Cold Pursuit [based on book by] by Kim Fupz Aakeson dir. by Hans Petter Moland
This is not a good film. This, in fact, is a terrible film. Do not watch it. It is a revenge film, full of murder and violence, and yet part of...
22 February 2019
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford [based on the book] by Ron Hansen dir. by Andrew Dominik
Rewatched : 24th August 2018 And I still loved it. I do think that Casey Affleck looks like an untrustworthy ferret in it, but I think that works for the role....
25 August 2018
The Breadwinner [based on the book] by Deborah Ellis dir. by Nora Twomey
Set in Kabul under the rule of the Taliban The Breadwinner is the story of a family trapped by the law. The father has been sent to prison, leaving his wife,...
27 May 2018
Ready player one [based on the book] by Ernest Cline dir. by Stephen Spielberg
Yeah. But no. Just no. I have not read the book. Based on this film I have no desire to.
31 March 2018
Annihilation [based on the book] by Jeff VanderMeer dir. by Alex Garland
I’m not quite sure how to start talking about Annihilation. I really liked it. But plot-wise anything I say to blurb it will sound either ridiculous or way too confusing. So...
18 March 2018
Blade Runner (The final cut) [based on the book] by Philip K. Dick dir. by Ridley Scott
I know that at some point in the past I have watched Blade Runner. I do not know what version it was. I also am very aware that it has become...
13 October 2017
IT [based on the book] by Stephen King dir. by Andy Muschietti
I have vague recollections of seeing the tv adaptation that was made of this book years ago. And even vaguer of reading the actual book. I went through a Stephen King...
20 September 2017
The Dark Tower [based on the books] by Stephen King dir. by Nikolaj Arcel
Many years ago I read the first book in the Stephen King series which inspired this film. I guess the fact that I never read any more in the series says...
21 August 2017
Wonder Woman [based on comics by] by William Moulton Marston dir. by Patty Jenkins
After the bore-fest that was Grim vs Grimmer I didn’t hold out much hope for Wonder Woman. I had thought Gadot was one of the best things about that Supes v...
4 June 2017
L.A. Confidential [based on the book] by James Ellroy dir. by Curtis Hanson
Everything is suspect…everyone is for sale…and nothing is what it seems.
22 April 2017
The Lost City of Z [based on the book] by David Grann dir. by James Gray
[imdb_movie_detail title=”The Lost City of Z” detail=”plot”] Sometimes when you describe a film or a book as “interesting” you really mean that you didn’t like it but don’t really want to...
27 March 2017
Hidden figures [based on the book by] by Margot Lee Shetterly dir. by Theodore Melfi
Oh, I really enjoyed this film. So much more than I thought I would. I mean a story based on maths doesn’t sound all that entertaining. But I suppose that isn’t...
21 February 2017
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