CBR Bingo entry Listicles: Goodreads’ Best Show Business Memoirs/Biographies I distinctly remember the first time I saw The Princess Bride. Like most fans, I did not see this cult classic during the original theatrical run, but caught it on VHS (that was pre-DVD for you young-us; DVD was pre-streaming for you toddlers). I was in college, hanging out with a couple of friends in a dorm room when one of them decided we should watch this awesome movie she had recently seen. For the next […]
Movies and how they tie-into reading
I always wonder about books that are “movie tie-ins.” Are they just a “regular book” with a “movie” cover? Or are they an adaptation of the book made into a movie and the book is an adaptation of the movie? Which came first: the book or the movie? If the case of these three books, the movie came first and the merchandizing for the targeted audience came second. A quick review of each: As it states in the title: Wonder Woman: The Junior Novel, is […]
Beautiful pictures of a glamorous icon
The Chancellor often likes to coordinate his gifts in a “theme.” One year for Valentine’s Day, he bought me a copy of the film Bringing Up Baby and paired it with this particular short biography of Katherine Hepburn. He knows I am a huge fan of both her and Audrey Hepburn, so my DVD collection has slowly grown over the years (another year, he bought me The Philadelphia Story, which is absolutely one of my favorites). I was intrigued to learn more about one of […]
It’s true that they don’t make good romantic comedies anymore
This was the most recent book club entry in the Cannonball Book Club, where the theme was movie related non-fiction. It wasn’t the book I voted for, but book clubs are all about expanding ones horizons and reading things you wouldn’t necessarily pick yourself, so I downloaded it from the library and started reading. Sadly, on the day of the actual book club discussion, I was feeling unwell, and not really able to take part as much as I would have liked. Of course, now it’s […]