Tag: "film adaptation"

“Ring” Director to Take on “Voice From the Stone”

“Ring” Director to Take on “Voice From the Stone”

Hideo Nakata, the director behind the Japanese version of The Ring and the English version of The Ring 2, has signed on to direct the supernatural thriller Voice From the Stone.
An adaptation of an Italian novel, Voice From the Stone follows a child psychologist helping a boy who promised his dying mother he would remain [...]

Blindness Movie Review

Blindness Movie Review

Adapted from the José Saramago novel and directed by Fernando Meirelles, Blindness,  depicts the events of a sudden epidemic of blindness that sweeps across an unnamed city. Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore and Danny Glover star in this film adaptation.  While one would think everything would go black, it actually goes white. The White Sickness as [...]

City of Ember movie clip

City of Ember movie clip

The boys over at Latino Review have scored an exclusive clip from the good folks at Fox Walden, and we want to share it with you!
City of Ember is based on the adaptation of Jeanne Duprau’s now famous book. Here is a bit about the book/film adaptation.
For generations, the people of the City of Ember [...]

Mamma Mia! Movie Review

Mamma Mia! Movie Review

Let me clear the air by saying that I was unwillingly dragged to see “Mamma Mia!”, the latest Hollywood interpretation of a stage musical.
Clearly, I’m not the type of person the people behind the film adaptation of “Mamma Mia!” were trying to please.  People like me, who are generally against musicals can and should find [...]