Dystopian fiction is all the rage these days as young adult books like The Hunger Games and Divergent have massive fan bases and just beg to be adapted to the big screen. So why has Lois Lowry’s 1993 immensely popular book taken so long to make it to theaters?
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
Dracula (1979) – Review
Before there were vampires being interviewed, and well before any of them sparkled, there was John Badham’s Dracula in what must be the earliest truly romantic vampire movie.
John Carter: From Book to Screen
The 2012 movie John Carter was based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel A Princess of Mars, and is most notable for its disastrous box office than the actual quality of the film, and I think most can agree that the biggest stumbling block the movie had was that it was saddled with one of…
Things to Come (1936) – Review
H.G. Wells’ Things to Come is one of the more interesting early entries in the history of science fiction movies.
Top Ten Movie Robots
Robots and science fiction movies go together like a horse and carriage, well if the horse was a robot duplicate and the carriage was a landspeeder, but you get my meaning. Since the very early days of cinema robots have fascinated moviegoers, whether the robot be a helpful aid to the hero or a villainous…