Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese are partnering up once again to bring Erik Larson’s bestselling THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY to the big screen. Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel […]
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Whether you are planning a girls’ night out or a cozy screening with your partner to celebrate Valentine’s Day, the wait is almost over! Read through the novel one last time before feasting your eyes upon Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey. [youtube watch?v=Fns7oJeQmZ8]
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It’s Halloween week, time for a chilling sequel to Susan Hill’s internationally bestselling ghost story, The Woman in Black. In THE WOMAN IN BLACK: ANGEL OF DEATH Martyn Waites continues the tale of the haunting of Eel Marsh House by terrifying The Woman in Black set forty years past the first creepy classic. Click for […]
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P. D. James combines her two lifelong loves, Jane Austen and murder mysteries, in DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY a pitch-perfect sequel to Pride and Prejudice. PBS Masterpiece Mystery Theater will air a two-part film based on the book on Sunday, October 26 and November 2 at 9pm ET. Get excited and mark your calendar for […]
The ever-alluring Ralph Fiennes is taking on the role of Charles Dickens in a film based on Claire Tomalin’s award winning book The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens. Fiennes is also directing. The movie tells the strange, painful love story of Dickens and Nelly Ternan (Felicity Jones), the young actress […]
Bret Easton Ellis’ chilling modern classic American Psycho will soon become the latest serial killer TV-series. It’s to air on FX. The novel, set in the late 80s, told the story of a wealthy yuppie investment banker named Patrick Bateman who decides to become a successful serial killer. In 2000, Christian Bale starred in the […]
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In her book The Central Park Five: The Untold Story Behind One of New York City’s Most Infamous Crimes Sarah Burns gave the spellbinding account of the real facts of the “Central Park jogger case”. She powerfully examined one of New York City’s most notorious crimes and its aftermath. Now that book is a documentary […]
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Rebel, bad-boned Brad Pitt … yes please. In the gritty, tough-talking pages of George V. Higgins’s national bestseller, Cogan’s Trade, a mob-protected card game has been heisted and Jackie Cogan (played by Brad Pitt) is called in to handle the thieves. The major motion picture called Killing Them Softly opens November 30, 2012. The movie […]
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