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Read Watch & Wine episodes

  • Breakthrough the movie compared to the book The Impossible Dream by Joyce Smith
    In this episode, the ladies tackle the emotional yet inspirational story of the book “The Impossible Dream” by Joyce Smith. The book was adapted into a movie call Breakthrough. Listen while Treava, Lynn, Champagne and Raya discuss everything from the storyline to casting. The final vote for this adaptation is a Full Glass of wine.
    Breakthrough was Directed by Roxann Dawson, and the screenplay was written by Grant Nieporte.
    23 min
  • Review of Big Little Lies, Book and Season 1 of the HBO series
    Join the ladies of Read Watch Wine as they give their opinions and review of the book verse the movie of "Big Little Lies".
     
    Big Little Lies was written by Liane Moriarty, and the HBO series was created and written by David E. Kelley.  The series' seven-episode first season was directed by Jean-Marc Vallée.  Will the ladies give it a full glass or wine or will the adaptation get just a sip.   Check out this episode. (Spoilers are in the PODcast)
    13 min
  • The Handmaids Tale and the 1990 film adaptation review
    In this episode, Champagne, Raya, Lynn, and Treava, are again reviewing the book, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. However this time they are comparing it to the 1990 movie version of The Handmaid’s Tale.
    Check out this interesting discussion about the older movie of the hit HULU series. The ladies are sure to give you some insight along with laughter as they share the opinions of the book to movie adaptation.
    Handmaid’s Tale Movie was directed by Volker Schlondorff, and the screenplay was written by Harold Pinter.
    20 min
  • Review of Handmaids Tale the book and Season 1&2 of series
    Lynn, Raya, Champagne and Treava, spend this episode discussing the book/movie The Handmaids Tale.  The podcast begins with the usual shenanigans of this crazy crew full of laughter and then on to the review of the adaptation. This review will focus on the adaptation of Season 1 and 2 only, of the hit HULU series the Handmaid Tale, and compare it to the true form of the book. 
    (Please keep in mind that many details are discussed and therefore spoilers are inevitable)The Handmaids Tale book was written by Margaret Atwood in 1985The HULU series was created by created by Bruce Miller and Directed by Margaret Atwood and Elizabeth Moss
    31 min
  • Girl on a Train by Paula Hawkins
    In this episode the ladies of Read Watch & Wine (Treava, Raya, Lynn and Champagne) will discuss the book/movie The Girl on the Train.  (Please keep in mind that many details are discussed and therefore spoilers are inevitable)
     
    The Girl on the Train
    was
    Written by Paula Hawkins
    Screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson
    Directed by Tate Taylor
    14 min
  • Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
    In this episode the Ladies of Read Watch & Wine (Lynn, Raya, Champagne and Treava) will discuss the book/movie Crazy Rich Asians.  (Please keep in mind that many details are discussed and therefore spoilers are inevitable)
    Crazy Rich Asians
    was
    Written by Kevin Kwan
    Screenplay by Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim
    Directed by Jon M. Chu
    14 min
  • The Shack by William P. Young, book to movie review

    In this episode Raya, Treava Champagne and Lynn will discuss the book/movie The Shack.  (Please keep in mind that many details are discussed and therefore spoilers are inevitable)

    Publishers Summary:

    The novel is set in the American Northwest. The main character is Mackenzie Allen Phillips, a father of five called "Mack" by his family and friends. Four years prior to the main events of the story, Mack takes three of his children on a camping trip to Wallowa Lake near Joseph, Oregon, stopping at Multnomah Falls on the way. Two of his children are playing in a canoe when it flips and almost drowns Mack's son. Mack is able to save his son by rushing to the water and freeing him from the canoe's webbing but unintentionally leaves his youngest daughter Missy alone at their campsite. After Mack returns, he sees that Missy is missing. The police are called, and the family discovers that Missy has been abducted and murdered by a serial killer known as the "Little Ladykiller". The police find an abandoned shack in the woods where Missy was taken. Her bloodied clothing is found, but her body is not located. Mack's life sinks into what he calls "The Great Sadness".

    As the novel begins, Mack receives a note in his mailbox from "Papa", saying that he would like to meet with Mack that coming weekend at the shack. Mack is puzzled by the note—he has had no relationship with his abusive father since he left home at age 13. He suspects that the note may be from God whom his wife Nan refers to as "Papa".

    Mack's family leaves to visit relatives and he goes alone to the shack, unsure of what he will see there. He arrives and initially finds nothing, but as he is leaving, the shack and its surroundings are supernaturally transformed into a lush and inviting scene. He enters the shack and encounters manifestations of the three persons of the Trinity. God the Father takes the form of an African American woman who calls herself Elousia and Papa; Jesus is a Middle Eastern carpenter; and the Holy Spirit physically manifests as an Asian woman named Sarayu.
    The bulk of the book narrates Mack's conversations with Papa, Jesus, and Sarayu as he comes to terms with Missy's death and his relationship with the three of them. Mack also has various experiences with each of them. Mack walks across a lake with Jesus, sees an image of his (Earthly) father in Heaven with Sarayu, and has a conversation with Sophia, the personification of God's wisdom. At the end of his visit, Mack goes on a hike with Papa, now appearing as an older Native American male, who shows him where Missy's body was left in a cave.

    After spending the weekend at the shack, Mack leaves and is so preoccupied with his thoughts that he is nearly killed in an automobile accident. After his recovery, he realizes that he did not in fact spend the weekend at the shack, but that his accident occurred on the same day that he arrived at the shack. He also leads the police to the cave that Papa revealed, and they find Missy's body still lying there. 

     

    18 min

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In this PodCast, the lovely ladies of Read Watch & Wine will share their opinions of books that have been made into movies. They will explore storylines, adaptations, plot twists, modifications,…