Aaron Eckhart is the glib, proudly obfuscating tobacco lobbyist in Jason Reitman’s wickedly witty adaptation of Christopher Buckley’s novel. He’s also our hero.
Category: based on a novel
Park Chan-wook’s ‘The Handmaiden’ on Amazon Prime
The director of ‘Oldboy’ delivers a sexy, savage, utterly compelling con thriller tangled up in national and sexual politics in 1930s Korea.
Daniel Craig reinvents James Bond in ‘Casino Royale’ on Amazon Prime
Daniel Craig became the sixth actor to play James Bond in the official series in this tough, lean, faithful adaptation of Ian Fleming’s first novel. It revived the flagging franchise.
Claude Rains is the original ‘The Invisible Man’ on Peacock and Criterion Channel
James Whale directs the first adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel, bringing a mix of humor, horror, and madness to the story.
‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ – Hammer’s Gothic Holmes on Amazon Prime
Peter Cushing is perfectly cast as the great detective in this 1959 mix mystery and supernatural horror from Hammer Studios and its top director, Terence Fisher.
‘Dracula’ – the 1931 Spanish version on Criterion Channel
This little known alternate version, shot on the same sets as the Lugosi classic, features a different cast and a sexy style and is proclaimed by many fans as a superior version.
Universal Horrors: the birth of American horror cinema and the original cinematic shared universe
Decades before the Marvel Comics movie universe was born, Frankenstein and Dracula and the Wolf Man crossed paths, teamed up, and battled one another.
Steven Spielberg’s ‘A.I.: Artificial Intelligence’ on Hulu and Paramount+
Steven Spielberg meets Stanley Kubrick in this dark, visionary science fiction fairy tale about a robot boy who wants to be human.
‘1984’ seen from 1984 on Amazon Prime
John Hurt and Richard Burton star in Michael Radford’s impressive film adaptation of George Orwell’s dystopian classic, which has the distinction of being made and released in 1984.
‘The Hunger Games’ – May the odds be ever in your favor on Hulu
The hit young adult science fiction novels by Suzanne Collins comes to the big screen with Jennifer Lawrence in a star-making performance as reluctant hero Katnis Everdeen.