Based on the best selling novel by Kathryn Stockett, The Help is the story of a young girl in Jackson, Mississippi during the 1960s who turns everyone’s live inside out when she writes book about her conversation with the black maids, nannies and housekeepers of some the small southern towns most prominent families.
The most recent adaptation of Jane Eyre, directed by Cary Fukunaga stars Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender and a grown- up Jamie Bell.
Noomi Rapace stars in the third installment in Stieg Larsen’s Millenium series, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest which finds Lisbeth Salander in deep trouble. Watch an interview with Swedish actress, Noomi Rapace on the Charlie Rose Show in the sidebar.
Ryan Murphy, the man behind Nip/Tuck and the hugely popular TV show, Glee directs Julia Roberts in the chick flick of the year, Eat Pray Love. Based on the best-selling novel by Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love follows a recently divorce woman on her journey of discovery.
In five short years, Jane Austen wrote some of the most enduring love stories of all time and became the crowned Queen of Chick Lit. Her most popular novel, Pride and Prejudice has inspired several movies. However, if you really want to get the full sense of Jane Austen’s book, you should see the five-hour BBC version of Miss Austen’s most-famous work.You could a copy of the 2-DVD BBC miniseries,Pride and Prejudice. Leave a comment and tell me your favorite Jane Austen movie.