http://www.avclub.com/content/topics/Book_Vs._Film/feed en-us http://www.avclub.com/content/blog/book_vs_film_the_ruins?utm_source=from_tag How do you make a killer plant scary? Apparently if you're making a movie based on a bestseller, you don't. Fri, 02 May 2008 14:20:57 -0400 Words adaptation Book_Vs._Film Books Horror_Movie http://www.avclub.com/content/node/78826 http://www.avclub.com/content/blog/book_vs_film_paranoid_park?utm_source=from_tag This is what it's like to be a teenager: kinda dopey and kinda painful. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:08:25 -0400 Words Blake_Nelson Gus_Van_Sant Book_Vs._Film Drama_Movie Adaptation http://www.avclub.com/content/node/77998 http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/book_vs_film_the_other_boleyn?utm_source=from_tag Was Anne Boleyn a vengeful sister or a psycho bitch? Depends on which version you check. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:02:30 -0400 Book_Vs._Film Tasha_Robinson Feature Words Natalie_Portman Eric_Bana Scarlett_Johansson The_Other_Boleyn_Girl http://www.avclub.com/content/node/76709 http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/book_vs_film_oil?utm_source=from_tag The 1927 novel that inspired <i>There Will Be Blood</i> could have been called <i>There Will Be Ranting About The Evils Of Capitalism</i>. Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:27:32 -0500 Tasha_Robinson Feature Words There_Will_Be_Blood Paul_Thomas_Anderson Upton_Sinclair Adaptation Book_Vs._Film http://www.avclub.com/content/node/75171 http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/book_vs_film_jumper?utm_source=from_tag A morality tale becomes an anti-morality tale, but at least throws in some rad explosions. Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:04:39 -0500 Book_Vs._Film Tasha_Robinson Feature Words Doug_Liman Steven_Gould Jumper Hayden_Christensen Books Adaptation http://www.avclub.com/content/node/74784 http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/book_vs_film_into_the_wild?utm_source=from_tag One story seen from two perspectives: journalistic vs. idealistic. Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:36:25 -0500 Book_Vs._Film Tasha_Robinson Feature Words Into_the_Wild Sean_Penn Jon_Krakauer Books Adaptation http://www.avclub.com/content/node/74357 http://www.avclub.com/content/blog/book_vs_film_special_mega_bonus?utm_source=from_tag One novella. Four films. How do they stack up? Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:00:07 -0500 Words Charlton_Heston Richard_Matheson I_Am_Legend The_Last_Man_On_Earth The_Omega_Man Book_Vs._Film Adaptation Science_Fiction_or_Fantasy_Movie Post-apocalyptic_Movie http://www.avclub.com/content/node/73953 http://www.avclub.com/content/blog/book_vs_film_atonement?utm_source=from_tag A film that's all on the outside meets a book that's all on the inside. Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:11:47 -0500 Words Adaptation World_War_II_Movie Movies Book_Vs._Film Books http://www.avclub.com/content/node/73246 http://www.avclub.com/content/blog/book_vs_film_the_diving_bell_and?utm_source=from_tag How a painstakingly collected series of thoughts became an excruciating biography. Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:03:53 -0500 Words The_Diving_Bell_And_The_Butterfly Jean-Dominique_Bauby Julian_Schnabel Book_Vs._Film Adaptation Movies Books http://www.avclub.com/content/node/72392 http://www.avclub.com/content/blog/book_vs_film_the_golden_compass?utm_source=from_tag The disappointing but dynamic film adaptation of a fantasy bestseller doesn't promise good things to come for the other two books in the series — if they make it to film at all. Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:15:04 -0500 Words The_Golden_Compass Chris_Weitz Philip_Pullman Book_Vs._Film Fantasy_Movie Science_Fiction_&_Fantasy_Novel Adaptation http://www.avclub.com/content/node/71504