Mid-Week Poll: Read the Book Before Watching the Movie?
Hollywood loves to adapt books into movies and TV shows. When this happens, do you try to read the book first, or do you avoid the book to judge the adaptation on its own?
Hollywood loves to adapt books into movies and TV shows. When this happens, do you try to read the book first, or do you avoid the book to judge the adaptation on its own?
At the height of its popularity during its first season on air, David Lynch’s ‘Twin Peaks’ was more than just a ratings hit or a critical darling. It was a genuine cultural phenomenon. Each episode of the series ...
With recent disc releases in Europe and Asia, all of the feature films from cult director David Lynch are now available on the Blu-ray format somewhere in the world. Upon hitting that milestone, I felt that this would be a good op...
To celebrate our return to the ‘Alien’ universe with Ridley Scott’s sort-of-prequel ‘Prometheus’, which opens in theaters tomorrow, Titan Books has reprinted a pair of books that take us deeper into t...
The world has lost another visionary this week with the passing of Ray Bradbury. The legendary science-fiction author died peacefully on Tuesday at the age of 91.
Have you ever wondered why so many movies just plain stink these days? The simplistic answer, of course, is that Hollywood executives are idiots and/or have no respect for their audience’s intelligence. Both of these may be ...
At first, the thought of reading a large book concerning Sherlock Holmes may not seem all that appealing – unless you’re a big fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s mystery books, of course. Perhaps even less appealing is an...
[Editor’s Note: This week, our friend and frequent Roundtable contributor Adam Tyner from DVDTalk has agreed to help us out with a review of the latest cinematic tome from Titan Books, publishers of the impressive ‘Ali...
Arriving in an attractively sturdy cardboard slipcase that safeguards a 176-page hardcover book, ‘Alien Vault: The Definitive Story of the Making of the Film’ is true to its name. The book allows readers to dig through...
I cannot claim to have read the book yet, but after Kyle Smith’s write-up about it in the New York Post, you can bet your ass that I will. Screenwriters Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon have recently published a book titl...
Anyone who frequents entertainment news sites knows that Lionsgate makes cast announcements about its upcoming ‘Hunger Games’ movie almost daily. Being based on a huge teen book series that rivals the ‘Twilight S...
Fans of Stephen King’s ‘Dark Tower’ series have been asking for a big screen adaptation for years. Universal Studios officially announced a unique plan for the project back in November, but just when fans finally...