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4 Reasons Why Michael C. Hall Is Casting Perfection

If you’ve never read the Dexter series by Jeff Lindsay, than you probably only know the world of the Michael C. Hall on the Showtime show, Dexter. But the series is actually based on the book. I will admit that, having read the series and seen the show, that I like the show more (but that’s a different article for a different time.)

Hall does a wonderfully fantastic job as Dexter. He is dark, he is foreboding, he is sexy and he is intimidating. He took a character in a book and turned it into the real thing. A real world that we get to watch every week.

So behold: the top 4 reasons why I love Michael C. Hall as Dexter. Continue reading

Five Books That Could Be Movies But (Probably) Never Will

It seems that is we wait long enough, every book will eventually become a movie. They are popping up everywhere these days. However, a couple of my favorite books, are probably low on the list of potential remakes (and I am totally fine with that), whether this is due to the bizarre plot, or the magnitude of the setting, or even because you don’t know who the narrator is, for whatever reason, these books aren’t going to be films for a while. I have selected five books from my personal library that I have loved and loved over the years, and these five books, while amazing in print, might not be so amazing in film. Continue reading

4 Great Historical Films That Were Books First

I love history. I love movies. And I really like fictionalized novels based on real historical events. So when we put those three items together we get this week’s list of greatness.

All the films on this list were based in some way on a novel that it was in turn based on a real historical event that took place. Continue reading