From the Book
From the Book provides articles about films that are based on books, folk stories, myths and legends.
A Christmas Carol Review 
“A wild ride!” “A roller coaster!” Zemeckis’s extraordinary production of a holiday classic is a skyrocketing experience you won’t want to miss. Jim Carrey is brilliant as Scrooge and the Three Ghosts of Christmas. Rated PG for scariness, keep young ones home, plan for future DVD stocking stuffers! A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)
Steve Martin does an exceptionally clever job of modernizing George Eliot's novel Silas Marner. It's the fault of our bankrupt modern culture that in doing so he strips the original story of its morality. Cocteau's Fairy Tale Masterpiece
Filmed under the most trying conditions, Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast (1946) is movie-making at its magical best. Indian Movies
For someone who grew up watching white dudes play the Indians, Smoke Signals (1998) is a viewing treat on many levels. Jason and the Titans
Both Jason and the Argonauts (1963) and Clash of the Titans (1981) are entertaining films, but Titans is more satisfying overall. John Thaw as Mr. Tom
If your only impression of John Thaw is as curmudgeonly Inspector Morse, you may enjoy this film in which his Oxford accent is replaced with a Devonshire drawl. He's still a curmudgeon. Ladies in Lavender (2004)
Judi Dench and Maggie Smith are probably two of the most gifted actors of the 20th and 21st century. Seeing them together is a treat. Seal Morning (1986)
Not many movies are suitable for family viewing. This one is worth whatever trouble you may encounter in finding a copy. Summer of My German Soldier (1979)
Although 30 years old, Summer of My German Soldier is a film that has retained its timeliness. It deals with prejudice and the fact that not all familes live in Leave It To Beaver bliss. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Review
We see life more clearly in retrospect, but when you’re born at the wrong end of life, which way is retrospect? Benjamin Button leaves the world with less experience than he brought into it. He becomes the incarnation of the “second childhood.” An implausible story is brilliantly made believable. The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Ron Howard does the best he can with a book that relies on word puzzles and the thoughts of the characters to advance the plot. One can only wonder what all the fuss was about. The Informant Review
When good intentions and human foibles get together, embarrassingly funny situations result, especially when you’re an FBI informant wearing a wire and surrounded by cameras.
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