Based on the novel of the same name by Jo Nesbø, The Snowman follows Inspector Harry Hole as he’s tested to the very limits of his sanity by a killer with a strange signature: a snowman. The film stars Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Val Kilmer, and J. K. Simmons, and hits theaters on October 20th. One night, after the […]
The bestselling cult classic—soon to be a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Tye Sheridan, Simon Pegg, and Olivia Cooke. Watch the trailer below, and catch the film in theaters on March 30, 2018! In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is […]
Based on Rebecca Skloot’s bestseller, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks documents the story of a woman whose cancer cells would change the course of cancer treatment. The film stars Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne, Renée Elise Goldsberry, and Courtney B. Vance and will premier on HBO on April 22nd. Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a […]
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It’s finally here! The trailer for THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN has arrived and although there may be some changes from Paula Hawkins’ bestselling novel, you won’t want to miss this one! The film stars Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Édgar Ramírez, Lisa Kudrow, Laura Prepon, and Allison Janney and […]
It may be widely accepted that the movie is never as good as the book but I’m excited for this one! Author David Ebershoff recently visited the Calgary, Canada set of the forthcoming Lifetime TV original movie based on his novel, The 19th Wife. The book and film center around Ann Eliza Young, the 19th wife of Mormon Church […]
Movies are one of my favorite topics of conversation, as are, of course, books. So a book about movies is a real winner for me. So I was pleased when I heard that Knopf is coming out with a huge tome called Have You Seen…? from film critic David Thomson, who wrote the wildly popular […]
There is a new filmed production of Dalton Trumbo’s Johnny Got His Gun, the 1939 National Book Award-winning novel, which will have a modest national role-out begining this October. For the full tour click HERE. The production stars Ben McKenzie (of The O.C. and Junebug fame) as Joe Bonham, a WWI veteran and quadruple amputee who has […]
