From Cover to Reel

From Cover to Reel episodes

July 18, 2018 Shrek
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The classic and beloved picture book Shrek, by William Steig, was made into an Academy Award winning movie of the same name. So how did DreamWorks do at adapting this short children's book to a full length movie? Listen in as we discuss the characters, plots, themes and humor of Shrek, the book and the movie.
32 min
July 04, 2018 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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This episode Alicia is joined by her mom, Helen, to discuss the L. Frank Baum classic and compare it to its 1939 movie counterpart, starring Judy Garland. We focus on scenes we wish made it into the movie, changes to our favorite characters, and the themes present in the book and how they were presented in the movie.
1 hr 3 min
June 20, 2018 Jurassic Park
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Today we are joined by Lindsey Hannan to introduce this podcast and discuss Jurassic Park, it's sequel, The Lost World, and 4 of the 5 movies that these books have spawned. We discuss scenes we wish had made it to the movie, characters we actually like better in the movie, and themes that made it from the book to the movie. Oh and we try to use as many iconic Jurassic Park quotes as possible. Listen in and see if we can decide if the book is truly better than the movie.
1 hr 9 min

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A podcast where we talk about books and their movie counterparts in order to answer the question of which is better: the book or the movie.