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Book vs Movie: Great Expectations

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 read Gone Girl when I was on vacation in California two years ago and I remember thinking at that

“In the course of my life I have had many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned

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

I’ve been on a real film noir kick recently, probably because I signed up for TCM’s Summer of Darkness. It’s

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:

I’m just going to put this out there: Stephen King is a brave son-of-a-bitch for writing a novel where essentially everything

“I don’t like driving down Wilshire during lunch hour. There always seem to be too many cars and old people

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