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'Gone Girl': A Savory Not Sweet Complex Pleasure
Who can forget Ben Affleck's acceptance speech at the 2013 Academy Awards? "Marriage is hard," he declared while thanking wife Jennifer Garner, and the audience collectively froze. The next day, Oscar...
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The Fincher-Flynn Dream Team and 8 Solid Director-Novelist Duos
Unless you’ve been living under a rock (or in a cave or hiding under your bed), you’ve probably heard about Gone Girl, the David Fincher-directed film adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s page-turner of a...
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Gillian Flynn Teases ‘Gone Girl’ Sequel – With Caveats
Editor’s Note: Will “Gone Girl” have a sequel? Will “Fifty Shades of Grey” stick to its R rating? These answers and more in today’s Daily Blunt. Gone Girl author and screenwriter Gillian Flynn told a...
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July's Hottest Adaptation News: Tom Hanks in 'The Circle'& More
Summer is reaching its midway point, and the forecast for new projects is hot. While the major studios rampage through theaters with weekend after weekend of event movies, they and their network...
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Those 'Dark Places': 8 Movies of Going Back to the Crime Scene
We all carry the imprints of our early wounds into adulthood, but some scars run so deep and stay so raw that "healing" seems like a cruel joke. In the new thriller "Dark Places," which opens in...
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Halloween Weekend Flops Add to Hollywood’s Streak of Fall Failures
Editor's Note: Fall failures at the box office continue to stress the big'uns in Hollywood, Gillian Flynn talks about her psychic experiences, and more in our roundup. Welcome to your first November...
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Genre as Liberation: Lee Irby on Learning to Manipulate Thriller Tropes
Editor's Note: Lee Irby teaches history at Eckerd College and lives in St. Petersburg, Florida. He is the author of the historical mysteries 7,000 Clams, The Up and Up, and Unreliable. Genres can be...
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Paperback Thrills: 16 Best Thrillers of the Last 100 Years
Image © Shutterstock The perfect thriller is a difficult beast – a complex mix of pacing, plotting, and tension all doing a high-wire act to keep readers on the edge of their seats and glued to the...
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Flying Home? Try One of These Plane Reads
Photo by xlibber via Wikimedia Commons In today’s world, when you’re stuck on a long flight, it’s easy to settle in and watch a movie. But if you’re starting to get screen fatigue and would like an...
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Ready Player Two? Ernie Cline Confirms Sequel
From “Ready Player One” by Amblin Entertainment Editor's Note: Also in the news: Gillian Flynn’s battle for equality is just beginning, and wrestlers are taking over “The Watchmen.” Welcome to the...
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The Books You Need to Read Before Seeing Their Adaptations in 2018
With Springtime in the air, it’s a great time to leave behind the Winter blues, do some watch-list Spring cleaning, and look forward to what’s to come. 2018 is filled with stellar book-to-screen...
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Weekend Rec: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn, Author of Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn © Heidi Jo Brady Welcome to the weekend. How about a dark, twisting thriller to start things off? Fortunately we have a perfect one in mind: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn. Gillian Flynn...
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‘Till Death Do Us Part: 9 Books About Family Secrets and Their Aftermath
Photo by Paul Wong on Unsplash Look at any family and you’re sure to find a skeleton or two lurking in a closet. In some cases, however, secrets and betrayals are so firmly rooted that their very...
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Weekend Rec: Gillian Flynn’s Irresistible Thriller, Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn, Photo © Heidi Jo Brady 2012 What better way to start the weekend off than a good thriller? If it happens to also be the basis for marquee HBO adaptation, all the better. While she’s...
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Genre as Liberation: Lee Irby on Learning to Manipulate Thriller Tropes
Editor's Note: Lee Irby teaches history at Eckerd College and lives in St. Petersburg, Florida. He is the author of the historical mysteries 7,000 Clams, The Up and Up, and Unreliable. Genres can be...
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Paperback Thrills: 16 Best Thrillers of the Last 100 Years
Image © Shutterstock The perfect thriller is a difficult beast – a complex mix of pacing, plotting, and tension all doing a high-wire act to keep readers on the edge of their seats and glued to the...
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Flying Home? Try One of These Plane Reads
Photo by xlibber via Wikimedia Commons In today’s world, when you’re stuck on a long flight, it’s easy to settle in and watch a movie. But if you’re starting to get screen fatigue and would like an...
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Ready Player Two? Ernie Cline Confirms Sequel
From “Ready Player One” by Amblin Entertainment Editor's Note: Also in the news: Gillian Flynn’s battle for equality is just beginning, and wrestlers are taking over “The Watchmen.” Welcome to the...
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The Books You Need to Read Before Seeing Their Adaptations in 2018
With summertime in the air, it’s a great time to select the books you’ll be packing in your beach bag. 2018 is filled with stellar book-to-screen adaptations, so we recommend packing that bag with an...
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Weekend Rec: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn, Author of Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn © Heidi Jo Brady Welcome to the weekend. How about a dark, twisting thriller to start things off? Fortunately we have a perfect one in mind: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn. Gillian Flynn...
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