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Since Jane Austen’s Emma was first cited in 1978, Jane Austen and her work — sometimes together, sometimes separately — have been mentioned many, many time in legal decisions? Why? Writing on Medium, Matthew H. Birkhold, professor of law, literature, and culture…
Hugh Lofting’s The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle came out in 1922. As Wikipedia notes, “It is nearly five times as long as its predecessor and the writing style is pitched at a more mature audience. The scope of the novel is vast;…
Reviews are coming in for the Ava DuVernay directed adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L’Engle’s Newberry Award-winning novel of the same name. Sadly the reviews of the film version are fairly consistent. Most everyone says the film is beautiful…
You still have to wait a while to see season two of the Golden Globe-winning series The Handmaid’s Tale, based on the seminal book by Margaret Atwood. But you don’t have to wait at all for an official sneak peek at what…
The sword seven-year-old Matilda Jones found in a Cornish lake is most likely not the one King Arthur deep-sixed after the Battle of Camlann, but it certainly provided one young adventurer with some good stories. From The Sheffield Star: A Doncaster…
Long-time fans of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s children’s classic, The Secret Garden, can look forward to a new feature-length film adaptation. From Deadline Hollywood: [David] Heyman will produce with Rosie Alison through his Heyday Films banner. They have tapped Jack Thorne, arguably the…
After a disappointing Memorial Day weekend opening, Deadline Hollywood’s Anthony D’Alessandro looks at why the movie adaptation of Alice Through the Looking Glass opened far, far below expectation. Among other things, D’Alessandro writes: Moviegoers hike to films like Alice in Wonderland, The…
A new project will introduce a new generation to the work of master of horror H.P. Lovecraft. Created with family viewers in mind, Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom is meant to be both spooky and entertaining. From Deadline Hollywood: Ron Perlman…
It was never called “The Little Lost Prince,” but that’s how things were looking last week when Paramount dropped its distribution deal for the animated version of Antoine Saint-Exupery’s The Little Prince, mere days before the animated film’s scheduled US theatrical release. Fortunately,…