Articles for tag: Death Note, Film Adaptations, Takashi Miike

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Best Japanese Live-Action Film Adaptations of Popular Manga

One thing that U.S. filmmakers like to do is to remake Japanese films. Now, U.S. filmmakers have decided to adapt the Japanese light novel “All You Need is Kill” into a live-action film starring Tom Cruise. Really? There is nothing wrong with enjoying something made by another country and wanting to make a movie out ...

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The First Men in the Moon – a Film Review

Five years before the first man put his footprint on the moon’s surface, Nathan Juran launched First Men in the Moon. The film is based on H.G. Wells’ novel of the same name. Like nearly every other literary film ever made, this one differs greatly from the source material. That aside, it is an entertaining ...

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Dalton’s Sultry Heathcliff a Classic

The Brontë sisters wrote a small number of pieces between the, compared with other authors of their time. That being said, they remain among the best known and most studied English novelists. Their works continue to be printed more than a hundred years later, and have inspired dozens of film and TV versions. Timothy Dalton ...

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French Adaptations of Victor Hugo’s ‘Les Miserables’

“Les Miserables” is one of the most famous stories ever told. The Broadway musical has shined for years on Broadway and everyone knows at least one song from the play even if they don’t know the story. For the first time, the musical hits movie theaters Christmas 2012. While it’s the first time the musical ...