With a grateful assist from This is Spinal Tap‘s Marty Di Bergi, Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins and Derek Smalls…
2016 Oscar Ceremony: Two-Word Review!
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Monthly Archives: February 2016
Greatest Book-to-Film Adaptation Ever! (Pt. 2)
Lonesome Dove, the epic 6.5-hour miniseries, is indeed my pick for the greatest book-to-film adaptation ever. Before we dig into the particulars of the series, let’s quickly take a look a the source material, a sprawling novel (843 pages hardcover, 945 paperback) written by Larry McMurtry.
Greatest Book-to-Film Adaptation Ever! (Pt. 1)
It’s no easy thing to successfully adapt a beloved piece of literature into an equally satisfying movie. Whereas a book can meander, a movie depends on a certain tightness of structure to keep its running time and budget manageable. Which is why audiences familiar with a particular book often leave the theater grumpy that certain scenes, plot lines and characters have been discarded. On the flip side, a movie adaptation can be too slavish to its
“Miller’s Crossing”: Your “Hail, Caesar!” Salve
You check out Hail, Caesar! this weekend? The Conflicted Film Snob did. And as a fan of the Coen brothers since their 1984 noirish debut, Blood Simple, I had high hopes for the film, this despite the unusually long review embargo (they didn’t start appearing until just a couple days before release) and subsequent reviews (generally lukewarm).