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Spike Jonze's Where The Wild Things Are: An Invitation to Revisit Childhood, All It's Glory and Loneliness

By: Kevin Crowley

Analysis of Where The Wild Things Are: A Lesson in Leadership and Relationships

By: Elisabeth Sharber

Analysis and Review: Where The Wild Things Are: Spike Jonze Film Demonstrates Wild Imagination

By: Carl Dates

Drew Barrymore's Whip It - Film Review: Ellen Page Stars as Beauty Queen Turned Derby Girl in this Dramedy

By: Denise Castillón

Movie and Book Review: Into the Wild: Comparing Jon Krakauer's Book with Sean Penn's Film

By: Christine Hernandez

Julie & Julia Film Review: Sometimes All You Need Is Passion and Butter

By: Iulia Filip

Movie and Book Review: I Am Legend: Comparing Richard Matheson's Book with Francis Lawrence's Film

By: Christine Hernandez

Review: The Time Traveler's Wife: Audrey Niffenegger's 2004 Novel Brought to Silver Screen

By: Mckenzie Cassidy

A Review of Brideshead Revisited (2008): A More Glamorous Version of Evelyn Vaugh's Classic Novel

By: Lisa Sanderson

Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones: Jackson's Cinematic Interpretation of Sebold's Classic Novel

By: Sara Carroll

Film Review - About Schmidt: Starring Jack Nicholson

By: Ferdi Mehmet

Movie Review – The Time Traveler's Wife: Based on the Best-Selling Novel by Audrey Niffenegger

By: Amanda Jacobs

Cameron Diaz in My Sister's Keeper: The Director of the Notebook Returns with Another Heart Tugger

By: Mike Lippert

Movie Review - Harry Potter Half-Blood Prince: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint in Warner Bros. Film

By: Feature Writer Dominic von Riedemann

Book to Movie - Benjamin Button: Brad Pitt Stars in Film Adapted From the F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic Short Story

By: Katriena Knights

Book to Movie - Brokeback Mountain: Adapting Annie Proulx's Short Story to Screenplay

By: Katriena Knights

My Sister's Keeper with Cameron Diaz: Film Based on the Best-Seller by Jodi Picoult

By: Anna Scanlon

Kid's Films Based on Books with Sad Endings: Charlotte's Web, Bridge to Terabithia, Grave of the Fireflies

By: Vickie Britton

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button on DVD: F. Scott Fitzgerald's Short Story Adapted Into David Fincher Film

By: Mckenzie Cassidy

Defiance – Movie Review: The Story of Jewish Resisters During World War II

By: Feature Writer Roberta Goli

DVD Review: Little Dorrit: The BBC and PBS Bring Dickens's Social Commentary to TV

By: Deirdre Swain

Sequel to Da Vinci Code: Angels and Demons: Tom Hanks and Ron Howard Bring Another Dan Brown Book to Life

By: Mike Lippert

Movie Review: Angels and Demons: Ron Howard Directs Sony, Columbia Film Starring Tom Hanks

By: Feature Writer Dominic von Riedemann

New Moon Movie: Production Begins on Part Two of the Twilight Saga

By: Andree Lachapelle

Movie Review: The Soloist: Directed by Joe Wright, starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr.

By: Amanda Drew

Gregor Jordan's The Informers: Movie Review: Ensemble Cast Appears in New Film About 1980s Excess

By: Feature Writer Leslie C. Halpern

Field of Dreams, 20 Years Later: A Look Back at the Kevin Costner Sports Classic

By: Michael Dennis

Gregor Jordan's The Informers: Fast Facts: Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger Star in Disturbing Drama

By: Feature Writer Leslie C. Halpern

Keira Knightley to Star in Never Let Me Go: Movie Based on Booker Prize-Winning Author Kazuo Ishiguro’s Novel

By: Feature Writer Leslie C. Halpern

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 Review: A Sequel That's Just as Good as the Original

By: Mike Lippert

Character Motives in the Movie The Reader: How Ambiguity, Mystery & Suspense are Used to Keep Viewers' Interest

By: Feature Writer Megan B. Wyatt

Views on Race, Humanity Deliver in Towelhead: Novel by Alicia Erian Packs Equally Potent Punch on Film

By: Aric Mitchell

DVD Review: Blindness Two-Disc Edition: Social Drama Stars Julianne Moore in a World Populated by the Blind

By: Feature Writer Dominic Messier

Slumdog Millionaire's Artful Dodge - Film Review: A Feel-Good Movie about Poverty, Greed, and Sectarian Hatred?

By: Feature Writer Larry Ervin

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire: Sundance Winner by Lee Daniels Finds Distribution with Lionsgate

By: Feature Writer Leslie C. Halpern

Movie Review: Before Tomorrow: Alliance Atlantis Film Directed by, Stars Madeline Ivalu

By: Feature Writer Dominic von Riedemann

Movie Review: Inkheart: Warner/Alliance Film Stars Brendan Fraser, Helen Mirren, Andy Serkis

By: Feature Writer Dominic von Riedemann

DVD Review: Appaloosa: Ed Harris Does His Best to Direct Moderate Gunslingling Tale

By: Feature Writer Dominic Messier

Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Pitt and Blanchett's Chemistry and Brilliant Acting Move Film Along

By: Jennifer L Mashuga

The Reader's David Kross Ignites the Screen: Newcomer Kross joins Winslet and Fiennes in Holocaust film.

By: Jennifer L Mashuga

DVD Review: Towelhead: Serious Coming of Age Film Deals with Racism and Sexuality

By: Feature Writer Dominic Messier

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is Too Long: Why Brad Pitt's Latest Film is Over Length at Two and a Half Hours

By: Robert Becka

The Reader Review: Why Kate Winslet should win the Golden Globe

By: Erin Konrad

Movie Review: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: World War II Children's Movie More of an Adult Film

By: Jason Schneider

Film Review: Revolutionary Road (2008): DiCaprio and Winslet Reunite in Mendes' Top-Heavy Yates Adaptation

By: Rob Humanick

Susanna Kaysen's Girl, Interrupted: A Comparison of the James Mangold Film and the Book

By: Feature Writer Leslie C. Halpern

Review of Girl, Interrupted on DVD: Deleted Scenes, Making Of Highlight Ryder, Jolie Film

By: Feature Writer Leslie C. Halpern

DiCaprio and Winslet in Revolutionary Road: Titanic Co-stars Reunited in Shattering Domestic Period Drama

By: Feature Writer Barry M. Grey

Annette Bening in Valmont (1989): Milos Forman's Adaptation of Choderlos De Laclos' Dangerous Liaisons

By: Marius Goubert

Colin Firth in Milos Forman's Valmont: Film Adaptation of Choderlos De Laclos' Dangerous Liaisons

By: Marius Goubert

Midnight in the Garden Film Review: Clint Eastwood Directs John Cusack in Movie of John Berendt's Book

By: Feature Writer Michelle Strozykowski

Film Review: Slumdog Millionaire: Twentieth Century Fox Distributes Danny Boyle Movie

By: Feature Writer Dominic von Riedemann

Movie Review: Slumdog Millionaire: Twentieth Century Fox Distributes Danny Boyle Movie

By: Feature Writer Dominic von Riedemann

Movie Review: Body of Lies: Ridley Scott Film From David Ignatius Novel, Stars Leonardo DiCaprio

By: Feature Writer Dominic von Riedemann

Movie Review: Choke: Clark Gregg Adapts Chuck Palahniuk's Novel for 20th Century Fox

By: Feature Writer Dominic von Riedemann

DVD Review: 21: Kevin Spacey and an Impressive Young Cast Invade Las Vegas

By: Feature Writer Dominic Messier

Art and Alfonso Cuarón's Great Expectations: Film Rendition of Charles Dickens' Novel Focuses on Art

By: Sarah F. Sorensen

Film Noir: In a Lonely Place (1950): Bogart Shatters Heroic Movie Image in Backstage Hollywood Drama

By: Feature Writer Barry M. Grey

Bullying in Let The Right One In: Award-winning Swedish Vampire Movie Targets School Bullies

By: Sara Churchville

Mary Harron's American Psycho: Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Reese Witherspoon, Chloe Sevigny

By: Margaret Burke

Existentialist Theme in The Pledge: An Analysis of Friedrich Durrenmatt’s Obsessed Police Detective

By: Feature Writer Leslie C. Halpern

Friedrich Durrenmatt's The Pledge: A Comparison of the Sean Penn Film and the Book

By: Feature Writer Leslie C. Halpern

Atonement (Review): Analysis of the Highly Acclaimed 2007 Film

By: Michael Roberts

Director Sean Penn's Into the Wild: Emile Hirsch As Chris McCandless, Eddie Vedder Soundtrack

By: Margaret Burke

The Fire Within (Le Feu Follet): Melancholy, Angst-Ridden Louis Malle Film Stars Maurice Ronet

By: Sara Churchville

The Hottest State Review: Ethan Hawke Directs the Movie Based on His Novel

By: Sarah Stefanson

The Painted Veil (Review): The Third Film Adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s 1925 Novel

By: Michael Roberts

Love In the Time of Cholera review: Gabriel Garcia Marquez's classic novel is adapted to the big screen

By: Matthew Robert Pejkovic

21 Movie Review: Kevin Spacey and Laurence Fishburne give gravitas to bland film.

By: Matthew Robert Pejkovic

Director Mira Nair's The Namesake: Irfan Khan, Tabu, Kal Penn, Jhumpa Lahiri

By: Margaret Burke

Sean Penn Directs Into The Wild: Penn Puts Jon Krakauer's Best Selling Novel on Film

By: Julie Refnov Mortensen

Brick Lane (Review): Analysis and Critique of the Film Based on the Novel by Monica Ali

By: Michael Roberts

The Other Boleyn Girl: Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, Eric Bana

By: Margaret Burke

Director Joe Wright's Atonement: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Saoirse Ronan,

By: Margaret Burke

There Will Be Blood: Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano

By: Margaret Burke

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Review of the New Schnabel Film Based on the Memoir of Jean Do

By: Feature Writer James W. Coates

Nair Directs The Namesake: Kal Penn Struggles to Discover Cultural Identity

By: Mona Lisa Safai

US V. Bush Examines the Iraq War: Upcoming Movie Presents a Hypothetical Indictment of the President

By: Steven C Bryan

Forrest Gump Revisited: Everything I Know, I Learned From Him

By: Steven C Bryan

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