movies – Alison Doherty

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Posted on February 4, 2016February 4, 2016 by Alison Doherty in Uncategorized

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that this blogger will totally, utterly, and completely love anything that has anything to do with Pride and Prejudice. After watching Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle spar as Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet in the BCC adapation as an eight-year-old, I was hooked. It can be a modern retelling, a sexy continuation of Darcy and Elizabeth’s relationship post marriage, even a very loose adaptation, if it’s related to Pride and Prejudice I will like it. And after watching the adaptation I thought I was least likely to enjoy two days ago at an early showing, I can officially say the streak holds strong. Because even though I do not like zombies or fighting scenes or blood, this movie was SO MUCH FUN! Continue reading “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” →

Top Ten Book To Movie Adaptations I’m Looking Forward To

Posted on November 10, 2015November 11, 2015 by Alison Doherty in top ten tuesday

With a few exceptions (cough Ella Enchanted cough cough) I love when books I like get made into movies. Even if the movie isn’t great it generally makes the book more popular and it’s cool to see someone else’s interpretation of it. And sometimes they are amazing! Here are some upcoming book to movie adaptations I’m looking forward to. I had to rely heavily on the Internet to find out what was in development, so don’t blame me too harshly if some of these don’t turn out to be true. I read about each of them somewhere, I promise! Continue reading “Top Ten Book To Movie Adaptations I’m Looking Forward To” →

Marry, Date or Dump: Love Actually

Posted on December 15, 2014December 15, 2014 by Alison Doherty in Marry Date or Dump

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in New York, and I am on my way home to Annapolis to start celebrating the holidays. This invariably means watching Love Actually, and some other holiday movie favorites. I thought it would be fun to see who everyone would marry, date, or dump from the movie. You can pick any of the characters from the film (male or female!), but just to give some guidance for those who want it I’m going to list Colin Firth’s character, Hugh Grant’s character, and Liam Neeson’s character. Let me know who you would marry, who you’d date, and who you’d dump in the comments. Happy Holidays friends! Continue reading “Marry, Date or Dump: Love Actually” →

Marry, Date or Dump: Peeta, Gale, & Finnick

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Alison Doherty in Uncategorized

I literally am in disbelief that I haven’t done this match up yet. In light of part one of Mockingjay coming out last week I thought that it was definitely time to see who you would all marry, date, and dump. I’m a Peeta girl through and through … but I also really fell in love with Finnick during this book. I’m excited to see which characters you like the most! Let me know your picks in the comments. Continue reading “Marry, Date or Dump: Peeta, Gale, & Finnick” →

The Maze Runner Movie

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Alison Doherty in Uncategorized

I’m a late adopter of The Maze Runner books. I only started the book this summer after urging from a lot of you. I didn’t expect to like the book as much as I did. I loved the level of suspense it created, while also presenting an interesting logic problem for the reader to try to parse through along with Thomas. Full disclosure, I was pretty sleepy when I went to the midnight showing last night. I was also a little frazzled from getting very lost trying to find the theater and meeting new people (the second years in my writing program were the ones who offered the invited). However, my impression of the film was that the suspense is done very well, but the logic problem part of the book is basically ignored.
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Top Ten Favorite Movie Adaptations of Books

Posted on July 15, 2014July 16, 2014 by Alison Doherty in top ten tuesday

Happy Top Ten Tuesday (the feature that has recently been voted my most popular type of blog post)! This week we’re all supposed to be stepping out of the bookish world by listing our favorite movies or television shows, but I decided to stay in the literary world by listing my favorite movies based on books. Let me know what yours are in the comments! Also don’t judge me too harshly. Remember the word favorite doesn’t always equal the word best (cough cough … I’m looking at you Twilight. Continue reading “Top Ten Favorite Movie Adaptations of Books” →

Marry, Date or Dump: Hazel, Augustus, & Isaac from TFiOS

Posted on June 2, 2014May 31, 2014 by Alison Doherty in Marry Date or Dump

I told you there was going to be lots of The Fault in Our Stars love on the blog this week. I know that I have already done marry date or dump posts featuring boys from John Green books and girls from John Green books. I’ve even done one featuring the author himself. But I wanted to do one that was more specific to TFiOS. I had a hard time trying to think of a cohesive three girls or three boys (the closest I got was Hazel’s Dad, Gus’s Dad, and Patrick the support group leader). Instead of giving you all that crazy conundrum, I thought I’d do my first mixed gender post and give you Hazel, Augustus, and Isaac. Choosing one of them to dump feels impossible to me. Continue reading “Marry, Date or Dump: Hazel, Augustus, & Isaac from TFiOS” →

Links for a Lazy Sunday: TFiOS Edition

Posted on June 1, 2014May 31, 2014 by Alison Doherty in Links for a Lazy Sunday

Get ready for a lot of TFiOS excitement on the blog this week. I’ve decided that since the film opening is less than a week away, I’m going to let myself unleash my fangirlish feelings. I’m heading back to California tomorrow for some lovely visits with my sister, father, and grandmother so I’m not sure when I’m going to actually see the movie (I can tell you all feel really sorry for me, right?), but to tide me over here are my favorite links related to The Fault in Our Stars. Most of them are focused on the movie, but a few might relate to the book. Okay? Okay. Let’s go. Continue reading “Links for a Lazy Sunday: TFiOS Edition” →

What Do You Like in Film Adaptions of Books?

Posted on May 9, 2014May 9, 2014 by Alison Doherty in Uncategorized

I know this isn’t a new thing, but it feels like this year there are more film adaptations of books than ever. With the TFiOS movie coming out in less than a month, the recent trailer for If I Stay, and the recent news that These Broken Stars (a book on my TBR list) is being made into a film … I’ve been thinking more and more about what I like and what I don’t like when my favorite books are turned into movies. Continue reading “What Do You Like in Film Adaptions of Books?” →

Marry, Date or Dump: Tobias, Caleb, & Will from Divergent

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Alison Doherty in Marry Date or Dump

Is anyone else on pins and needles waiting for the Divergent movie to come out this week. Ever since reading the book I thought it would make an interesting film, and I’m also excited to see how fans react after all the controversy around Allegiant. In celebration, I’m posing a question – who would you marry, who would you date, and who would you dump when it comes to Tobias Eaton (Four), Caleb Prior, and Will? Let me know your answers in the comments and let me know if you are excited about seeing the movie. Continue reading “Marry, Date or Dump: Tobias, Caleb, & Will from Divergent” →