Big Screen Book Club

On the latest episode of Big Screen Book Club Craig discusses Cocktail with the book's author Heywood Gould. They cover Heywood's journey to Hollywood, adapting his book for the big screen and much more!

Heywood's memoir Drafted will be available June 21st, 2021. Learn more and pre-order HERE.


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On this installment of Big Screen Book Club Craig is joined by journalist and author John Carlin to discuss how his 1997 article "A Farewell to Arms" for Wired magazine inspired the 4th entry in the Die Hard franchise Live Free or Die Hard. 

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On the latest episode of Big Screen Book Club Craig is joined by the host of the "I Must Break" This Podcast podcast Sean Malloy for a discussion about the Ray Nelson short story "8 O'Clock in the Morning" and its cinematic adaptation John Carpenter's They Live. Craig and Sean discuss the differences between the short story and the movie and also cover the comic book adaption that was Carpenter's introduction to story.

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On this special installment of Big Screen Book Club Craig sits down with author, screenwriter and journalist Rex Weiner to discuss The (Original) Adventures of Ford Fairlane: The Long Lost Rock and Roll Detective Stories. They discuss how the stories came to be collected in this new edition and Rex's journey to Hollywood where he would see them adapted for the big screen. Big thanks to Rex for taking the time. Enjoy!

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On this installment of the Big Screen Book Club side series devoted to 11.22.63. Craig, Jeff

and BJ catch up on episodes 3,4,5,6. They once again look at what did

and didn't work.

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On this installment of this Big Screen Book Club side series devoted to 11.22.63 Craig, Jeff and BJ discuss episode 2 "The Kill Floor". 

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Craig, Jeff and BJ discuss what went wrong and right with the 1st episode of 11.22.63.

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On the first episode of this Big Screen Book Club side series Craig is

joined by BJ Kramp and Jeff Ferry to talk about Hulu's adaption of

Stephen King's 11/22/63. They discuss their feelings on the book, what

they are expecting from the series and if Oswald acted alone.

 

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On the 3rd episode of Big Screen Book Club Craig is joined by his

brother Keith to talk through the differences between the novel The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick and its cinematic adaptation Silver Linings Playbook.

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On episode 2 Craig and returning guest BJ Kramp take a look at Walter Wager's 58 Minutes and its movie adaptation, 1990's Die Hard 2. Is the book a worthwhile read? Is the movie a faithful adaptation? Find out those answers and more on Big Screen Book Club Episode 2!

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