Tag: based on a book

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August 3, 2022

Bullet Train delivers a bloody but intoxicating ride

This action-comedy goes off the rails in a good way, but some riders may get motion sickness.
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July 13, 2022

Netflix presents the complete idiot’s guide to Persuasion

Dumbed down doesn't even begin to describe this disastrous treatment of arguably one of Jane Austen's best novels.
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July 9, 2022

All secrets have beginnings in “Part One” of Flowers in the Attic: the Origin

A shaky start leads to high melodrama in this prequel to the Dollanganger Saga.
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July 9, 2022

Inside the weird, wild Gothic drama of V.C. Andrews movies

As Lifetime premieres a new addition to the Dollanganger Saga, we offer a crash course on what’s led us all to this. 
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June 22, 2022

The Black Phone finds chills in the pre-Stranger Danger era

Scott Derrickson keeps a silly premise above water thanks to a fast pace & a creepy villain turn from Ethan Hawke.
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May 13, 2022

Universal’s Firestarter remake fails to ignite

Not even Zac Efron and a killer John Carpenter score can light up this damp Stephen King adaptation.
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May 9, 2022

Candy is a well-crafted story of murder & desperate housewives

Jessica Biel & Melanie Lynskey are excellent in Hulu’s docudrama about a bizarre 1980 murder in smalltown Texas
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April 28, 2022

Under the Banner of Heaven chillingly depicts murder in the name of faith

FX adapts Jon Krakauer’s best selling true story about a brutal crime tied to the Mormon church
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April 15, 2022

Roar puts a darkly whimsical spin on modern women’s problems

Nicole Kidman executive produces a star-studded adaptation of Cecelia Ahern’s short story collection that rarely misses
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March 24, 2022

Pachinko is lush, moving & far too short

Apple TV+'s extravagant adaptation of the best selling novel suffers from a condensed storyline & underdeveloped characters