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Failure to Adapt

Nov 30, 2021

Finally a film that follows the #1 rule of adaptations: Replace as many characters as possible with Muppets. Molly Sanchez joins Maggie & Red to discuss the adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (1843) into the Brian Henson Directed The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992).

Molly is co-host of the podcast The...


Nov 16, 2021

When Director and pilot Doug Liman almost ran out of fuel taking his first solo flight to visit Robert Ludlum to acquire the rights to his novel The Bourne Identity (1980), nobody could have imagined how the 2002 film The Bourne Identity (2002) would turn out.

The movie has since produced 4 sequels and billions of...


Nov 9, 2021

If you’ve never read Robert A. Heinlein’s 1959 book Starship Troopers, don’t worry! Paul Verhoeven, director of the 1997 film, Starship Troopers, didn’t either. The film is one of Maggie’s favorites and the book was foundational for Red, and only one can be the best.

The Irish animated movie featuring Selkies...


Nov 3, 2021

Squad, The Graphic Novel created by Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Lisa Sterle is available now at bookstores everywhere! To celebrate, Red interviews Maggie & Lisa about the process of creating a story about teen girls eating sex pests, and  the experience of it being optioned for a possible television series!

Lisa Sterle is an...


Oct 27, 2021

When it’s time to talk about the Phillip Pullman novel The Golden Compass (1995) and the corresponding Chris Weitz film The Golden Compass (2007), you find a guest with more than one tattoo inspired by His Dark Materials, and that’s where author and podcaster Mallory O’Meara comes in.

Mallory O’Meara is most...