Search

Harry Potter never been the star of a Quidditch team, scoring points while riding a broom far above the ground.

Young Winnie Foster, stifled by the formality of her proper life and her domineering mother, escapes into the woods only to get lost.

When Marty Preston comes across a young beagle in the hills behind his home, it's love at first sight -- and also big trouble.

Gregory Peck won an Oscar for his brillan perforamnce as the southern lawyer who defends a black man accused of rape in this film.

Unhappy with the poor living conditions they must endure, the animals of Manor Farm gather for a secret meeting to plan a revolt.

In India, a mongoose who is saved from a storm by a British boy and his parents, becomes the family's defender against the dreaded cobras, Nag and Nagina.

Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape.

"An aspiring writer falls under the spell of an aloof millionaire with designs for the young scribe's unhappily married cousin in director Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of F.

When twenty-year-old Paul Baumer and his classmates enlist in the German army during World War I, they are full of youthful enthusiam.

A zany but well-meaning cat brings a cheerful, exotic, and exuberant form of chaos to a household of two young children one rainy day while their mother is out.

Contains a collection of thirty-five short stories that were adapted to film, arranged by genre, and includes an examination of the process of turning a short piece of fiction into a screenplay.

When a small farm town is faced with prolonged drought, a newcomer grows a crop of colored balloons and the citizen's spirits are lifted and they become hopeful for better times.

Contains profiles of ten of history's most popular book-based movies, including "The Outsiders," "Pride and Prejudice," and "Harry Potter.

Film writer Douglas Brode provides historical background, production details, critical reactions, and analysis covering everything from the actors to the directors of the major Shakespearean works that were turned into modern popular films.

Contains over three hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about film adaptations of novels, each featuring a profile of the source novel, as well as a discussion of how closely the movie or movies mirror the book, why changes occurred, and the ultimate success of the films.