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Friday, July 18, 2014

Based on the book: For Better Or For Worse (the movie)

They're baaaack! Lisa Whelchel and Kim Fields, who co-starred on the sitcom The Facts of Life as Blair and Tootie, are teaming up in a new Hallmark Channel original movie called For Better Or For Worse.

The movie is based on a book of the same name written by author Diann Hunt.

For Better or for Worst, a romantic comedy, airs tonight, July 19 (9/8c)!

Will you be watching?

Amazon Book Description

She's a wedding coordinator. He's a divorce attorney. She begins marriages. He ends them. How could these two possibly find common ground?

Wendy Hartline is finally starting to settle into the single life. After a difficult season of grief following her husband's death, she's taken over the family business of coordinating memorable weddings. Life has become . . . comfortable.

Then the charming and incredibly frustrating Marco Amorini opens a legal practice--specializing in divorces--right next to her wedding chapel and stirs up everything.

Wendy learns that perhaps there is such a thing as second chances in this hilarious story of the pleasures and pains of new love in midlife.

Post by Rachel Hayes Hauck.

Monday, October 1, 2012

Don't forget! "Half the Sky" Premieres Tonight on PBS [Preview]

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (written by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn) has made it to the big screen! It is airing as a PBS documentary series on October 1 & 2, 2012 at 9 pm ET. I'll be watching. Will you?

Follow the Half the Sky Movement on Twitter and Facebook.

Check out the movement trailer below.

The Half the Sky DVD comes out on October 20, 2012. It's available for pre-order now.

Have you read the book yet? If not, be sure to take a look at the Goodreads Book Giveaway for Half the Sky. "Enter to win a copy of Half the Sky, signed by Urmi Basu, an agent-of-change featured in the Half the Sky documentary!"

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Do you Hulu? Check out films based on a book.

I have been poking around on Hulu - checking out the new layout. I like some of the new features, others not so much. Hulu has a new movie category called films based on books.

It's small right now, but hopefully Hulu will continue to add to the listings. In the meantime, I am all over the free ones.

Do you Hulu? Check me out and send me a friend invite.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

The Hunger Games Tribute Guide [Book Review]

Author: Emily Seife

Paperback: 128 pages

Publisher: Scholastic Press

It's been a while ... I got a copy of The Hunger Games Tribute Guide to refresh my memory on what happened in the first novel of The Hunger Games trilogy before watching the movie. I think calling it the "ultimate" guide is a bit of a stretch. It kind of reminded me of the play bills that you get at a theater. You get a high-level "Capitol" overview of the game (from how the tributes are chosen and groomed, up to just before the game starts) and pictures of the movie characters. It's spoiler-free.

Pictures: If you have been following the progress of the movie on the Web (even a little bit), you've probably already seen most of the pictures in the book (in stills or in the trailer). There is not much new to see. There are pictures of each tribute with a caption listing their name, district, gender, height and weapon of choice in the arena. Unfortunately, most of the tributes have no name listed. Even though many of the tributes were only referenced by district number in the book, it was still somewhat of a letdown to see "Tribute Girl" or "Tribute Boy" listed on most of the profile pictures.

Having already read the book and seen most of the pictures, The Hunger Games Tribute Guide didn't really add much to my fan experience. I liked the The Hunger Games: Official Illustrated Movie Companion better.

Recommended for:

People who have not read The Hunger Games
People who want The Hunger Games collector items

Everyone else:

Flip through it at the library or bookstore

POLL: Why did you read THE HUNGER GAMES TRIBUTE GUIDE book?

POLL: Why did you read THE HUNGER GAMES TRIBUTE GUIDE book?

Monday, March 5, 2012

Preppin' for THINK LIKE A MAN In Theaters 4/20/12

The movie adaptation of Steve Harvey's book, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment, is opening in theaters on April 20, 2012. The movie, Think Like a Man, stars Michael Ealy, Jerry Ferrara , Meagan Good, Regina Hall, Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Terrence J, Jenifer Lewis, Romany Malco,Gary Owen, Gabrielle Union, and Chris Brown. That's quite an ensemble cast.