Adapted with Anna and Sam

Welcome to Episode 12 of Season 2 of Adapted with Anna and Sam! In this episode, the last of Season 2 and the Christmas episode, Anna and Sam cackle over Nothing Lasts Forever, by Roderick Thorp, better known as DIE HARD. The debate is over, this is truly a Christmas movie. It will always live in Anna and Sam's hearts as the movie that brought Alan Rickman to moviedom. Listen along as Anna and Sam act surprised at all the changes from book to movie, and get thirsty over Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman, and of course, Alexander Godunov.

You can find all the cast lists and other fun trivia on iMDB.

Purchase the book and/or movies at Amazon and/or Barnes and Noble, or your favorite indie bookstore, or borrow from your local library in person or via Overdrive.

Thank you so much for following along for Season 2. We hope you enjoyed it, and we can't wait to start sharing Season 3 with you! Have a happy holidays and a happy New Year!

Honorable Mentions

--Read this Roderick Thorp novel first: The Detective

--Fan-fic we all want: Idris Elba in all the things, Harry Potter

--Sam's stepfather is going to see this, not sure why: Cats

--The Star Trek sequel, not the one with Khan: Star Trek Beyond

--Besties are the worsties...: Mikhail Barishnikov

--The sequel is better: Ghostbusters II

--Wish the cameos were real: Jason Patric, Huey Lewis, Fabio

Want to get in touch?

We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], or on Facebook, or even Twitter and Instagram! Is Die Hard one of your Christmas traditions? Do you agree that Alexander is always going to be good enough? Why on earth would anyone think a Twinkie obsession is a good idea?? Let us know! You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Google Play. You can also find us, and many other amazing podcasts, on the WICF Podcast Network!!!! Be sure to share with your friends! Rate and review too!

Credits:

Theme music credit: "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Logo credit: Fourth Wall Graphics, fourthwallgraphics.com

Welcome to Episode 11 of Season 2 of Adapted with Anna and Sam! In this episode, a content warning must be shared. Anna and Sam tackle The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, and its 2018 adaptation directed by George Tillman Jr, a story about a young black woman who witnesses her friend's murder by a white police officer, and the devastating aftermath of that event. 

You can find all the cast lists and other fun trivia on iMDB.

Purchase the book and/or movies at Amazon and/or Barnes and Noble, or your favorite indie bookstore, or borrow from your local library in person or via Overdrive.

Honorable Mentions

--Other works by Angie Thomas: On the Come Up

--The story of Angie Thomas' inspiration for The Hate U Give: Fruitvale Station, Oscar Grant, Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan

--Can't escape that Marvel Cinematic Universe Fandom: Falcon, Captain America, Black Panther

--Always relevant: Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Tupac, THUG LIFE

--Why has this become a series of movies: Olympus Has Fallen

--Audiobooks are Anna's thing now: Bonnie Turpin

--On the list of things Anna and Sam need to watch: Insecure

--New adaptations of past episodes: Emma, A Christmas Carol, Murder on the Orient Express

--Cast list for said new adaptations of past episodes: Bill Night, Rupert Graves, Anya Taylor-Joy, Guy Pearce

--Someone, please stop letting this man make movies just so he can be the lead!: Kenneth Branagh, Death on the Nile

--The best adaptation ever: Muppet Christmas Carol

--Somehow, these were worked into the conversation: Moby Dick, Futurama, Marion Cotillard

Want to get in touch?

We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], or on Facebook, or even Twitter and Instagram! Will Anthony Mackie ever not be Falcon now? Or Captain America? Did you wish they could have worked in Devante's storyline? Do you know how old Algee Smith is? Let us know! You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Google Play. You can also find us, and many other amazing podcasts, on the WICF Podcast Network!!!! Be sure to share with your friends! Rate and review too!

Credits:

Theme music credit: "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Logo credit: Fourth Wall Graphics, fourthwallgraphics.com

Welcome to Episode 10 of Season 2 of Adapted with Anna and Sam! In this episode, Anna and Sam want you to stay alive no matter what occurs and try not to groan as they say that over and over again as they discuss the Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper and the 1992 movie directed by Michael Mann and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Russell Means, Eric Schweig, and Wes Studi!! Sam reveals her complete lack of knowledge on the origins of ostriches and ostrich feathers trade, Anna dives into the triangle trade, and neither cannot explain the point of David Gamut. Listen in as Anna auditions to be a loyal PAT-RIOT and Sam gets super thirsty!

You can find all the cast lists and other fun trivia on iMDB.

Purchase the book and/or movies at Amazon and/or Barnes and Noble, or your favorite indie bookstore, or borrow from your local library in person or via Overdrive.

Honorable Mentions

--Apparently James Fenimore Cooper wrote things: the four other Leatherstocking Tales novels

--Other versions: 1936 movie of The Last of the Mohicans starring Randolph Scott

--Callbacks to past episodes: Dracula, Sleepy Hollow, Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day, Sexy Garys Gary Sinise and Gerard Butler, Ciaran Hinds, The Princess Bride, Sam Neill,

--Possible future episodes?: Ivanhoe, Persepolis, Batman Year 1/Batman Begins, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

--Never going to be a future episode: Watchmen

--Rabid fandom alert!: Avengers movies, Lord of the Rings (and Tom Bombadil), Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Star Trek, Blazing Saddles

--Mark Twain, jerk, yes?: Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

--Inspiration for the book?: Looney Tunes

--Not so secret love: Mystery Men and its entire cast

--We can't escape the random mentions: John Cusack, Terry Kinney, Oz, Silence of the Lambs, Widows, Dennis Quaid, Steppenwolf

--Wish this was based on a book: Bad Times at the El Royale

Want to get in touch?

We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], or on Facebook, or even Twitter and Instagram! How thirsty did this movie make you? Did you know ostriches originate from Africa? Why is David Gamut in the book?? Send us your best Jared Harris loyal PAT-RIOT impression or Hawkeye (or even better Uncas) cosplay. You can even send Magua cosplay. We get it. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Google Play. You can also find us, and many other amazing podcasts, on the WICF Podcast Network!!!! Be sure to share with your friends! Rate and review too!

Credits:

Theme music credit: "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Logo credit: Fourth Wall Graphics, fourthwallgraphics.com

Welcome to Episode 9 of Season 2 of Adapted with Anna and Sam! In this episode, Anna and Sam wish you a very Happy Halloween, with a double dose of Dracula adaptations, each based on the novel by Bram Stoker. Our hosts discuss the unauthorized 1922 adaptation Nosferatu as well as 1992's Bram Stoker's Dracula, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. They raise the question, is Dracula really sexy, and wonder, who is the sexiest Gary? Both can agree though, a hyena isn't a werewolf (no matter how much you squint at it).

You can find all the cast lists and other fun trivia on iMDB.

Purchase the book and/or movies at Amazon and/or Barnes and Noble, or your favorite indie bookstore, or borrow from your local library in person or via Overdrive.

Honorable Mentions

--Other Draculas to explore (yes, most are unreasonably sexy): Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee, Frank Langella, Dracula 2000 (Gerard Butler), Dracula Untold (Luke Evans), the YA series by Kiersten White, remakes of Nosferatu

--Not Dracula adaptations, but vampires are involved: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, What We Do in the Shadows, Twilight

--Don't be like this when you make movies: Shadow of the Vampire

--Makes more guest appearances, but only by thismuch: Sherlock Holmes, Mickey Mouse

--Not going to be future episodes: The Hobbit, The Scarlet Letter

--The sexy Garys: Gary Sinise, Gary Cole, Gary Cooper, Gerard Butler (just go with it)

--The not sexy at all Garys: Gary Busey, Gary Glitter

--Good Peter Jackson: Heavenly Creatures, The Frighteners, Lord of the Rings trilogy

--Inspired by Shakespeare?: Much Ado About Nothing

--Our patron saint, Jeff Goldblum: Earth Girls Are Easy

--Fantasy fangirling: The Dark Crystal, Wolverine

--The rando award this episode goes to: Ugly Dolls, The Nutcracker, Sliding Doors

--Can't wait until this is released!!: Knives Out

Want to get in touch?

We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], or on Facebook, or even Twitter and Instagram! Who is your sexy Gary? We know you have one. Maybe even two. What draws you to Dracula? It's okay if it's the hairy palms. Send us your memes, your fanfic, your tributes! We want them all! You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Google Play. You can also find us, and many other amazing podcasts, on the WICF Podcast Network!!!! Be sure to share with your friends! Rate and review too!

Credits:

Theme music credit: "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Logo credit: Fourth Wall Graphics, fourthwallgraphics.com

Welcome to Episode 8 of Season 2 of Adapted with Anna and Sam! In this episode, Anna and Sam invite you to experience all your childhood traumas again and again as they discuss The Witches, by Roald Dahl, and the 1990 movie adaptation starring Anjelica Huston and Mai Zetterling. Listen in as our hosts stray from the topic of the day more than once, maybe even more than twice, but it's purely a defense mechanism as they (okay, maybe just Sam) try not to dwell on the Grand High Witch in all her "glory."

You can find all the cast lists and other fun trivia on iMDB.

Purchase the book and/or movies at Amazon and/or Barnes and Noble, or your favorite indie bookstore, or borrow from your local library in person or via Overdrive.

Honorable Mentions

--Other works by Roald Dahl: The BFG, Matilda, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, The Twits, Fantastic Mr. Fox, James & the Giant Peach

--Other works by Nicholas Roeg: Heart of Darkness, Far From the Madding Crowd (1967 version, not the most recent starring Carey Mulligan and Michael Sheen), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (starring the incomparable Zero Mostel), The Man Who Fell to Earth, Sweet Bird of Youth

--Podcast recommendation: This Podcast Will Kill You

--FANDOM Alert! Fandom Alert!: Psych, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Doctor Who, Downton Abbey, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ghostbusters

--Is CBS All Access worth it?: Picard, Star Trek Discovery

--Never gonna get old, always going to mention it: Highlander

--Another book every child should read: Bridge to Terabithia

--And of course, randos, because that's what we do: Bob Ross, Robert Loggia

Want to get in touch?

We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], or on Facebook, or even Twitter and Instagram! Tell us which is your favorite Roald Dahl, book and/or movie. Which of us is pronouncing his first name correctly? Both, right?? Would you rather Idris Elba than Anne Hathaway as the Grand High Witch in the remake? How was you destroy the world's witches? You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Google Play. You can also find us, and many other amazing podcasts, on the WICF Podcast Network!!!! Be sure to share with your friends! Rate and review too!

Credits:

Theme music credit: "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Logo credit: Fourth Wall Graphics, fourthwallgraphics.com

Welcome to Episode 7 of Season 2 of Adapted with Anna and Sam! In this episode, Anna and Sam dig into the Hollywoodization of Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day, by Winifred Watson, which was made into a movie starring Frances McDormand and Amy Adams in 2008. Giggle along as they debate that Hollywood trope of love or money, the trouble with aspiring 1930s actresses, and if Lee Pace's looks should matter (spoiler alert: of course they do, he's gorgeous, he should always win).

You can find all the cast lists and other fun trivia on iMDB.

Purchase the book and/or movies at Amazon and/or Barnes and Noble, or your favorite indie bookstore, or borrow from your local library in person or via Overdrive.

Honorable Mentions

--Don't ever watch the Hobbit. Seriously: Legolas' dad, Thorin Sexyshield, Peter Jackson

--Richard Armitage is hot, what?: Series finale of Vicar of Dibley, North and South

--Seriously, do we like any other fandoms?: Harry Potter, Guardians of the Galaxy, Jane Austen's Persuasion

--Sorely missed: The-Toast.com, Pushing Daisies

--You should still check out this podcast!: Crossover Appeal, Spin Doctors' Two Princes

--Epitome of British TV: Doc Martin, Anna Maxwell Martin

--And some randoms, because that's how we roll: The Royal Tenenbaums, Alien

Want to get in touch?

We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], or on Facebook, or even Twitter and Instagram! Send us your fan-fiction of choosing both book Michael and movie Michael while Miss Pettigrew pursues life on the stage. Would you have had Delysia choose between love or movie? And really, could Mark Strong be any better cast? You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Google Play. You can also find us, and many other amazing podcasts, on the WICF Podcast Network!!!! Be sure to share with your friends! Rate and review too!

Credits:

Theme music credit: "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Logo credit: Fourth Wall Graphics, fourthwallgraphics.com

Welcome to Episode 6 of Season 2 of Adapted with Anna and Sam! In this episode, Anna and Sam manage to hold back their tears as they discuss the book A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness, based on a story by Siobhan Dowd, and the movie of the same name. It helps when you imagine the probably already exists porno remake of the Monster... The pair also introduces Stabley Tucci to the world at large, you're welcome. Anna's mom, grab your tissues, you're going to have a good cry with this one! 

You can find all the cast lists and other fun trivia on iMDB.

Purchase the book and/or movies at Amazon and/or Barnes and Noble, or your favorite indie bookstore, or borrow from your local library in person or via Overdrive.

Honorable Mentions

--Other Patrick Ness oeuvre: Class (a Doctor Who spinoff, canceled after one season #sorrynotsorry)

--When will Anna stop mentioning this?: High Spirits; Daryl Hannah; Peter Gallagher's eyebrows; Steve Guttenberg; Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

--Liams Neesons' only role now: Taken

--All the fandoms (still): Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; Guardians of the Galaxy (yay Ronan the Accuser!); the Ents of Lord of the Rings; Tom Holland's Spider-Man; Kirk, the true star of Gilmore Girls

--Also never going to stop mentioning: Ghostbusters

--Only one of these is a good movie: Frozen; Justice League; Persuasion

--Shout-out to past Jeff Goldblum Award winners: Sean Connery; Christopher Walken

--We miss Alan Rickman!: Dogma

Want to get in touch?

We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], or on Facebook, or even Twitter and Instagram! Who would you give your Jeff Goldblum award to? Are we too harsh on Sigourney's accent? Send us your Liams Neesons impressions! And please share your Six Degrees! But whatever you do, don't send us pictures of the Monster as a porn star *wink wink*. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Google Play. You can also find us, and many other amazing podcasts, on the WICF Podcast Network!!!! Be sure to share with your friends! Rate and review too!

Credits:

Theme music credit: "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Logo credit: Fourth Wall Graphics, fourthwallgraphics.com

Welcome to Episode 5 of Season 2 of Adapted with Anna and Sam! In this episode, Anna and Sam dare to invite Michelle back onto the podcast as the three discuss Jane Austen's Emma, and their two favorite adaptations, the 2009 mini-series starring Romola Garai and Jonny Lee Miller and 1995's Clueless, of course! This time we ask, has Jeremy Sisto ever played a good guy? He needs to stop with his handsy-self. And seriously, how many pictures of Dorian Gray are there, because Paul Rudd, Jonny Lee Miller, and Alicia Silverstone have not aged a bit! 

You can find all the cast lists and other fun trivia on iMDB.

Purchase the book and/or movies at Amazon and/or Barnes and Noble, or your favorite indie bookstore, or borrow from your local library in person or via Overdrive. (Please support your local library!!) And give a listen to the soundtrack. It's dope!

And be sure to check out Michelle's new podcast, Might I Suggest, when it launches in August! We'll be sure to follow up with a date closer to launch.

Honorable Mentions

--Lesser adaptations of Emma: Gwyneth Paltrow's 1996 movie; Kate Beckinsale's 1996 mini-series; Alan Cumming; Mark Strong; Toni Collette; Ewan MacGregor; Jeremy Northam

--Other Jane Austen novels & adaptations: Pride & Prejudice; Sense & Sensibility; Mansfield Park; Persuasion

--Jonny Lee Miller-off: Hackers; Elementary; Frankenstein (with Benedict Cumberbatch); Mansfield Park (with Billie Piper, not Frances O'Connor)

How NOT to make decisions: King Solomon; Sophie's choice

--No one should EVER read this: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

--The 90s rocked: Mighty Mighty Bosstones; Natalie Imbroglio's Torn; Aerosmith's Crazy; 10 Things I Hate About You; Jewel's cover of All By Myself

--The way back machine: Tony Curtis; Some Like It Hot; Spartacus; My Fair Lady

--Past episode callback: Wallace Shawn as Vizzini

--Random goodness: Iggy Azalea; Wet Hot American Summer; Back to the Future; Monet; Devo

--And our gift to you: Kevin Bacon

Want to get in touch?

We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], or on Facebook, or even Twitter and Instagram! Do you agree that goatees equal chin pubes? Which Knightley would you marry, murder, screw, or start a small business with? Send us your spec script for Dom DeLuise's porno. And please share your Six Degrees! You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Google Play. You can also find us, and many other amazing podcasts, on the WICF Podcast Network!!!! Be sure to share with your friends! Rate and review too!

Credits:

Theme music credit: "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Logo credit: Fourth Wall Graphics, fourthwallgraphics.com

Welcome to Episode 4 of Season 2 of Adapted with Anna and Sam! In this episode, history repeats itself as today's political climate is compared to that greatest reporting story of all time, the scandal of Watergate, as told by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward in their book All the President's Men and the movie of the same name. Listen along as our hosts swoon over Robert Redford, spot all those before-they-were-famous cameos and ask, is he still alive?! 

You can find all the cast lists and other fun trivia on iMDB.

Purchase the book and/or movie at Amazon and/or Barnes and Noble, or your favorite indie bookstore, or borrow from your local library in person or via Overdrive. (Please support your local library!!)

Honorable Mentions

--Inspired by the book/movie: The Simpsons, Brangelina

--Cosplay ideas: Bernie Sanders, Kylo Ren's hair, MacGruber, 

--Rhymes with Pakula now: Dracula, Scott Bakula

--Throwback Thursday: Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Donald Sutherland's perm

--Is he a hottie?: John Dean (NOT James Dean!)

--Movies Jason Robards is in: Parenthood, some nuclear blast movie (IMDb confirms it's called the Day After)

--Movies Jason Robards is NOT in: Deep Impact, The Day the Earth Stood Still

--Is Ned Beatty ever a good guy?: Deliverance, Toy Story 3, Superman

--Creep: Radiohead (the song, not their behavior), Roger Stone

--Do we mention William Goldman ever episode?: The Princess Bride, Misery, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid

--Stop what you are doing & watch this: Clue, The Great Muppet Caper

--New award: Buffy the Vampire Slayer cameos (Professor Walsh wins this time)

--Same dude, different time: Tom Hanks as Ben Bradlee in the Post

--Watergate participant lookalikes: Clint Eastwood & his old man pants, Beaker, Burt Reynolds, Joe Pesci

Want to get in touch?

We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], or on Facebook, or even Twitter and Instagram! Seriously, why is Robert Redford so gorgeous?No way his career was hindered right?!? Should we do a daily podcast about Clue instead? Send us your cookies, thoughts, and random knowledge, your cosplay of Dustin Hoffman's hair, your real-life Watergate hotties! And please share your Six Degrees! You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Google Play. You can also find us, and many other amazing podcasts, on the WICF Podcast Network!!!! Be sure to share with your friends! Rate and review too!

Credits:

Theme music credit: "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Logo credit: Fourth Wall Graphics, fourthwallgraphics.com

Welcome to Episode 3 of Season 2 of Adapted with Anna and Sam! In this episode, a very special guest joins Anna and Sam, to gush over Diana Wynne Jones' 1986 novel, Howl's Moving Castle, and its 2004 Studio Ghibli adaptation of the same name. Listen as Anna's sister Jess schools us on how to summarize a story, Anna doesn't attempt a Welsh accent, and Sam accepts her lot in the family pecking order. 

You can find all the cast lists and other fun trivia on iMDB.

Purchase the book and/or movie at Amazon and/or Barnes and Noble, or your favorite indie bookstore, or borrow from your local library in person or via Overdrive. (Please support your local library!!)

Jess Recommends (Diana Wynne Jones edition)

--Castle in the Air (sequel to Howl's Moving Castle)

--Dogsbody (standalone scifi/fantasy to make you cry about stars and dogs and dogstars)

--The Chrestomanci Chronicles (a series of novelettes, each can be read in order or as standalones)

--Unexpected Magic (a collection of short stories to get your feet wet)

Honorable Mentions

--Studio Ghibli: Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away

--Never gonna get old: Ghostbusters; Bueller, Bueller?; Charade

--Recommended soundtrack: Cake, Going the Distance; Disney's Hercules, Go the Distance

--What were we talking about?: Disney's Tarzan

--Amanda Plummer is the best: The Fisher King, The Prophecy, So I Married an Axe Murderer

--Should we start tracking Anna's impressions: Brian Blessed

--Future (and past) episodes?: The Last Unicorn, The Princess Bride

--Still waiting!: Donkey from Shrek; the Doctor's TARDIS

--Homework: all the work of John Donne

--Faithful adaptations?: Panic at the Disco's Brendan Urie, Bohemian Rhapsody; Alanis Morisette, My Humps

--Always an inspiration: David Bowie

--The perfect welshman: Matthew Rhys (especially on Archer)

Want to get in touch?

We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], or on Facebook, or even Twitter and Instagram! What would you recommend: watch the movie first, or the read the book? Was Diana Wynne Jones part of your childhood? Why didn't you tell us?!? Who would you cast in a live action Howl's Moving Castle? Send us your ideas, thoughts, and random knowledge, recordings of your skills with accents! And please share your Six Degrees! You can subscribe on iTunes or Google Play. You can also find us, and many other amazing podcasts, on the WICF Podcast Network!!!! Be sure to share with your friends! Rate and review too!

Credits:

Theme music credit: "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Logo credit: Fourth Wall Graphics, fourthwallgraphics.com