The Great Gatsby (2013): Movie Review
In just 172 pages, F. Scott Fitzgerald has captured the zeitgeist of the Jazz Age, and told the stirring story …
Category Archives: Book into film
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: A Tribute to Rootlessness
On April 3, one day before Roger Ebert died, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala passed away from illness at the age of 85. …
Diary of a Country Priest: An Easter Meditation
Last year around this time, I wrote about the book The Diary of A Country Priest by French author Georges …
Upcoming Book to Movie Adaptations
2012 has been a great year for movie adaptations based on or loosely tied to books. Argo, Beast of the …
Top Ripples of 2012
The Ripple Rating System began when I started the blog Ripple Effects five years ago. I’ve been asked why I …
Les Miserables (2012)
These last months of 2012 see a bumper crop of film adaptations from literary sources. We have an eclectic array …
Anna Karenina (2012)
It is a good sequence, Anna Karenina read-along then the movie after. Screenwriter Tom Stoppard wrote as if his viewers …
Lincoln (2012): Some Alternative Views
What more can I say that has not been said about this movie? I don’t want to repeat that it’s …
Anna Karenina Read-Along Parts 5 – 8… And The Curtain Falls
Funny, writing a post on this last part to wrap up our Read-Along is much harder than I first thought. …
Anna Karenina Read-Along: Parts 1 – 4
CLICK HERE to the second and concluding post Parts 5-8: And the Curtain Falls CLICK HERE to read my movie …
Midnight’s Children Film Adaptation
Midnight’s Children is Calgary International Film Festival’s Red Carpet Opening Gala presentation. Directed by Indo-Canadian, Oscar nominated Deepa Mehta (Water, …
Life of Pi by Yann Martel: Take the Literary Journey before the 3D Experience
CLICK HERE to read my review of Ang Lee’s film Life of Pi in 3D ** “I have a story …
