Upcoming Remakes For December 2011

It seems like everywhere you look a new book is being remade into a movie (or a show) and you might not always hear about them, even the good ones. So because every month there are new and exciting remakes of books into movies and television, we will try to keep you updated.

For the month of December 2011 there are a few new remakes available. Continue reading →

Full Trailer Released For John Carter

Walt Disney Films has finally released an official full trailer for the upcoming film John Carter. The film is being directed by Andrew Stanton and stars Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds, Dominic West, James Purefoy, Daryl Sabara, Polly Walker, Bryan Cranston, Thomas Hayden Church and Willem Dafoe. Continue reading →

The Movie Was Better: Wristcutters: A Love Story VS Kneller’s Happy Campers

Every now and then a movie comes along that was based on a book, or a short story or a novella and it turns out that the movie was actually BETTER than what it was based on. Now don’t bite my head off, it does happen. I am not saying in those instances that I didn’t like the book, I am just saying that the movie did it better. However, because it is so rare that a movie was better than its written counterpart, this column was created. In this column we take a moment to look at both stories and explain why the movie was better.

So this time, I am looking at the film, Wristcutters: A Love Story, based on the short story Kneller’s Happy Campers written by Etgar Keret. This short story was featured in his collection called, The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God & Other Stories. Continue reading →

Jonathan Walker Talks “The Thing” And Remakes

I recently got the amazing chance to interview actor, Jonathan Walker, currently starring in the film, “The Thing.” He talked with me about why he became an actor, the world of sci-fi, and his new movie.

Actor Jonathan Lloyd Walker stars in the Universal feature film “The Thing”, a prequel to the iconic 1982 John Carpenter film of the same name. “The Thing” is set in Antarctica, an extraordinary, but isolated, continent of awesome beauty. It is also home to an isolated outpost, where a discovery full of scientific possibility becomes a mission of survival when a creature is unearthed by a crew of international scientists.  The film is set to be released in theaters October 14th, 2011. Continue reading →

5 Guilty Pleasure Movies You Can Watch Or Read

We all have movies that we would never admit to loving as much as we do. These are movies that are either particulary girly or silly, but are movies we love to watch over and over and over again. These are movies that we will always love to watch and probably always will. These are my five guilty pleasure movies that also happen to be based on equally awesome books. Continue reading →