Jumper (2008)
My advice to studios: don’t plan for a trilogy when you can’t even get the first film developed thoroughly. This is what happens when a good idea gets studio-botched by too many people with...
Tagged: based on a novel
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Based on Edith Wharton’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of 1920, The Age of Innocence paints a rather unflattering portrait of a society repressed, where upbringing and social standing marked the actual difference between favor and failure among...
11 Harrowhouse (1974)
11 Harrowhouse is a wryly witty spoof on the heist flick, adapted by star and first-time screenwriter Charles Grodin from a Jeffrey Bloom script based on the Gerald A. Browne novel of the same...
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
There are many that tout the second chapter in the Corleone saga as superior to the original, and while I can definitely understand why I’m not necessarily inclined to agree from a personal taste...
Cutter’s Way (1981)
Originally released under the book’s title of Cutter and Bone, Cutter’s Way is a film that has a purposely unfocused way of telling a story, languishing in some scenes in lackadaisical fashion, and as such, it...
The Amityville Horror (1979)
On November 13, 1974, 23-year-old Ronnie “Butch” DeFeo Jr. shot and murdered his parents, two brothers, and two sisters with a high-powered rifle as they were sleeping in their Amityville, Long Island home. DeFeo...
Anita and Me (2002)
Anita and Me was written for the screen by Meera Syal herself from her bestselling novel of the same name. Syal is a British-born woman of Indian descent, and one can tell from her keen...
Man on Fire (2004)
Man on Fire is the second time A.J. Quinnell’s novel has been adapted for the big screen, with the first time coming back in 1987 in an unsuccessful version starring Scott Glenn. This 2004...
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Another beautifully crafted literary adaptation from the team of Ismail Merchant and James Ivory, The Remains of the Day ranks among their very best work. Their names are already synonymous with the genre of the British...
High Crimes (2002)
For all her attempts, I wonder if Ashley Judd will ever star in a good thriller sometime in her career. Kiss the Girls, Eye of the Beholder, and Double Jeopardy have started a string of mediocre and predictable...