The Jane Austen Book Club
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Buzz In: What Books Do You Think Would Make Good Movies?
There are constantly news of books being adapted for film, and some are great ideas while others make me wary. There are loads of bad adaptations (remember Suburban Girl based on Melissa Bank's The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing? Yeah, most people don't.) and a few examples of the opposite (The Jane Austen Book Club made for a better movie than book, in my opinion).
10 Books That Are Better as Movies
It's a strange experience when you realize you're enjoying a movie more than you enjoyed the book on which it's based because so often the opposite is true. After all, presumably an author has the advantage because he/she can provide deep insight into characters that actors have to convey with but a glance. Every so often, though, a story makes a lot more sense onscreen.
Who Should Play the New Inhabitants of 90210?
Since we now have an outline of the main characters for the rumored 90210 spinoff, my brain can't stop thinking about who might be cast in these roles. While these new characters have updated traits and hobbies (emo! YouTube!) they are, as some have pointed out, more or less the new versions of the original cast.
BuzzSugar's Must-Haves for February
February is a big month here in entertainment-land, with both the Grammy Awards and the Oscars on the docket and this weekend's Super Bowl unleashing a new crop of commercials (not to mention a new Paula Abdul song) on the world. But I have my eye on plenty of other things, too. Want to see what I've got to have (and do, and see, and rent) this month?
The Jane Austen Book Club: Sweet, Comforting, Womanly
I was totally right about The Jane Austen Book Club: It makes a far better movie than it did a book — though yes, I'm aware that Austen herself would blanch at my saying that about any written work. In this situation, however, we don't particularly need to know the inner workings of these characters' emotional lives. We don't need to read their thoughts.
Fall Movie Preview: Girl Talk
Well it's September, folks, and the summertime movie season is officially over. Now we have a whole new crop of films to check out in the coming chillier months, so in preparation for that, I'm giving you little glimpses of this fall and winter's must-see movies with my Fall Movie Preview series. Today's roundup: films for and about the ladies.
First Look: The Jane Austen Book Club
First off, I got through this entire trailer for The Jane Austen Book Club, which opens in limited release September 21, without realizing Emily Blunt is playing the lead with the bobbed haircut. With her American accent and lack of pretense she is simply transformed. Secondly, she has this exchange which made me laugh out loud:
Man: High school is over.
Other Search Results
What To Sky+: Sunday
- BBC1 has Antiques Roadshow, Hope Springs and Casualty 1909
- BBC2 has Glastonbury and On Thin Ice
- BBC3 has Family Guy, American Dad and Glastonbury
- ITV1 has The Secret Caribbean with Trevor McDonald
- ITV2 has Sister Act
- Ch4 has Revelations: How to Find God, Big Brother and Alan Carr: Chatty Man
- Sky1 has House
- MTV1 has The Hills
- Sky Premiere has Dr Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! Sky Family has Stardust Sky Drama has The Jane Austen Book Club
What To Sky+: Tuesday
- BBC2 has Great British Menu, RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Later Live... with Jools Holland and The Wire
- BBC4 has The Great British Wedding and Flight of the Conchords
- ITV1 has The Classical Brit Awards
- Ch4 has Gok's Fashion Fix and 1066: the Battle for Middle Earth
- Sky1 has Ballroom High and Prison Break
- Sky Drama has The Jane Austen Book Club Sky Comedy has Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
What To Sky+: Monday
- BBC1 has Eastenders
- BBC2 has Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
- BBC3 has Gavin and Stacey
- ITV1 has House Of Wax
- Ch4 has Celebrity Big Brother: Eviction and Big Chef Takes on Little Chef
- E4 has Jeepers Creepers More4 has The Daily Show: Global Edition
- Living has Lipstick Jungle
- Sky1 has 24
- Sky Premiere has The Jane Austen Book Club, Sky Indie has Factory Girl, Sky Family has Hairspray
- ITV4 has Ned Kelly with Heath Ledger
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