Category Archive: Casting Call

Casting Call: ‘The Favorite Sister’

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The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll is a New York Times bestselling mystery about sisters, reality television, and murder. Big Littles Lies producer Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories obtained the rights to turn… Continue reading

Casting Call: ‘The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter’

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“The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter” by Theodora Goss is a fun story for lovers of fantasy in the vein of Libba Bray and all things gothic horror. This is the story… Continue reading

Classic Scene: “Stella!”

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“Stella!!!” A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Dir. Elia Kazan The Scene: The arrival has Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) to the Kowalski household has brought with it no shortage of conflict in this adaptation… Continue reading

Book Review and Casting: The Broken Girls

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The Broken Girls was written by Simone St. James and published in 2018. This is a paranormal-tinged mystery thriller about some murdered girls across multiple decades. Book Review: This was a fantastic thriller… Continue reading

Book Review and Casting: The Merciless (2014)

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The Merciless was written by Danielle Vega and published in 2014. There have since been three sequels and the book is rumored to be getting the film script treatment by Pretty Little Liars executive… Continue reading

Book Review and Casting Call: Into the Drowning Deep (2017)

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Into the Drowning Deep was written by Mira Grant and published in 2017. This is the story of a scientific voyage, a television network known for cheap thrills, and a whole bunch of… Continue reading

Book Review and Casting Call: ‘One of Us is Lying’ (2017)

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One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus is a Young Adult mystery novel about five high-schoolers who go to detention and one does not make it out alive. The novel is… Continue reading

Casting Call: The Baby-Sitter’s Club

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In a not particularly surprising development, it has been announced that the ever-popular Baby-Sitter’s Club will be getting a new and improved television show. The books, and presumably the show, deal with issues… Continue reading

Book Review and Casting Call: ‘The Wicked Deep’ (2018)

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The Wicked Deep is the first novel by Shea Ernshaw. It tells the story of the Oregon town of Sparrow, which suffers from a deadly curse each year. In the 19th century three… Continue reading

Casting Call: ‘Death on the Nile’

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With the success of Murder on the Orient Express, it was announced that there will be another Agatha Christie story put to film. This time it will be Death on the Nile. Below… Continue reading