s Adventures in Wonderland
OUAT in Wonderland Season 1
#82 Captain America and the Bromantic Soldiers
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
#81 A Game of Secret Targaryens
HBO’s Game of Thrones seasons 1-3
A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin books 1-2.5
#80 Two Factions Diverged in a Wood
Divergent (2014)
#79 And Then There Were No More Biscuits
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
#78 The Divergent Sorting Hat
Divergent by Veronica Roth
#77 Lost in a Winter’s Tale
Winter’s Tale by Mark Helprin
Winter’s Tale (2014)
#76 We Shave For Sherlock Holmes
BBC’s Sherlock Series 3
#75 I, Frankenstein. You, Human.
I, Frankenstein: Genesis #1 by Kevin Grevioux
I, Frankenstein (2014)
#74 The School Boy and the Curse of the Midas Gun
Mariah Mundi: The Midas Box by GP Taylor
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (2013)
#73 The Book Thief is Death’s Best Friend
The Book Thief (2013)
#72 Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
#71 Two Sides to Every Twisted Tale
Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier (2013)
#70 What Frozen Things Do In Summer
The Snow Queen- Hans Christian Andersen
Disney’s Frozen (2013)
#69 The Spark Catches Fire
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
#68 Thor and the Trickster
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
#67 Graff Shot First
Ender’s Game (2013)
#66 If It Weren’t For Catching Fire
Catching Fire- Suzanne Collins
#65 Haunted by The Book Thief
The Book Thief- Markus Zusak
#64 Free Opportunity Dirty Pillows
Carrie (2013)
#63 Lord of the Buggers
Ender’s Game- Orson Scott Card
#62 Engagingly Clueless Emma
Emma- Jane Austen
#61 Rest In Peace, Dead-Os
RIPD- Peter M Lenkov
RIPD (2013)
#60 Carrie Can’t Control the Crazy
Carrie- Stephen King
Carrie (1976)
#59 You Too Can Be Kick-Ass
Kick-Ass- Mark Miller and John Romita Jr
Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
#58 City of Inconsequence
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
#57 Hi-Yo Stupid, Away!
The Lone Ranger (1949-57)
The Lone Ranger (2013)
#56 Fashionably Early Kronos
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
#55 The Not Actually Mortal Wolverine
The Wolverine (2013)
#54 TMI and Incestuous Canoodling
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones- Cassandra Clare
#53 Twice Upon a Fairytale
Once Upon a Time Season 2
#52 Much Ado About Whedon
Much Ado About Nothing- William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing (2012)
#51 Percy Jackson and the Bermuda Triangle of Monsters
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Sea of Monsters- Rick Riordan
#50 World War Zombie Apocalypse
World War Z (2013)
#49 Alien of Steel
Man of Steel (2013)
#48 Ironically Epic
The Leaf Men- William Joyce
Epic (2013)
#47 World War Z Lies and Propaganda
World War Z- Max Brooks
#46 The Not Quite Oscar-Worthy Gatsby
The Great Gatsby- F Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby (2013)
#45 Star Trek Into the Bluest Blue
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Mini #2 From Page to Screen Interviews – A Bronte Double Feature
Wuthering Heights (2011)
Jane Eyre (2011)
Interviews with Olivia Hetreed and Moira Buffini
#44 Iron Man Suit Up!
Iron Man 3 (2013)
Extremis (2010)
#43 The Evil Dead Are Coming For Our Souls
The Evil Dead (1981)
The Evil Dead (2013)
#42 All About the EL-BEE-DEE!
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (2012-13)
#41 A Host of Issues
The Host (2013)
#40 Fee Fi Fo Fum
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
#39 Nothing to Get Green Over
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
#38 Mind, Host and Soul
The Host- Stephenie Meyer
#37 Hansel and Gretel, So Hot Right Now
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
#36 What Beautiful Creatures These Mortals Be
Beautiful Creatures (2013)
#35 I Am a Zombie Pregnant with Importance
Warm Bodies (2013)
#34 The Merry Old Land of Manipulation
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
#33 Beautiful Outcasters
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
#32 Hot Blood, Warm Bodies
Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
#31 Vive la Revolution pour les Miserables
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
Les Miserables (stage)
Les Miserables (2012)
#30 Do Bananas Float?
Life of Pi (2012)
#29 Toners for Dwarves
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
#28 Cloud Atlas 6ever
Cloud Atlas (2012)
#27 Where’s the Silver Lining?
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
#26 Luckily For Hobbits, Size Doesn’t Matter
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
#25 Vampires Taste Like Freeze Dried Chicken
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II (2012)
#24 Cloud Atlas Takes Over Our Brains
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
#23 Frankenception
Frankenstein (1931)
Frankenweenie (1984)
Frankenweenie (2012)
#22 Because… High School
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
#21 Don’t Stand Under the Umbrella
Resident Evil films
#20 Pi of the Tiger
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
#19 All the World’s a Stage
Anna Karenina (2012)
#18 Living in a Powder Keg
The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
#17 Arnold’s Muscles of Doom
We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K Dick
Total Recall (1990)
Total Recall (2012)
#16 Anna’s Love is a Battlefield
Anna Karenina- Leo Tolstoy
Mini #1 From Page to Screen – The Interviews
Women in Love (1969)
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012)
Interviews with Corinna Wagner and Simon Beaufoy
#15 The Perks of Being an Infinite Lorax
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Lorax (2012)
#14 Joseph Gordon Levitt Rises (Literally)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
#13 M. Night, You Used Your Power Irresponsibly
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-08)
The Last Airbender (2010)
#12 AL Vamp Hunt (dig)?
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
#11 Things Disney Taught Us
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
#10 Joss Whedon is a God… Among Men
The Avengers (2012)
Dark Shadows (2012)
#9 Snow White and the Stranger Danger
Snow White – A bunch of versions of fairytale
Mirror, Mirror (2012)
#8 From Page to Screen – The Committee
From Page to Screen Committee Interview
#7 Seneca Crane’s Beard Invalidates Your Opinion
The Hunger Games (2012)
#6 Hunger Games, Y U So Brilliant?
The Hunger Games- Suzanne Collins
#5 One for the Lorax
One for the Money (2012)
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
#4 Where We Feel Worse When Animals Die
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
Woman in Black (2012)
#3 Heavy, Light, Scary
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo- Stieg Larsson
One for the Money- Janet Evanovich
Woman in Black- Susan Hill
#2 Hugo Has a Sexy Dad
Hugo (2011)
#1 Cinemagic and the Invention of Hugo Cabret
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
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