Category Archives: Film/TV
Dystopian Blog Hop and Giveaway
Thank you to I am a Reader, Not a Writer and Shelf Confessions for hosting this fantastic blog hop! Dystopian fiction has seen a recent rise in popularity. Perhaps, in part, thanks to the success of The Hunger Games, dystopian fiction – particularly in the YA … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Film/TV, Reading
Tagged dystopia blog hop, dystopian literature, giveaway
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Top Ten Tuesday: Halloween Edition
This week’s topic from The Broke and the Bookish is your top ten books to get you in the mood for Halloween. Not sure I’ve got ten but here we go…
Quote of the Week
This week’s quote comes from a fictional character from a certain CW show I’m sure many of you enjoy watching as much as I do…
Posted in Blog, Film/TV
Tagged damon salvatore, emerson, quote of the week, vampire diaries
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Movies I wish had been books
Last week I talked about my top 2012 book to film adaptations. Today, I’m doing the reverse, talking about the movies I wish had been books.
Posted in Blog, Film/TV
Tagged adapatation, books, Equilibiurm, movies, science fiction, Teenage Dirtbag, YA
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Book/Movie Adaptations 2012
I’m a huge fan of book to movie adaptations. 2012 has seen some pretty awesome book to film adaptations so here’s a list of the ones I’ve loved and the ones I simply cannot wait to see.
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Tagged adaptations, Cloud Atlas, david mitchel, John Carter, science fiction, the hobbit, total recall
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Random Thursday: Dave McKean
I haven’t had a blog-tour free Thursday in months! While I do love show-casing other people’s books and hosting author interviews, I’d like to take this break in the regular scheduling to highlight one of my favourite artists. His works have been a … Continue reading
RTW: Movies that were better than the books
This Week’s Topic: What movie have you seen that actually (gasp) IMPROVED on the book?
Posted in Art, Blog, Film/TV
Tagged Adaptation, Coraline, MirrorMask, Neil Gaiman, Stardust
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Adaptation: Book to Film
Since I’m moving house on Friday, I decided to shuffle around regular programming and bring you my weekly blog post today instead. I’m the type of person who prefers to read a book before seeing the film version, but that’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Adaptation, Alex Proyas, book to film, Darren Aronofsky, Oliver Stone
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Quote of the Week
“I suspect there will never be a requiem for a dream, simply because it will destroy us before we have the opportunity to mourn it’s passing.” Hubert Selby Jnr. from Requiem for a Dream
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Tagged hubert selby jnr, jared leto, quote of the week, requiem for a dream
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So I recently stumbled into the world of Pinterest. Given the multitude of other social media sites, I couldn’t but wonder why we needed yet another means of social networking. The hype surroudning Pinterest as one of the … Continue reading
