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Book vs Movie: Beaches

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

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

I remember when Shrek first came out way back in 2001. I saw it in the theatre and I loved it.

If you’ve seen Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (and I really hope you have), you might not believe me when I tell

I hadn’t heard of Howl’s Moving Castle until just recently when the book, written by Diana Wynne Jones, appeared on the reading list

The first time I read Ghost World by Daniel Clowes was back in university (10+ years ago). It was actually

Maybe you’ve seen the movie 1408. Maybe you only watched it because John Cusack is the star and you’ve trusted

The schedule for the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival was released last week and I’ve already gone through and put

William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist was pretty much an instant bestseller when it came out in 1971, and when the

“…I really do think that love is the best thing in the world except for cough drops. But I also