Category Archives: Novel Adaptation
And the Oscar goes to...
Reblogged from Anti-Film School: Hey readers, The 85th Annual Academy Awards are tonight at 8:30! If you’re a film buff, you are more than ready to get the show on the road. For those who can’t watch or don’t really care to sit through the ceremony, Anti-Film School will have you covered with live updates […]
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
As the saying goes “Every cloud has a silver lining” and in this case bipolar Patrick “Pat” Solitano is having some serious problems in finding his. The film is written and directed by David O. Russell and based off the novel of the same name by Matthew Quick. After beating his cheating wife’s lover mercilessly Pat gets sent […]
Think Like A Man (2012)
The one thing that grates on me when it comes to a film with a predominantly black cast is when it’s released theatrically in the UK you have about 72 hour to catch it s before all traces of the film disappears It’s a harsh reality still facing black cinema but let me leave that debate […]
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
It’s becoming apparent that Matthew McConaughey plays lawyers better than any other character in his other films. Cast your minds back 16 years ago when he played a lawyer in the 1996 Joel Schumacher film ‘A Time to Kill’, he was brilliant – and he brings that same demeanor to this film too. After watching […]
We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011)
I really wanted to catch this film during last years London Film Festival as it was one of the most talked about films and it has definitely lived up to my expectations. Adapted from Lionel Shriver’s 2003 novel We Need to Talk About Kevin, writer-director Lynne Ramsay’s film is about a lovely, intelligent budding young sociopath […]
