On the One Day Movie Adaptation

When my sister learned that I was going to see One Day, the new film starring Jim Sturgess and Anne Hathaway, last night, her reaction wasn’t surprising — “But, but… that’s a chick flick!” “I’ve read the novel,” I said, “and the novel’s about as far from chick lit as you can get.” Yes, theContinue reading “On the One Day Movie Adaptation”

On Doctor Who: Touched by an Angel

In college, two twenty-somethings have a near-miss romantic moment, and in the years that follow they remain in each other’s lives as relationships change, work situations develop, and parents die in a will-they-won’t-they dance until, one day on a foreign holiday, they realize that they really do belong together. But their happiness is short livedContinue reading “On Doctor Who: Touched by an Angel”

On David Nicholls’ One Day

I’ve read a book I wish I’d written. The book is David Nicholls’ One Day, and it’s soon to be a movie starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess. (Please Note: My thoughts on the movie are here.) I saw the poster for the film a few weeks ago when I went to see Winnie-the-Pooh, andContinue reading “On David Nicholls’ One Day”