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The elusive Albert Nobbs
Last night I saw a fantastic film, Albert Nobbs, starring the spectacular, perfectly cast Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska and Aaron Johnston. I would love to tell you how the film compares to its original,...
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My story is my story: How ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’ compares from...
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2005) by Jonathon Safran Foer is a powerful novel that bravely and ambitiously conveys how two of the most tragic events of modern history can have a lasting...
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A life without decency is hardly bearable: How ‘Albert Nobbs’ compares from...
Have you ever picked up a book and thought, gee, a lot of the plot points from the film are missing? I hadn’t – until I read The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs, the 1918 novella by George Moore.It feels...
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At least I got a ring: How 'Puberty Blues' compares from book to film
“When we were thirteen, the coolest things to do were the things your parents wouldn’t let you do. Things like have sex, smoke cigarettes, nick off from school, go to the drive-ins, take drugs and go...
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Love for you is an appetite: How ‘Bel Ami’ compares from book to film
Translated from French to English, ‘Bel Ami’ means ‘my beautiful friend.’The novel, which goes by this name, was written by French author Guy de Maupassant and published in 1885. The first English...
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Mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved: How ‘On the Road’ compares from...
Where oh where do I begin?On the Road, the iconic, much-hyped 1957 novel by Jack Kerouac, is a truly overwhelming, exhausting read.Perhaps due to the drug-induced delirium of the characters, the story...
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She will haunt me to the grave: How ‘The Woman in Black’ compares from book...
The best compliment that I could think to give The Woman in Black, Susan Hill’s chilling 1998 novel, is that it in a number of ways reminds me of my favourite novel – Wuthering Heights. As the novel...
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I was born to be a vampire: How 'Breaking Dawn Part II' compares from book to...
There is not much point writing a comparative review of Breaking Dawn, the final novel in Stephenie Meyer’s hugely successful Twilight series, and its 2012 film adaptation.Just one day following the...
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I feel infinite: How ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ compares from book to...
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is one of those incredibly deep and moving stories that will stay with you long after you leave the cinema or put the paperback on the shelf.The book, written by Stephen...
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A story that will make you believe in God: How ‘Life of Pi’ compares from...
The structure of Yann Martel’s 2001 novel, Life of Pi, is premised on the idea that this ‘fictional’ story of young Pi Patel – struggling for life in the middle of the Pacific with a 450-pound Royal...
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I believe in happy endings: How ‘The Silver Linings Playbook’ compares from...
So here’s the process: You read a book, and fall in love it with. The plot, with all of its peaks and troughs, is exciting and suspenseful. You identify with its characters; they speak to you, and you...
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All alone, half eaten by an Alsatian: How ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ compares...
It feels strange to be doing this review process the odd way around… To be reading a book that is based on a film that I love – and have been watching ritualistically for years (alternating with Love...
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There will be no peace for us: How 'Anna Karenina' compares from book to film
For anyone who loves a good period drama, Anna Karenina is an unavoidable rite of passage. It is the ultimate story all-consuming, bodice-ripping love affair, complete with ballrooms, gowns and...
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The wilderness years are over: How ‘Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason’...
It’s the Sex and the City sequel effect. Step one: make a brilliantly funny movie that resonates with masses of women the world over. Step two: in the inevitable sequel, make everything bigger and...
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You’ll only regret the ones you didn’t take: How ‘Safe Haven’ compares from...
Safe Haven– the latest in a long line of novels by Nicholas Sparks that have been adapted to film – is everything that you would expect it to be.The book and the film will each give you their own...
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The world is run on tricks, everyone plays: How ‘Water for Elephants’...
With every word that Sara Gruen allocated to the pages of Water for Elephants, she was asking the reader to care.Through this novel – through its intricate detail, seemingly effortless style, sweeping...
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Look alive out there: How ‘Warm Bodies' compares from book to film
Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion starts as strongly as any book I have ever read. The opening line of the novel should go down in popular culture as one of the best in our generation. In years to come, it...
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The highest and the lowest of all the worlds: How ‘The Host’ compares from...
The Host is precisely what you would expect from Stephenie Meyer, bestselling author of Twilight. Like Twilight, The Host has a supernatural premise, which is overshadowed by a dominant, romantic...
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Among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars… I have been waiting a...
It’s safe to say that I have been patiently waiting for Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation of The Great Gatsby.In this blog, I have published a number of posts over the last few years to document the...
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Something significant, elemental, and profound: How ‘The Great Gatsby’...
Although I have not yet read any reviews of Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, I have heard some of the talk. I have heard lamentations that the film is “too long” and “too slow”.Were we seeing the same...
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So, what did the other bloggers think?
There are a number of bloggers who share my interest in film adaptations, and we all – not surprisingly – have very different opinions on the films that cut the mustard and the films that fall...
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All sinners would be miserable in heaven: How ‘Wuthering Heights’ compares...
Adapting Wuthering Heights to the big screen would be a challenge for any filmmaker. The classic novel by Emily Bronte spans forty-odd years and details the lives of two generations in the Earnshaw and...
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Would you like to live, with your soul in the grave: How ‘Wuthering Heights’...
Full declaration: Wuthering Heights is my favourite novel.I have multiple copies, both old and new, paperback and leather bound. I have a large framed Spineless classics version above my bed. I sing...
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All you’ve ever needed is your pencils and your imaginary worlds: How ‘City...
I was on a cruise around the Pacific Islands in December last year, stretched out on a sun bed with Anna Karenina on my lap, when I first heard about The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare.My...
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The more revenge I get the greater my appetite for it: How ‘Wuthering...
After a short interlude, we are continuing our exploration of Wuthering Heights adaptations – this time, the 2009 two-part TV movie starring Tom Hardy as Heathcliff.And halleluiah, what an adaptation!...
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