Category Archives: Based on a Novel

Queen of the South (USA) Rated TV-14

Posted on August 4, 2016 by laurarachel4

Teresa’s on the run after her drug runner boyfriend is murdered. She ends up in Spain where she becomes the country’s top drug smuggler. Based on the telenovela, La Reina del Sur and a book by the same title written … Continue reading →

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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) Rated R

Posted on July 30, 2016 by laurarachel4

Abraham Lincoln has discovered vampires are planning to take over the United States, so he plans to hunt them down. Based on the novel of the same name by Seth Grahame-Smith. Starring Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Rufus Sewell. … Continue reading →

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She Loves Me Live (2016) Rated NR

Posted on July 7, 2016 by laurarachel4

A musical based on the book, Parfumerie by Miklós Laszlo. The story takes place in a Parfumerie where the co-workers unknowingly write to and fall in love with each other. It’s the first Broadway show to live stream online through BroadwayHD. Starring … Continue reading →

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Christmas Every Day (1996) Rated NR

Posted on July 1, 2016 by laurarachel4

Billy is not having a good Christmas, and to make matters worse, his sister wishes for Christmas to be everyday, thus making Billy relive Christmas Day over and over.  Based on William Dean Howells’s 1892 short story, Christmas Every Day. Starring … Continue reading →

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The Mountain Road (1960) Rated NR

Posted on June 23, 2016 by laurarachel4

A U.S. Major is assigned to blow up military installations in order to stop the advancing Japanese. Based on the novel by Theodore H. White. Starring James Stewart, Lisa Lu, Glenn Corbett. This movie, although not the best of its … Continue reading →

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The Green Berets (1968) Rated G

Posted on June 21, 2016 by laurarachel4

 A Colonel takes two groups  of Green Berets on two missions in South Vietnam. Based on the book by Robin Moore. Starring John Wayne, David Janssen, Jim Hutton, George Takei. The one thing about this movie that I struggled with … Continue reading →

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The Choice (2016) Rated PG-13

Posted on June 17, 2016 by laurarachel4

Next door neighbors meet, and the choices they make define their lives. Based on the book by Nicholas Sparks. Starring Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer, Maggie Grace, Tom Wilkinson, Alexandra Daddario, Tom Welling. This a romance story through and through. Sure, … Continue reading →

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Roots (2016) Rated PG-13

Posted on June 13, 2016 by laurarachel4

An adaption of Alex Haley’s book, Roots: The Saga of an American Family. Starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Malachi Kirby, Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne, Babs Olusanmokun, Daphne Videau. Having watched the original Roots miniseries, I came expecting the same intensity and … Continue reading →

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The Christmas Secret (2000) Rated G

Posted on May 4, 2016 by laurarachel4

A scientist sets out to prove reindeer can fly, and along the way he learns the meaning of faith, family, and Christmas. Based on the book Flight of the Reindeer by Robert Sullivan. Starring Richard Thomas, Beau Bridges, Maria Pitillo. … Continue reading →

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The Yearling (1994) Rated PG

Posted on April 29, 2016 by laurarachel4

In 1870s Florida, a lonely boy befriends a fawn. Based on The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Starring Peter Strauss, Jean Smart, Wil Horneff, Philip Seymour Hoffman. There’s only one thing I don’t like about these kinds of movies: they … Continue reading →

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