1 day ago by DorianTB

The Glass Key (TGK) gets Team Bartilucci's vote! Dashiell Hammett, one of my writing heroes, wrote his hard-boiled crime novel in 1931, and like virtually all of Hammett’s novels, TGK became a best-seller and a classic. Hollywood got ahold of it twice: first came the 1935 version starring Edward Arn ...

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2 days ago by tigger500

So Hollywood is developing a film version of Anne Rice's "Tale of the Body Thief." Can we just admit that this is a bad idea? I mean, the film treatments of this series have been awful - Kirsten Dunst notwithstanding - without any real continuity, so it would just be better to reboot it. And what be ...

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5 days ago by wolfeyebrows

Last night I watched the film adaptation of Haruki Murakami‘s popular novel Norwegian Wood, which is set in Japan in the 1960s. If you have followed this blog for awhile you’ll know I’m a fan of his economical writing. Needless to say I was quite excited to watch it. I had forgotten how melancholic ...

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10 days ago by Wilder

This post comes a little late but just in time for awards season. I was first introduced to the story over a year ago through a coworker. I didn’t really think much of reading the book but she seemed very enthusiastic about the work. It wasn’t because it was well written…it was because she could rel ...

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12 days ago by Staff

Though Chris Brown is the pop star who actually appears in the movie, it’s Jennifer Hudson who nabbed the theme song for the upcoming 2012 film adaptation of Steve Harvey’s book Act like a Lady, think like a Man. J-Hud powers through the soundtrack’s lead single “think like A Man”, which features Ne ...

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15 days ago by Arti

This is my first selection for the Graham Greene Challenge hosted by CarrieK at Books And Movies. I watched the film The Quiet American some years back, without having read the book. And my memory is vague. Only remember Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser, the setting in Vietnam, in the early 50′s, a ...

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18 days ago by xteamartists

Sharon Tate, previously code-named XL-001, was published for Kindle devices on 24.January.2012 to celebrate the late model and actress’s 69th birthday. The official synopsis: Breakthrough author Andrew Yorke and rising arts organization xteamartists (XTA) present a unique experience of modern litera ...

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18 days ago by Hasenschneck

You know when you imagine what someone you’ve never seen looks like and then you meet them – and once you know what they actually look like, you can’t remember what you had imagined? It’s a bit like that with the dramatisation of novels. On Sunday, I decided not to watch the so-called ‘original’ BBC ...

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18 days ago by Arti

With the announcement of the 84th Academy Awards Nominees this morning, I’ve prepared here a guide to the 9 nominated films for Best Picture plus a few more. I’ve seen them all except one, which I admit is somewhat unexpected, that’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. For some of the others, do cl ...

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27 days ago by Arti

Some of the major winners at the 69th Golden Globes Awards last night. Best Motion Picture – Drama: The Descendants Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical: The Artist Best Actress – Drama: Meryl Streep (Iron Lady) Best Actor – Drama: George Clooney (The Descendants) Best Actress – Comedy or Musical ...

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