by mike | Dec 26, 2019 | Books, Films About Books, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Let us hope our world never devolves into post-nuclear chaos. I first presented this article in 2016. It is not easy to watch this 2010 post-apocalyptic drama. Really, who wants to see the scorched earth of our own country? But given that the star of The Book of Eli...
by mike | Sep 5, 2019 | Books, Films About Books, Holocaust, Movies, Uncategorized |
This is one story that will stay in your thoughts long after reading or viewing it. I first presented this post in 2015. “Books are life” may well be the theme for young protagonist Liesel Meminger in the 2013 drama, The Book Thief. There is only one problem: at the...
by mike | May 16, 2019 | Books, Bookstores, Fantasy, Films About Books, Movies, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
A children’s book…with an adult message. This post first ran in 2015. If the 1979 novel, The Neverending Story, by German author Michael Ende, is a book about a book, then I suppose the 1984 film adaptation, The NeverEnding Story, can be referred to as a movie about a...
by mike | Apr 18, 2019 | Films About Books, Films About Writers, Humor, Movies, Publishing, Romance, Uncategorized |
It’s always gratifying to have a novelist as a main character in a movie. 😊 This post first appeared in 2015. For many movie lovers—my bride included—Romancing the Stone (1984) and Jewel of the Nile (1985) are the perfect films. Action and adventure, outrageous...
by mike | Feb 28, 2019 | Books, Bookstores, Films About Books, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Research, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
This was the first post in my long-running series, “Films About Books.” It first ran in 2015. BY THE DEVIL’S HAND Roman Polanski’s eerie 1999 thriller, The Ninth Gate, opens with an old guy named Andrew Telfer hanging himself in his library amid shelves crammed with...
by mike | Feb 18, 2019 | Books, Bookstores, Films About Books, Life, Movies, Uncategorized |
Book lovers are special people. (Yes, I’m biased, but what the heck.) The theme is especially prevalent in the 2017 drama, The Bookshop. The film, a period piece set in England, has an impressive cast that includes Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, and Patricia Clarkson. It...
