Podcasts about litlovers

Meet the truly inspiring women you don't know behind the mission you do: Hidden Figures (11:42). Starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe - as real-life aeronautical superheroes Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson. Based on the 2016 New York Times bestselling book by Margot Lee Shetterly (whose mantra is Research. Write. Repeat): Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race. Hidden Figures inspires this week's #ListOfSix: Our 6 Favorite Movies Based on Real Events (4:04). Also, Hollister welcomes the return of Homeland (0:38); and, having already been adapted for the big screen, Hulu brings Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale to the small screen (1:28). Hit play for this month's LitLovers selection - and... 3-2-1 Liftoff!

It's hard to believe M.L. Stedman started out as a lawyer. The years-long New York Times bestseller The Light Between Oceans (2012) was her debut novel - which has since been translated into 30+ languages. Director Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine; The Place Beyond the Pines) adapted the book for the big screen. A LitLovers selection, Hollister & O'Toole discuss both the book and the movie - starring Oscar winners Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl) and Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener) as well as 2x-Oscar nominee Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs; 12 Years a Slave). As M.L. Stedman herself put it: "A lighthouse automatically implies potential drama: You only find them where there's a risk of going astray or running aground." Did the adaptation achieve safe passage? Be sure to listen in and let us know your thoughts; until then, Hollister & O'Toole will dutifully climb the steps and light the way.

Get ready to weep. Jojo Moyes' 9th novel, Me Before You, became a runaway bestseller, selling over 5 million copies around the globe. As Vanity Fair put it: “It’s an existential work that’s masquerading as a beach read.” ​ Now the author of 13 novels, the film version of Me Before You marks a first: Jojo Moyes' very first screenplay - the naturally visual writer adapted her own novel for the big screen (and by all accounts, thoroughly enjoyed the process). ​ A LitLovers selection, Hollister & O'Toole discuss both the book and the movie - film directed by Thea Sharrock; starring Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) and Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games). Listen in; we promise to tell you something good.

Tom Hanks reteams with director Tom Tykwer (Cloud Atlas) in A Hologram for the King, based on Dave Eggers' acclaimed novel, a 2012 National Book Award finalist. Co-starring Alexander Black, Sarita Choudhury (Learning to Drive), and Sidse Babett Knudsen (Borgen) - with Ben Whishaw (Spectre, London Spy) as the hologram. A LitLovers selection, Hollister & O'Toole discuss both book and movie.

"It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that a zombie in possession of brains, must be in want of more brains." For this month's LitLovers selection, Hollister & O'Toole discuss Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - both the international best-seller* by Seth-Grahame Smith (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) and the film adaptation starring Lily James and Sam Riley as zombie-fighters Lizzie Bennet and Darcy. Hear which of us thinks it's nothing short of sacrilege; and which actually welcomes the inversion of the marriage plot (even if Mrs. Bennet herself would still rather see her daughters "with husbands than muskets"). *For those who worry about Jane Austen rolling in her grave, if it makes you feel any better, you could instead opt to read the book in Japanese, Chinese, Hungarian, Polish, Serbian or Croatian.

For this month's LitLovers selection, Hollister & O'Toole discuss Brooklyn - based on Colm Tóibín's acclaimed novel - and currently nominated for 3 Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actress (Saoirse Ronan) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Nick Hornby).

For this month’s LitLovers’ selection, Screen Thoughts sends its crew to review The Martian – based on the bestselling book by Andy Weir and the acclaimed movie by Ridley Scott. Starring Golden Globe nominee Matt Damon as astronaut Mark Watney (which is more impressive – his scientific wherewithal or his gallows humor?); co-starring Jessica Chastain, Kate Mara, and Jeff Daniels. Hear what Hollister and O’Toole have to say about survival skills – especially on a planet where the desert is “so old it’s literally rusting”. (It’s pretty safe to say a typical day at Screen Thoughts does not entail thinking about the fact that we could save ourselves by cutting off an arm and eating it. O.K., O.K., we know that might not have been normal commentary, but “Normal was a long time ago…”) Screen Thoughts to Book Clubs: Let us know how your conversations rove!

Screen Thoughts is thrilled to announce a special collaboration with LitLovers.com: each month, Hollister and O'Toole will review one movie inspired by a book. To start us off, the no. 1 book on LitLovers.com: I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (by Malala Yousafzai and journalist Christina Lamb) and the newly-released documentary He Named Me Malala by Oscar-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth). Hollister and O'Toole saw the documentary last week at the 23rd annual Hamptons International Film Festival - where they were joined in the audience by many fans of the book, and one Pakistani princess - a close family friend of Malala's, and the woman who inspired Malala's own mother to learn to read. Malala and her incredibly inspiring, courageous, and humorous voice are certainly a multimedia feast - an incredibly brave blogger at the age of 11, and by age 17, the youngest-ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. As Malala herself says: "Let us pick up our books and our pens - they are our most powerful weapons." Long live the power of literature! And just for the record: this is our 59th podcast, and the 16th film we've reviewed inspired by a book!

We discuss China Miéville's "The City and The City." Spoiler warning we discuss multiple aspects of the book including the ending. This week we would like to thank LitLovers.com for their book club questions for The City and The City. Important links: Twitter: @BookDragons @emzorzin3d @Tris1988 E-mail: BookDragonsPodcast@gmail.com Website: http://www.emzorz.com/podcast.html Image Courtesy of http://www.rachelgeorgeillustration.com/