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Beautiful Creatures Might Make You Grumpy As It Fails To Exceed Expectations – ReviewDirected by Richard LaGravenese Adapted from the novel by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl Why are you interested in this adaptation? Elena- Oh, man, so many reasons. Probably mostly because it looks like it will be epic...
- Posted 4 years ago
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Jason Statham Is The Only Good Thing About Parker (And Maybe Daniel Bernhardt) – ReviewDirected by: Taylor Hackford Adapted from: Flashfire by Donald E. Westlake Why are you interested in this adaptation? Elena- Jason Statham. Also because my choices were this or John Dies at the End, which I really want...
- Posted 4 years ago
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The Hobbit: For the Fans, by a FanRachel – Ahh The Hobbit. Here at last. Remember back when we started this column for Optionated? The anticipation post for The Hobbit was our first piece. Even more than a year ago we couldn’t wait to...
- Posted 5 years ago
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Twilight: Part WTF (A Review of Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2)Why are you interested in this movie? Elena- Because I love watching train wrecks! Oh, god, I can’t tell you how excited I am to see this part of the saga play out. I just…the baby thing...
- Posted 5 years ago
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Cloud Atlas Is Better As A Trailer – A ReviewDirected by: Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski and Andy Wachowski Adapted from the novel of the same title by David Mitchell (published 2004) Why are you interested in this adaptation? Elena- Oh, wow, I am interested in this...
- Posted 5 years ago
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Scarface and Assumptive In Love Heat – A Look At CW’s Beauty and the BeastLionman Scarface and Shoulderpads Assumptive In Love Heat AKA, Beauty and the Beast on the CW Elena- Boy, where to start with this piece of work. Actually let’s start with me. I love fairy tales, and I...
- Posted 5 years ago
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Dredd Is The Perfect Blockbuster To Close The Summer – ReviewDirected by Pete Travis Based on 2000 AD‘s character of Judge Joe Dredd Why are you interested in this adaptation? Elena- I…am not? Can I admit that in a column about going to see a film? I’ll...
- Posted 5 years ago
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Lawless Is A Film To See Again and Again – ReviewDirector: John Hillcoat Based on The Wettest County in the World (2008) by Matt Bondurant. Why are you interested in this adaptation? Elena- I want to see this movie because John Hillcoat is directing it. I cannot...
- Posted 5 years ago
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An Illustrative Review of The Dark Knight RisesWhy are you interested in this adaptation? Rachel- No one who reads our column will be surprised that I am a huge Batman fan. I think I was introduced to Batman through the excellent Batman: The Animated...
- Posted 5 years ago
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The Amazing Spider-Man Reboot Is Surprisingly Fun – ReviewThe Amazing Spider-Man Elena- As a Spider-Man fan, you obviously think the world needs another manifestation of Spidey. True or False? Discuss. Rachel- Well…this is kind of a trick question for me. While I was OK with...
- Posted 5 years ago
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