I thought it would be fun to do an A-Z of my blog (too much time on my hands?) so…
John Green’s extremely successful YA book has translated to a compelling and heartbreaking romance film. It’s quite close to the…
Susan Orlean’s The Orchid Thief is a very good read. The film, however, is weird and tries too hard to…
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…