Based on the Book

A book review site for books that have been adapted into other media (i.e. movies and television).

Friday, August 16, 2013

The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) based on The Borrowers (1952)

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The Secret World of Arrietty is an animated film from Studio Ghibli, the "Disney of Japan," based on Mary Norton's classic n...
Monday, July 1, 2013

Seabiscuit (pub. 2001, rel.2003)

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This is both a great book and a great movie. As usual, the book is better, in this case because history is more complicated and more intere...
Monday, June 24, 2013

Jack Reacher based on One Shot (pub. 2006, rel. 2012)

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As a fan of Lee Child's Jack Reacher books, I was looking forward to seeing this film, and had a number of reactions afterwards. Firs...
Saturday, May 7, 2011

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

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Read this to my son (6); my daughter (4) lost interest pretty quickly. Like the movie, and like other books by Fleming, there is a magical c...
Saturday, April 30, 2011

Tell No One (pub. 2001; rel. 2006)

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My assumption in creating this blog was that people who watched a popular film might be curious as to how closely it followed its literary s...
Monday, April 25, 2011

I Love You, Beth Cooper (pub. 2007; rel. 2009)

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So this blog is for people who see a film and wonder if the book is worth reading. The movie, I Love You, Beth Cooper presents a bit of a...
Tuesday, April 5, 2011

The Great Escape (pub. 1950; rel. 1963)

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The Great Escape is one of my favorite movies of all time. When I found the DVD for sale I bought it with the intention of watching it with...
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