Film is Lit

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From the man who brought to screen "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy - the greatest fantasy movie series of all time - comes...whatever the hell this is! We certainly admire when a director takes a big swing, but Peter Jackson's adaptation of Alice Sebold's 2002 bestseller, "The Lovely Bones," is, to put it mildly, a SWING AND A MISS! Join us for a thrilling conversation on the afterlife, what it means to be alive, and the fact that Stanley Tucci's blonde mustache gives a better performance than Mark Wahlberg!

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Welcome to SEASON 4 of "Film is Lit" - the fan request season! On this season opener, we are joined by Danny's brother Tim to discuss Ernest Cline's retro pop culture sensation, "Ready Player One," and its 2018 movie adaptation directed by a green up-and-coming filmmaker, Steven Spielberg. Grab your haptic gloves and headset, pick out your favorite avatar, and join us in the Oasis for a thrilling conversation about 80's movies, easter eggs, and your mother's sister (that last part will make sense if you listen to the ep)! 

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Wrapping up Season 3 was never going to be easy...so we chose John Steinbeck’s American epic, “East of Eden” for the final episode! Tune in to Film Is Lit for a discussion of generational family relationships, CA’s Central Coast, and the legendary James Dean. As an added bonus, Laura and Danny talk about their recent trip to Monterey, CA - the heavenly town where the novel and movie take place. But, wherever there's beauty, there's always evil lurking just east...of Eden.

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REJOICE! We have finally reached the end of our "Heart of Darkness" coverage. Today, the movie adaptation in question is the 2019 meditative space opera "Ad Astra" starring everyone's favorite pretty boy, Brad Pitt! It's like a cross between "Apocalypse Now" and "2001: A Space Odyssey," just with 100% more Tommy Lee Jones, everyone's favorite curmudgeon old man! Oh...and we should mention that it it also features SPACE PIRATES! Yeah, pretty heavy metal huh? So give your Dad a big hug and give this episode a listen, you won't regret it!

#AdAstra #BradPitt #JamesGray #RuthNegga #LivTyler #TommyLeeJones #ApocalypseNow #HeartofDarkness #HeartsofDarkness #FrancisFordCoppola #FilmIsLitPod #JosephConrad #MovieAdaptation  #booktoscreen #bookworm #cinephile #podcast #Kurtz #Marlow #Willard #TheHorror #2001ASpaceOdyssey #SpaceOpera #HoyteVanHoytema #MaxRichter 

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Oh, what was that? You wanted a bonus episode to this already-two-part episode covering Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now? You got it! We could talk about these works ad nauseam, but we kept today’s episode to under an hour so we don’t lose our audience. Please enjoy this extended comparison of Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now. Tune in next week for Part III when we cover the 2019 Brad Pitt space epic, "Ad Astra."

*Psst - Not only is this a bonus episode, it includes bonus recordings from Laura’s grandpa Bob during his service in Vietnam.

#ApocalypseNow #HeartofDarkness #HeartsofDarkness #FrancisFordCoppola #FilmIsLitPod #JosephConrad #MovieAdaptation #MarlonBrando #VietnamWar #booktoscreen #bookworm #cinephile #podcast #MartinSheen #Kurtz #Marlow #Willard #TheHorror #PeterSieling #BobSieling #Veterans 

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I love the smell of podcasts in the morning! Welcome to PART 1 of our coverage on Joseph Conrad's seminal novella, "Heart of Darkness", and Francis Ford Coppola's loose film adaptation, the Vietnam War epic "Apocalypse Now." Come by next week for part II of this conversation, and then come by a week after that for part III when we cover an even LOOSER adaptation of Conrad's work, the 2019 Brad Pitt space opera "Ad Astra." Who knew that an 80-page novella could spawn THREE episodes?!?! Obviously, we had a LOT to say, so give this episode a listen...if you dare...

#ApocalypseNow #HeartofDarkness #HeartsofDarkness #FrancisFordCoppola #FilmIsLitPod #JosephConrad #movieAdaptation #MarlonBrando #movieadaptation #VietnamWar #booktoscreen #bookworm #cinephile #podcast #MartinSheen #Kurtz #Marlow #Willard #TheHorror

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Have you ever wanted to hear Laura basically cry on a podcast episode because she loves a book so much? Well then, tune into Episode 029, covering Louisa May Alcott’s American classic "Little Women" and Greta Gerwig’s 2019 film of the same name. We laugh, Laura cries, and we both fan-girl over Timothee Chalamet. Come join the party!

#FilmisLitPod #LittleWomen #TimotheeChalamet #GretaGerwig #LouisaMayAlcott #FlorencePugh #SaoirseRonan #EmmaWatson #MerylStreep #Movieadaptation #BooktoScreen #FilmLover #BookWorm #LittleWomen2019

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...And you thought YOUR neighbors were nosy! On this episode of the Film is Lit, we cover Ira Levin's devilishly amusing novel "Rosemary's Baby" and Roman Polanski's literal beat-for-beat movie adaptation of the same name. TRIGGER WARNING: This episode gets pretty heavy metal as we discuss hot-button topics like marital rape, abortion, religion, politics, politics in religion, the anti-christ, and devil-worshipping. If any of those topics offend you, then proceed with caution! Please keep in mind that Laura and Danny are not experts on any of those subjects!

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Welcome to Episode 027 - Laura's literal nightmare-hell scape where it's illegal to not only read books, but also to own them. Ray Bradbury's 1953 novel "Fahrenheit 451" is a classic for good reason, but it's not without faults. Then 2018 rolled around, and Ramin Bahrani decided to water the story down with just about every dystopian trope in the playbook. Yikes...We call for a re-make starring the only two good things to come out of the movie, Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon! Join us while we discuss this sci-fi classic!

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Ahhhhh High School... waking up at 5am to catch the bus, chicken nuggets and chocolate milk for lunch at 11am, sprints at sports practice around 2:30 - what a WILD time!!! Today on the pod, we are joined by a VERY special guest - Danny's high school guidance counselor and role model Alison Kelly - to discuss Stephen Chbosky's book and movie "The Perks of Being a Wallflower." Alison means a whole lot to us, so it would mean a whole lot  more if you gave this episode a listen. WARNING: We get pretty sentimental, so have tissues on the ready!

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