Despite the grimness of the global pandemic, Spring is in the air, bringing flowers, sunshine and, of course, insects. Here…
Stephen King famously disliked this adaptation of his book. The main characters were changed significantly. So was the ending. Some…
This extremely successful adaptation of William Peter Blatty’s novel has a notorious reputation. I imagine it was very shocking when…
The Great Gatsby is the most famous American classic and is close to many readers’ hearts. A film adaptation of…
Ah, the nostalgia. This classic film adaptation, directed and written by Lionel Jeffries, is now as iconic as E Nesbit’s…
This is the most perfect book-to-screen adaptation I’ve seen. The screenwriter was the book’s author, Patrick Ness, which would explain…
Roald Dahl famously disliked this musical adaptation of his 1964 book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. However, this film is…
I’ve always been a fan of Anthony Horowitz’s YA book Stormbreaker, first published in 2000. I never wanted to watch…
This is a remarkable black and white film, based on Alan Sillitoe’s short story which was part of a collection…
When I first saw this film at the cinema, I was confused. It begins halfway through the story, with an…