The Wife [2018] – ★★★★ There is a saying that behind every successful man there is a woman, and The Wife exemplifies this saying like no other film. More often than not, society concerns itself with appearances, and people often only see what the façade presents – be it in relation to a relationship or…
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10 Films You May Not Know Were Based on a Book (Part II)
I. Metropolis (1927) Metropolis is a classic German expressionist science-fiction film by Fritz Lang. However, some may not know that Lang’s wife – Thea von Harbou – actually first wrote the book Metropolis, which then became a film. Von Harbou wrote the book with the intention for it to become a cinematic material, but this does not…
10 Films You May Not Know Were Based on a Book (Part I)
I. The Prestige (2006) The secrets to magicians’ tricks are often mundane – it is the way those tricks are performed which makes all the difference. Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige is a complex, clever film about two magicians competing against each other in the 19th century, but the film is actually based on a…
5 Forthcoming Book-to-Film Adaptations that Can Go Very Wrong
1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch is the number one international best-seller which won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2014. The story of a boy who lost his mother in a tragic event and who then clings to the only object that reminds him of her – the picture…
5 Novels that Deserved Better Film Adaptations
1. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe This 1987 book is a modern classic, full of wit, satire and gripping narrative twirls. The book epitomises the 1980s, and was a giant critical success, becoming a bestseller. The hero here is one Sherman McCoy, a highly-paid Wall Street bond trader and a self-proclaimed “Master…
Girl Power: 20 Great Book-to-Film Adaptations
This list features book-to-film adaptations where either the film director or book author (or both) was female. This list excludes Jane Austen & Bronte sisters’ adaptations [1] to draw attention to other novels/stories. In no particular order: 1) To Kill a Mockingbird (1962): Harper Lee, author 2) The Virgin Suicides (1999): Sofia Coppola, director 3) The Talented Mr…
“The Year of Living Dangerously” Review
The Year of Living Dangerously [1982] – ★★★★ 💥 Peter Weir’s The Year of Living Dangerously, starring Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver and Linda Hunt, is an underrated romantic drama and adventure film set in the backdrop to Indonesia’s political unrest of the mid-1960s when the country was making its transition to the so-called “New Order”. The…
Spotlight on Film 