DId you know Amy Heckerling's masterpiece "Clueless" was the first adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma?We discuss how well "Clueless" stacks up against Emma and which we like better the book or the movie.

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Jan 30th, 2019 13m 30s

Alicia compares the beloved children's picture book by Judi Barrett with it's 2009 Sony Pictures movie. How does it stack up?We also talk about changes to the podcast and ways for viewers to be more involved. Like following us on Instagram and

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Nov 20th, 2018 56m 53s

***There are SPOILERS for the whole series. So if you haven't read or seen all the books/movies and don't want the spoiled please listen at a later time.*** In this episode we talk about the first book of one of the most loved childhood storie

The Witches

Oct 24th, 2018 40m 15s

The Witches by Roald Dahl is a beloved tale that teaches us many great lessons, like don't judge a book by its cover and you'll be ok no matter what if you've got some one who loves you.But how does the 1990 movie starring Anjelica Huston and R

Coraline

Oct 13th, 2018 56m 10s

Today we discuss Coraline. We discuss characters, themes, motifs, things we like changed and things we didn't. We also get into Hollywood's problem of watering down strong female characters.

Crazy Rich Asians

Sep 27th, 2018 47m 37s

How does the number one movie in America compare to it's source material? Alicia discusses with her husband the differences between the book and the movie and decides which she enjoyed more. We discuss mainly characters and plot in this episode

The Little Prince

Sep 16th, 2018 31m 52s

We compare this classic, beloved book of Antoine Saint Exupéry and the movie that continues the story. We mostly discuss the themes as the movie isn't a direct adaptation of the book. We also discuss how we feel about the Prince's character dev

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Aug 29th, 2018 1h 3m

The movie of this popular novel was just released on Netflix this month. How does it compare? Why did it make us start talking about Castaway? (Yes the Tom Hanks movie) In this episode we discuss the changes made in the movie and what we think

Little Women

Aug 15th, 2018 58m 12s

Listen as we discuss this 150 year old book and most of its film adaptations. We pick who played our favorite characters and talk about what we like and how we feel most films have missed the mark of capturing the magic of the wonderful March f

Ella Enchanted

Aug 1st, 2018 54m 59s

Our first adaptation that I couldn't find a single person in my life who thinks the movie was a faithful representation of the book. Ella Enchanted is a wonderful book, and an ok movie on its own. But when comparing the movie to the book it is

Shrek

Jul 18th, 2018 31m 54s

The classic and beloved picture book Shrek, by William Steig, was made into an Academy Award winning movie of the same name. So how did DreamWorks do at adapting this short children's book to a full length movie? Listen in as we discuss the cha

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Jul 4th, 2018 1h 2m

This episode Alicia is joined by her mom, Helen, to discuss the L. Frank Baum classic and compare it to its 1939 movie counterpart, starring Judy Garland. We focus on scenes we wish made it into the movie, changes to our favorite characters, a

Jurassic Park

Jun 20th, 2018 1h 8m

Today we are joined by Lindsey Hannan to introduce this podcast and discuss Jurassic Park, it's sequel, The Lost World, and 4 of the 5 movies that these books have spawned. We discuss scenes we wish had made it to the movie, characters we actua

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