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    ‘Best Sellers’: Finding Literary Truth in the Modern World

    by Chris van Dijk September 22, 2021
    by Chris van Dijk September 22, 2021

    Can the literary art form still survive in this hyperactive, Twitter-operating, modern age? Bookworms venturing through desolated libraries and soon-to-be bankrupt bookstores may find themselves out of time, yearning for a time where a 400-page…

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    Adaptation Evaluation: ‘Nomadland’

    by David Ober April 25, 2021
    by David Ober April 25, 2021

    “We not only accept the tyranny of the dollar, the tyranny of the marketplace, we embrace it. We gladly throw the yoke of the tyranny of the dollar on and live by it our whole…

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    Adaptation Evaluation: ‘Martin Eden’

    by David Ober March 9, 2021
    by David Ober March 9, 2021

    Even if you’ve never actually read anything by Jack London, likely you’re familiar with his two most famous novels, The Call of the Wild and White Fang, which have both been adapted into films a…

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  • Retrospectives

    ‘Easy A’ is a Perfect Update to ‘The Scarlet Letter’

    by Adina Bernstein September 8, 2020
    by Adina Bernstein September 8, 2020

    There has always been a double standard when it comes to what happens in the bedroom. Men can do whatever they want and no one bats an eye. Women, however, are bound to a strict…

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    Film Review – A Dog’s Way Home (2019)

    by Nick Kush January 13, 2019
    by Nick Kush January 13, 2019

    Throughout history we’ve seen our fair share of dog-centric films. Hollywood knows that we love dogs, and they have absolutely no problem capitalizing on it. A Dog’s Way Home marks the latest dog movie, and the second…

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  • Retrospectives

    ‘Inkheart’: Fairy Tales Never Get Old

    by Veronica Clarke January 12, 2019
    by Veronica Clarke January 12, 2019

    Is it time we reevaluate this underrated flick? Inkheart was released in 2008, and it was adapted from the fantasy novel of the same name by Cornelia Funke. The main character is a ‘silver tongue’,…

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    Disappointing Book to Movie Adaptations

    by Erin Winans December 9, 2018
    by Erin Winans December 9, 2018

    In the film industry, a popular concept is drawing inspiration to preexisting material like books or video games, etc. Each type of adaptation has it draws, but also its downfalls. Now, there is a high…

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  • Retrospectives

    ‘You’ve Got Mail’ and the Lost Art of Letter Writing

    by Natasha Alvar November 30, 2018
    by Natasha Alvar November 30, 2018

    Before you correct me, I know that the premise of the movie involves the two main characters writing emails to each other, not letters. But I stand by my title. While the exquisite wait for…

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  • Features

    Should J.K. Rowling Stop Writing the ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Films?

    by Nick Kush November 24, 2018
    by Nick Kush November 24, 2018

    I can feel all of the Harry Potter fandom breathing down my neck just from the title of this piece alone. But the increased anger may have been spurred by the lackluster final product of Fantastic…

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    Reading, Then Watching ‘To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before’

    by Natasha Alvar September 1, 2018
    by Natasha Alvar September 1, 2018

    2018 has made me very happy, due in part to the number of book adaptations there have been this year. We have science fiction with Annihilation, fantasy with Ready Player One, and love stories like…

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    ‘Fallen Kingdom’: The New Modern Prometheus

    by Karen Allendoerfer August 1, 2018
    by Karen Allendoerfer August 1, 2018

    This year, 2018, marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. The classic novel was written as a parlor game in 1816, the year without a summer, by a teenage…

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  • Reviews

    Film Review – Book Club (2018)

    by Nick Kush May 22, 2018
    by Nick Kush May 22, 2018

    In a move of clear counterprogramming to Deadpool 2, Paramount put their cushy, fluffy romantic comedy Book Club up against the brass, brazen superhero film to appeal to moviegoing audiences that would never ever step inside a theater that’s…

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  • Reviews

    Converging Media: Is the Growing Trend of Adaptations in Film a Problem?

    by Kali Tuttle February 14, 2018
    by Kali Tuttle February 14, 2018

    More and more movies are based on books. While some would call this a beneficial aspect of the film industry, is it really what Hollywood should be doing? My argument sounds similar to my criticisms…

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  • Reviews

    Film Review – Wonder (2017)

    by Nick Kush November 19, 2017
    by Nick Kush November 19, 2017

    In another classic example of counterprogramming, Wonder is looking to take advantage of the moviegoing audience that doesn’t care about superheroes saving the world.  Based on the best-selling novel on the same name, Wonder is bound to make some…

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  • Reviews

    Film Review – American Assassin (2017)

    by Nick Kush September 20, 2017
    by Nick Kush September 20, 2017

    September is normally a time where movies that aren’t quite “Oscar-worthy” in terms of premise or genre get released.  American Assassin sits firmly in this category as an action-thriller with a little spy flavor.  Based off…

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  • News

    Lionsgate CEO Hints at More Twilight and Hunger Games Films

    by Nick Kush August 9, 2017
    by Nick Kush August 9, 2017

    The prevailing sentiment regarding the film industry is that there’s an absense of fresh, original ideas.  It appears that Lionsgate CEO, Jon Feltheimer, will only further that sentiment as he’s looking to return to two…

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  • Reviews

    Film Review – The Dark Tower (2017)

    by Nick Kush August 5, 2017
    by Nick Kush August 5, 2017

    Stephen King’s writings have made for some wonderful movies over the years, and some pretty atrocious ones too.  The next adaptation of his work, The Dark Tower, has finally been released in theaters after years of…

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