The Bridget Jones’s Diary is a novel written by Helen Fielding in 1996, which suddenly and startlingly became a world-wide best-seller — one imagines as a result of its high level of intimacy and humorous revelations. Twenty years ago, long before blogging and social media made sharing personal information such Read More
Don Winslow wrote the original novel in a unique and intriguing way. Winslow’s style is most noticeable in how he writes his three main characters, whose stories are described at a rapid pace, almost defying the traditional idea of character development. Each chapter rolls out as a scene would on Read More
As a genre, comedy is immensely difficult to get right – and for this reason, it is perhaps the most intriguing in cinema. When done well, really well, it speaks volumes; it can say just about anything, combining infinite subtexts to convey a lot more than a few, easy laughs. Read More
Chocolat is a well written novel by Joanne Harris — published in 1999, it became a major bestseller that both readers and critics praised, and continue to praise, highly. As a novel, Chocolat has all the important elements that point towards success and worldwide appeal. It’s a book that has Read More
The action genre is a tricky one. Most productions spend a brief period of time as money-making blockbusters, consumed by a frantic mass – while the majority fade into the somewhat unknown within a few years. Very few manage to establish a place in cinema, become classics in the way Read More
Crime writing is all about dreaming up the perfect crime — that single crime that leaves viewers guessing until the very last page or the very last scene. Nowadays, your average audience is not only demanding but also quite difficult to impress. Because they’ve seen pretty much everything, haven’t they? Read More
Yann Martel’s Life of Pi novel had for a while been a greatly anticipated adaptation — especially from the moment that director Ang Lee took charge of the project. The book, published in 2001, won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction and became a world-wide best seller in no time. Read More
One of the most incomprehensible paradoxes in life involves what kind of films we consider appropriate for a child to watch and what kind of books we allow a kid to read. On one hand, parents do their best to keep Santa Claus “alive” and convince their little ones of Read More
If the “House” is always winning and there’s no way we can beat the system, then why do we keep gambling? Simply because we’re out of our minds, it seems. Gambling is dangerous — because it’s not rational. However, putting aside the kick that one gets out of it, dry Read More
In 2007 Robert Harris quit his job as a political editor in order to write his novel The Ghost. It was the same year that the British Prime Minister Tony Blair left the Office. Robert Harris, inspired by Blair’s days in government and fascinated by PM’s foreign policy, delivered a Read More
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