Based on S J Watson’s very popular thriller, this film has the same concept but many changes were made. Sadly…
A couple of years after Simon explored the challenges faced by people living in Cornwall, he returns to see how…
This famous film is a faithful adaptation of Keith Waterhouse’s 1959 novel, a gritty ‘kitchen sink’ drama with some laugh-out-loud…
Based on the first three books in Lemony Snicket’s dark and quirky series, this is an entertaining Tim Burton-ish film…
This iconic Disney classic is based on Charles Perrault’s story (itself based on earlier sources and which was followed by…
Ira Levin was only twenty-three when his debut novel was published. A Kiss Before Dying is a crime thriller set…
Guillermo del Toro transforms Carlo Collodi’s 1883 morality tale into something completely different. It’s not really an adaptation, more of…
Here’s my now-traditional list of the films I watched this year! I’m not entirely sure how I managed to watch…
This is a lovely and spirited adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, directed by Gillian Armstrong with a screenplay…
Lois Lowry’s 1993 award-winning YA novel is a dystopian story which, like all scarily plausible dystopias with vitally important messages,…