Episode #236: Justice for Harry!

We talk Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again (2018), the songs, the flashbacks, and who got the short end of the stick.

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Adaptation #48: Ironically Epic

header048Kendyl is accompanied by Jess, Jenn and Dorin’s extensive notes to discuss William Joyce’s children’s book The Leaf Men and the film Epic by Chris Wedge. The girls discuss the adaptation in terms of expanding on an already created world, matching voice actors to characters and the beauty of the animation.

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For more children’s book adaptation discussions check out our episodes on The Lorax (book and film), The Invention of Hugo Cabret (book and film) and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (book/1939 film and 2013 film)

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Adaptation #31: Vive la Revolution pour les Miserables

header031As 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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