The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games added to See the Movie Read the Book Directory under Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror.

The Hunger Games movie is an adaptation of a popular series of novels by Suzanne Collins popular with young female readers.

Set for release March 23, the film features Oscar-nominated Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss and a supporting cast that includes Donald Sutherland and Stanley Tucci.

Producers of the film are also developing a movie version of Collins' Catching Fire, the second novel in her young adult trilogy.

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Firestarter

Firestarter added to See the Movie Read the Book Directory under Classic Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror.

In this motion picture adaptation of Stephen King's "Firestarter" Drew Barrymore plays the role of Charlie McGee, a young girl with pyrokinetic abilities who is hunted down by government agents to be quarantined and studied.

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Insulting Adaptation: The Help

"With great advance buzz from devotees of the book and a stellar cast, the film was on many a must-see list. The reaction afterwards was curious — people who had never read the book loved the heck out of the movie, while people who knew the book cover-to-cover were disappointed with the oversimplified plot and dramatic shift in tone, making the story more about how the white characters came to the rescue of the black characters. No one disputed the lead actresses talents, but many were left insulted by what the movie had done to the book’s story.

- Chuck Duncan

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The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead added to See the Movie Read the Book Directory under Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror

Based on The Walking Dead comic book series by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn and Tony Moore, this post-apocalyptic zombie television series premiered on October 31, 2010, and is broadcast on the cable television channel AMC in the United States. The plot centers on a small group of apocalypse survivors led by Sheriff's Deputy Rick Grimes and his family.

Because of acclaim for the first season of episodes, including a nomination for Best Television Series Drama at the 68th Golden Globe Awards, AMC renewed the series for a second season of 13 episodes which premiered on October 16, 2011.

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Watchmen

Watchmen added to See the Movie Read the Book Directory under Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror.

The Hugo Award-winning graphic novel on which the movie is based chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the super-hero is dissected as the heroes are stalked by an unknown assassin.

The movie is set in the mid-1980s during a time of increased nuclear tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. Richard Nixon, in this alternate reality, is in his fifth term as president and the world's superheroes have been forcibly retired.

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