Popcorn-Scented Fever Dreams

January 26, 2015 by Caitlin

Title: Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life From an Addiction to Film Author: Patton Oswalt Published: January 6, 2015 Genre: Biography Rating: ★★★★☆ Patton Oswalt gets me. Or rather, I think I get Patton Oswalt. His latest book Silver Screen Fiend is all about his addiction with film – his encompassing obsession that stemmed from “If I can watch it, I can do it!” Never mind school and work and experience – Patton felt that simply absorbing as many films as […]

Categories: Book Review • Tags: biography, book reviews, movies, nonfiction, Patton Oswalt

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1- New Trailer!

September 15, 2014 by Caitlin

Today, Lionsgate dropped the first full length official trailer for the third Hunger Games installment, Mockingjay Part 1! Check it out: While we at Ladies On The Shelf agree that this is the weakest book in the Hunger Games series, based on this glimpse of the film, it looks like this is going to be a hell of a fun movie. It will be interesting to see where they make the split for part 1 and part 2, but if I […]

Categories: Adaptations • Tags: "The book is better than the movie", Hunger Games, Mockingjay, movies, young adult

The Giver – Does Subtlety Even Work on Film?

August 15, 2014 by Ladies On The Shelf

With the adaptation of Lois Lowry’s beloved children’s classic The Giver launching in theaters this weekend, we reread the book to set some perspective before we see the movie. Is it going to be a hit, or just another in a string of high-budget dystopian young adult adaptations?  What did you think of the book? Did you read it as a kid? Cait: I remember reading it in middle school and being frustrated with the ending. It was really the first book I read […]

Categories: Adaptations • Tags: children's literature, dystopian fantasy, Lois Lowry, movies, The Giver

The Trailer We’ve All Been Waiting For

July 24, 2014 by Ladies On The Shelf

The first official trailer for the highly anticipated, possibly gross Fifty Shades of Grey adaptation has dropped, and we have to say… It actually looks kinda good. Dakota Johnson looks appropriately frumpy as Anastasia Steele, Jamie Dornan, well. He is handsome, wears a suit and has dark eyes. So we’re good there. I think we’re all glad to see that they went with lesser-know actors, because I don’t know if I could ever look at a Hemsworth the same way again […]

Categories: Adaptations • Tags: Dakota Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey, Jamie Dornan, movies, romance novels

Christian Grey, Classicly Creepy

June 19, 2014 by Caitlin

While fans are debating this shot (sexy or stalker??) from the highly anticipated Fifty Shades of Grey movie, starring Jamie Dornan as the 50-shades-of-fucked-up Christian Grey, we decided we’d take a stab at just what he’s thinking at this creep-tastic moment, inspired by his classic catch phrases. Suburban moms, beware! This creep could be lurking outside your home, waiting to de-flower your daughters! “I found some baby oil. Let me rub it on your behind.” “I’ll be watching you from outside your […]

Categories: Adaptations • Tags: 50 Shades of Grey, creepers, Jamie Dornan, movies

“You are not going out and getting jiggy with some boy. I don’t care how dope his ride is” – Film Fest Friday

April 25, 2014 by Caitlin

Introducing: Film Fest Fridays! Here we’ll bring you a weekly cinematic adaptation of a book and discuss the finer points of “Is the book really better than the movie?”  It’s William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday week, and we thought we’d kick it off with something fun – Shakepearean adaptations. Sure, these are technically re-worked versions of something that is meant to be seen and not read, but Shakes is celebrated as a writer – can’t we appreciate his prose reworked into […]

Categories: Adaptations • Tags: Film Fest Friday, movies, Shakespeare, teenage romance