Holiday Movie Season Begins Today
The holiday movie season kicks off today and three of the big movies are based on books (The Hollywood Reporter rounds up their reviews of all the films opening today):
Movie Title: A Dangerous Method
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring:
Viggo Mortensen … Sigmund Freud
Keira Knightley … Sabina Spielrein
Michael Fassbender … Carl Jung
Based on: A Most Dangerous Method by John Kerr (RH, 1993)
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Audio from AudioGo, 11/2011)
Official Web Site: ADangerousMethod-TheMovie.com
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Title: Hugo
Director: Martin Scorsese
Based on: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Format: Live action, 3-D
Starring: Jude Law, Chloe Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Emily Mortimer and Michael Stuhlbarg
iTunes Site, with trailers and show times
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Nov 23, 2011
Movie Title: My Week with Marilyn
Director: Simon Curtis
Starring:
Michelle Williams … Marilyn Monroe
Kenneth Branagh … Sir Laurence Olivier
Eddie Redmayne … Colin Clark
Judi Dench … Dame Sybil Thorndike
Based on: My Week with Marilyn (2000), a memoir by Colin Clark (the son of Sir. Kenneth Clark, best known for the classic BBC documentary, Civilization, recently re-released in HD). It caused a sensation when it was published in the UK ten years ago. It’s been released for the first time here, as both a hardcover and audio tie-in (also on OverDrive).
Official Movie Site: MyWeekWithMarilynMovie.com
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Audio; Dreamscape
Today is just the beginning, three dozen movies will open through Christmas Day, aimed both at families and at Oscar consideration. Entertainment Weekly‘s Jess Cagle offers his assessment of the top twelve (8 of which are based on books) on the CBS Early Show (for tie-ins, check our list of Upcoming Movies Based on Books, with Tie-ins).