I love reading and talking about inspiring true life stories, new fictional books, or
classic novels with my friends!
We've posted quite a bit leading up to the 50th anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird; see this «Happy Birthday, Harper» post or Lynn's description of re-reading
the classic novel with her book club.
Not exact matches
Kicking off
with a few childhood
classics and going on to cover everything from great
novels and autobiography to environmental tomes, the list wanders far beyond the business and self - help fare usually recommended to leaders.
Although generally categorized as a
novel for young readers, this Newbery award - winner and science fiction
classic, grapple
with adult - sized questions about the nature of God and the existence of evil.
This cookbook offers recipes for dozens of
classic treats like oatmeal cookies, carrot cake and pecan pie — but often
with novel twists: pineapple and coconut swirl through the carrot cake, the pecan pie takes the form of a brownie and the oatmeal cookies are fashioned into «crisps.»
She includes the paperback book Growing Up
with Aloha, the first
novel - length volume of Nanea's
classic series.
In the
classic 1973 Arthur C. Clarke science fiction
novel «Rendezvous
With Rama,» a mysterious object is detected outside the orbit of Jupiter as it rapidly approaches the inner solar system.
The stars of the show were undoubtedly Ferragamo's leather goods — shoes, bags and clutches gave context to each scene;
classic pieces
with novel yet strangely tasteful twists.
READ: Try Zadie Smith's debut
novel White Teeth to explore 1970s London, or wander about the English countryside
with a
classic British
novel by Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, or one of the Brontë sisters.
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George Cukor directed this
classic adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's sentimental
novel with a shimmering lavishness that is a prime example of the
classic Hollywood style at its best.
Ramin Bahrani's HBO adaptation of Ray Bradbury's
classic novel wastes a good cast
with generic storytelling, say critics.
His latest is an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's
classic 19th century
novel about the independent Bathsheba Everdeen's complicated relationships
with three very different men.
A great
classic adventure game
with an amazing retro art style and unusual story set in a rare fantasy world that connects science - finstion and post apocalyptic
novels
After a change of pace
with the action film Hanna 65, director Joe Wright returns to the world of literary adaptations starring Keira Knightley (they previously collaborated on Pride & Prejudice 82 and Atonement 85)
with this highly stylized take on Leo Tolstoy's
classic novel.
Almost as sweet as the children's
classic novel, «Charlotte's Web» is just, well, crawling
with entertainment.
A largely faithful and beautifully produced adaptation of the
classic Thomas Hardy
novel,
with great period piece production values, gorgeous cinematography and fine performances across the board.
«Lady Chatterley» (TBA): D.H. Lawrence's
classic novel was famously made into a soft - porn flick in the 1980s
with «Emmanuelle» star Sylvia Kristel.
James Franco has been on an experimental film kick as of late
with his rendition of the
classic 1930 Faulkner
novel As I Lay Dying and his upcoming project Child of God (another
novel adaptation), so it really comes...
What You Need To Know: In a year where there's plenty of other movies involving battles
with aliens for the fate of the earth («Oblivion,» «After Earth «-RRB-, there's one that's going back to a lauded
classic novel of the genre,
with the first adaptation of Orson Scott Card «s beloved book «Ender's Game.»
With the director and star no longer involved in adapting Seth Grahame - Smith's
novel, the post-apocalyptic revamp of the
classic Jane Austen tale seemed all but buried — but like the horrific monstrosities teased in the title, the project is apparently back from the dead.
So, he came up
with the
novel idea of portraying sisters in a glamorous style from the Forties reminiscent of the
classic, black and white fashion shoots of such
classic Hollywood actresses as Greta Garbo and Katherine Hepburn.
Back in September Bryan Singer revealed that he has been developing an adaptation of Jules Verne's
classic adventure
novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and now it has been announced that the filmmaker has closed his deal
with Fox and is moving full steam ahead towards a fall production start.
It looks like Bryan Singer has found his next project after X-Men: Apocalypse,
with the director taking to Instagram to reveal that he's set to helm an adaptation of Jules Verne's
classic 1870
novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
The action is more intense and the drama is better portrayed
with a closer adaptation of the original
novel and while the
classic westerns hold a certain place in my heart I doubt they've ever been able to portray the west as well and as beautifully as they did in this film.
Little Women — The 1994 film adaptation of this
classic novel stars Winona Ryder, Trini Alvarado, Samantha Mathis, and Claire Danes as sisters living alone
with their mother while their father is away fighting in the Civil War.
As we know, Welles finished production and went to South America to help the United States» government boost its relations
with those countries, and in his absence, RKO hired two directors (Robert Wise, Fred Fleck) and Metty to provide additional scenes for Welles»
classic adaptation of Booth Tarkington's
novel.
A mixed bag at best, Ava DuVernay («Selma») helms this adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's
classic young adult
novel «A Wrinkle in Time» which hammers home its (still) powerful message of individuality over conformity while combining it
with a potent...
Set in an alternate timeline from the
classic Trek, it seamlessly combines the
novel with the comfortingly familiar in a provocative setting in which anything is possible, and the need for emotional connection, family if you will, is vital.
Along
with Craig Gillespie and Mike White, Russell was once attached to direct the adaptation of the 2009 Seth Grahame - Smith horror comedy
novel of the same name, itself a parody of Jane Austen's 1813
classic work of literature, Pride and Prejudice.
LAURA *** / **** Image B Sound B - Extras B starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson screenplay by Jay Dratler and Samuel Hoffenstein and Betty Reinhardt, based on the
novel by Vera Caspary directed by Otto Preminger PINKY * / **** Image C Sound B - Extras A + starring Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan screenplay by Philip Dunne and Dudley Nichols, from a
novel by Cid Ricketts Sumner directed by Elia Kazan by Walter Chaw A camp
classic of a very particular variety, Otto Preminger's stylish, pedigreed Laura might best be read as a satire of Hitchcock's Rebecca, reuniting that film's Judith Anderson
with another late, lamented mistress and acres more scenery to chew.
With just two weeks to go until the release of Ready Player One, theatre chain Cinemark has revealed an exclusive poster for the upcoming big screen adaptation of Ernest Cline's cult
novel featuring Tye Sheridan's Wade Watts and The Iron Giant; check it out here... SEE ALSO: Ready Player One pays homage to
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Rising from the flames of a successful Kickstarter campaign and winning multiple awards before its own launch day is Super Daryl Deluxe, an RPG brawler which masterfully combines the outlandish qualities of a graphic
novel with the fun and ease of a
classic arcade game.
With «The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies», Peter Jackson has completed a second trilogy of films based on J.R.R. Tolkien's
classic novels «The Hobbit» and «The Lord of the Rings».
A mixed bag at best, Ava DuVernay («Selma») helms this adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's
classic young adult
novel «A Wrinkle in Time» which hammers home its (still) powerful message of individuality over conformity while combining it
with a potent «girls rule» empowerment message.
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With the visual palate of a mud - stained grass paddock, and scored to the sounds of blustering gales across the British moors, this striking adaptation of Emily Brontë's
classic novel, from director Andrea Arnold, makes for a brutal, bruising 129 minutes»
Women in Love (1969)
With this film, the audacious Ken Russell vaulted onto the international stage, drawing on the psychosexual radicalism of D. H. Lawrence's
classic novel to shatter taboos in his own time.
That
novel is a literary
classic and — along
with its film adaptation, The Haunting — a landmark of the genre.
The Secret Garden remake is in the works,
with Marc Munden (Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams) helming the «fantastical reimagining» of Frances Hodgson Burnett «s
classic children's
novel.
Still, somehow developer Inkle was able to create one of my all - time favorite games
with 80 Days, a gamebook - like adventure that's based on a
classic Jules Verne
novel.
On the occasion of this week's U.K. release of a new film adaptation of Graham Greene's sinister
classic 1938
novel Brighton Rock, Boyd Tonkin has written a piece for the Independent examining the esteemed British author's relationship
with movies.
Teeming
with eerie, ethereal synth music, dark psycho - sexual themes, and references to 1980s horror
classics amid a dreary, timeless Detroit landscape, It Follows is a refreshingly subtle, practically gore-less film that at first appears to be a sort of combination of last year's terrifying «Under the Skin» and the graphic
novel «Black Hole» by Charles Burns.
In an early movie version of the beloved and oft - filmed
classic novel, Hepburn gets the juiciest role in «Little Women» as Jo, the tomboy of the four March sisters in a genteelly impoverished family struggling
with their father's absence during the Civil War.
3:45 am (14th)-- TCM — Fahrenheit 451 François Truffaut's first foray in English - language film was this adaptation of Ray Bradbury's
classic dystopian
novel, following fireman (that is, book - burner) Montag as he comes into contact
with a group of fugitives intent on preserving the knowledge in books even as the government tries to destroy them, and he begins to wonder if perhaps they are right.
M. Cain
novel with a loving fidelity, he was surprised by how much spectre of Joan Crawford in the title role of Michael Curtiz's
classic noir still looms.
In Mary Shelley «s
classic novel, Victor Frankenstein is horrified the first time he looks upon his creation because the thing is flat - out hideous: eight feet tall,
with watery eyes, black lips, and translucent yellow skin.
The
classic film, based on the 1927
novel by German author B. Traven, is the tale of two down - and - out Americans in Mexico who join
with an older prospector to dig for gold.
March 9, 2018 • Director Ava DuVernay's adaptation of the
classic Madeleine L'Engle
novel is devoid of cynicism, filled
with beautiful images and deeply moving.
Making a movie about A.I. isn't exactly a
novel premise, but Garland excels at putting a fresh spin on familiar material, and he doesn't disappoint
with «Ex Machina,» which draws inspiration from other genre
classics like «2001: A Space Odyssey» and «Frankenstein.»
Even though his adaptation sticks to the James M. Cain
novel with a loving fidelity, he was surprised by how much spectre of Joan Crawford in the title role of Michael Curtiz's
classic noir still looms.