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: Books Into Films
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. …
Before I Go To Sleep by S. J. Watson
47 year-old Christine has lost her memory for twenty some years due to trauma. She wakes up every morning to …
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 …
Life of Pi (2012): The Magical 3D Experience
Movies this fall is a bumper crop of film adaptations from literary sources. Two belong to the same genre of …
Anna Karenina (2012)
It is a good sequence, Anna Karenina read-along then the movie after. Screenwriter Tom Stoppard wrote as if his viewers …
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. …
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 …
