by mike | Jul 23, 2020 | Books, Bookstores, Editing, Films About Books, Films About Writers, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
Reading horror novels could be hazardous to your health. 😊 This post first ran in 2016. It is pretty well accepted that reading books can influence people in many ways, both positively and negatively. But can they drive readers to madness and murder? In the Mouth of...
by mike | May 21, 2020 | Books, Bookstores, Films About Books, Movies, Romance, Uncategorized |
Mom & Pop stores have other problems these days. This post first ran in 2016. This 1998 romantic comedy stars Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks, one of the most popular couples in that genre. But You’ve Got Mail offers another sobering reality from that era: the Big Box...
by mike | Mar 5, 2020 | Books, Fantasy, Films About Books, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Romance, Uncategorized |
This is one of my all-time favorite films, and likely one of yours too. I first presented this post in 2016. Okay, who hasn’t seen the 1987 fairytale gem, The Princess Bride? Not ever seeing it would be inconceivable! This film, an instant cult classic, is on...
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...
