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Book vs Film: Girl with a Pearl Earring

I remember exactly when I first read Girl with a Pearl Earring. I was going on a beach vacation and

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen the movie Mermaids. I remember watching it as a kid, I

I read Beaches thinking, as many people do, that the book would be better than the movie. Here’s the thing, though:

It’s always best to go into any book-to-film adaptation with very low expectations. This is especially true of any Charles Dickens

I’ve been a volunteer with the Toronto International Film Festival for a few years now. I used to just attend

When I started watching For Whom the Bell Tolls, I really didn’t know what I was in for. It’s a long

“My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal isn’t necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a

Jeffrey Eugenides is one of my favourite authors. I’ve read all his books (he doesn’t have many, but still), and

It occurred to me just the other day that I’ve been slagging the book Jaws for years but I’ve never

It has been 30 years since the movie A Christmas Story came out and I think I’ve seen it almost