by Margo Donohue | Aug 13, 2023 | Podcast
Book Vs. Movie: Special Guest, Author Kristen Lopez But Have You Read the Book? Our special guest, Kristen Lopez, is the film editor for The Wrap and the author of But Have You Read the Book? In this episode, we talk about her favorite book-to-movie...
by Margo Donohue | Aug 7, 2023 | Podcast
Book Vs. Movie“The Exorcist” RIP William Friedkin (1935-2023)Replay of the DEC 2018 episode. The Margos revisit the 1971 novel The Exorcist written by the very interesting William Peter Blatty. Based on a true-ish story about a boy possessed by a demon in the 1950s,...
by Margo Donohue | Aug 7, 2023 | Podcast
Book Vs. Movie: The Red Shoes The Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tale vs. the 1948 Classic Film The Margos (and a special guest star!) put on their dancing shoes with the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale “The Red Shoes” along with the 1948 adaptation that is...
by Margo Donohue | Jul 31, 2023 | Podcast
Book Vs. Movie: The Swimmer The 1964 John Cheever story vs. the 1968 Burt Lancaster Film Burt Lancaster always claimed that his 1968 film The Swimmer was his best work, and we are here to show you exactly why! The John Cheever short story that appeared in the July 18,...
by Margo Donohue | Jul 24, 2023 | Podcast
Book Vs. Movie: Ode to Billy Joe The 1967 Song Vs. the 1976 Movie It was a hot and steamy summer day when we recorded this episode, so we decided to go as far south as we could get here in the USA with the tale of Billie Joe Macallister (named Billy Joe for the...