From Cover to Reel
A podcast where we talk about books and their movie counterparts in order to answer the question of which is better: the book or the movie.
Episodes
13 episodes
Emma vs Clueless
DId you know Amy Heckerling's masterpiece "Clueless" was the first adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma?We discuss how well "Clueless" stacks up against Emma and which we like better the book or the movie.
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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43:22
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Alicia compares the beloved children's picture book by Judi Barrett with it's 2009 Sony Pictures movie. How does it stack up?We also talk about changes to the podcast and ways for viewers to be more involved. Like following us on Instag...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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13:30
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
***There are SPOILERS for the whole series. So if you haven't read or seen all the books/movies and don't want the spoiled please listen at a later time.*** In this episode we talk about the first book of one of the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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56:53
The Witches
The Witches by Roald Dahl is a beloved tale that teaches us many great lessons, like don't judge a book by its cover and you'll be ok no matter what if you've got some one who loves you.But how does the 1990 movie starring Anjelica Hust...
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Episode 10
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40:15
Coraline
Today we discuss Coraline. We discuss characters, themes, motifs, things we like changed and things we didn't. We also get into Hollywood's problem of watering down strong female characters.
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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56:10
Crazy Rich Asians
How does the number one movie in America compare to it's source material? Alicia discusses with her husband the differences between the book and the movie and decides which she enjoyed more. We discuss mainly characters and plot in this episode.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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47:37
The Little Prince
We compare this classic, beloved book of Antoine Saint Exupéry and the movie that continues the story. We mostly discuss the themes as the movie isn't a direct adaptation of the book. We also discuss how we feel about the Prince's character develo...
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Episode 7
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31:52
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The movie of this popular novel was just released on Netflix this month. How does it compare? Why did it make us start talking about Castaway? (Yes the Tom Hanks movie) In this episode we discuss the changes made in the movie and what we think of ...
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Episode 6
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1:03:14
Little Women
Listen as we discuss this 150 year old book and most of its film adaptations. We pick who played our favorite characters and talk about what we like and how we feel most films have missed the mark of capturing the magic of the wonderful March fami...
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Episode 5
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58:12
Ella Enchanted
Our first adaptation that I couldn't find a single person in my life who thinks the movie was a faithful representation of the book. Ella Enchanted is a wonderful book, and an ok movie on its own. But when comparing the movie to the book it is jus...
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Episode 4
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54:59
Shrek
The classic and beloved picture book Shrek, by William Steig, was made into an Academy Award winning movie of the same name. So how did DreamWorks do at adapting this short children's book to a full length movie? Listen in as we discuss the charac...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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31:54
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
This episode Alicia is joined by her mom, Helen, to discuss the L. Frank Baum classic and compare it to its 1939 movie counterpart, starring Judy Garland. We focus on scenes we wish made it into the movie, changes to our favorite characters, and ...
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Episode 2
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