The Host by Stephanie Meyer has been made into a motion picture from Open Road Films. It will be released on March 29, 2013 and stars Saoirse Ronan, Diane Kruger, William Hurt, Max Irons and Jake Abel. Alien souls invade Earth and possess human bodies. A small enclave of untainted humans form the Resistance movement to save the human race. Reminiscent of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Space Aliens invade Earth
December 17, 2012 at 7:20 pm (Books and Movies, Science Fiction, Space Invaders, Stephenie Meyer)
Tags: Science Fiction, Space Aliens, Stephanie Meyer
Zombie Fans
December 14, 2012 at 1:49 am (Books and Movies, Isaac Marion, Zombies)
Tags: Books and Movies, Friendship, Horror, Love, Zombies
Here comes a different take on The Walking Dead , the motion picture Warm Bodies from Summit Entertainment will be released in February 2013 starring Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer and John Malkovich. Based on the novel with the same title by Isaac Marion. R is the unlikely hero and he is a zombie in crisis. He knows he is different from his fellow braineaters, he dreams. Then he meets Julie…
Soon to be a Major Motion Picture
October 11, 2011 at 4:55 pm (Books and Movies)
Film: The Rum Diary Starring Johnny Depp Book: The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson
Film: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Starring Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and John Hart Book: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carre
Film: Big Year Starring Jack Black and Own Wilson Book: The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession by Mark Obmascik
Film: Drive Starring Ryan Gosling Book: Drive by James Sallis
Film: We Bought a Zoo Starring Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson Book: We Bought a Zoo: The Amazing True Story of a Young Family a Broken Down Zoo and the 200 Wild Animals that Change Their Lives Forever: A Memoir by Benjamin Mee
Film: The Three Musketeers Starring Orlando Bloom Book: The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Film: A Dangerous Method Starring Viggo Mortensen and Kiera Knightley Book: A Most Dangerous Method: the Story of Jung, Freud and Sabrina Spielrein by John Kerr
Film: The Descendants Starring George Clooney Book: The Descendents by Kaui Hart Hemmings
Film: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Starring Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock Book: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Hunger Games
September 25, 2011 at 3:48 am (Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins, Uncategorized)
Coming in March 2012, Hunger Games the movie starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth. Based on the trilogy by Suzanne Collins, it is a post apocalyptic thriller where teens are forced to participate in the annual Hungar Games, a televised fight to the death but there is hope…Be a part of the craze, read while you wait for the film and get the inside scoop: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay.
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I Don’t Know How She Does It
September 6, 2011 at 3:55 pm (Allison Pearson, Books and Movies)
Is the title of Sarah Jessica Parker’s new movie that will be in the theaters on September 16. Greg Kinnear is her co-star in this comedy based on the 2002 best selling novel I Don’t Know How She Does It: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother by Allison Pearson.
Moneyball
August 16, 2011 at 9:15 pm (Books and Movies)
The New York Times bestselling book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis, will be released in September as a movie starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill and Seymour Hoffman.
Have You Read a Good Movie Lately?
June 2, 2011 at 7:52 pm (Books and Movies, Uncategorized)
Some of the current blockbuster and forthcoming films will make great summer reads, popcorn is optional:
Film title: Thor Book title: Thor ( Marvel graphic novel series ) by Stan Lee
Film title: Something Borrowed Book title: Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
Film title: Everything Must Go Book title: Based on the short story “Why Don’t You Dance” in the collection Where I’m Calling From by Raymond Carver
Film title: The Rite Book title: The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist by Matt Baglio
Film title: I Am Number Four Book title: I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
Film title: An Invisible Sign Book title: An Invisible Sign of My Own by Aimee Bender
Film title: Soul Surfer Book title: Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family and Fighting to Get Back on the Board by Bethany Hamilton
Film title: The Conspirator Book title: The Assassin’s Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln by Kate Clifford Larson
Film title: The Adjustment Bureau Book title: ” The Adjustment Team” (short story) by Philip K. Dick
Film title: The Lincoln Lawyer Book title: The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
Film title: Beastly Book title: Beastly by Alex Flinn
Film title: Miral Book title: Miral by Rula Jebreal
Film title: Desert Flower Book title: Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad by Waris Dirie
Film title: Unknown Book title: Out of My Head by Didier van Cauwelaert
Film title: The Way Back Book title: The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom by Slavomic Rawicz
Film title: The Help Book title: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Film title: One for the Money Book title: One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
