novel apaptation

• Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day directed by Bharat Nalluri (2008)

  [7/10]

  "Really you can't say much more than Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day presents charming characters in a well crafted love polygon. The humor comes easily, the plot never gets too heavy, and you get a double warm-fuzzy feeling as the two leads find true love emerging out of the chaos that swirls around them."

• Spiderwick Chronicles, The directed by Mark Waters (2008)

  [8/10]

  "Ignoring the very clear warning about death and destruction to those who open the book, Jared breaks the seal and begins to read about a world of magical creatures. By breaking the seal, Jared breaks the barrier between the fairy and human worlds and exposes his family to a pantheon of aggressive creatures."

• There Will Be Blood directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (2008)

  [7/10]

  "I think Upton Sinclair would approve of this adaptation of his novel. We watch the self-destruction of the main characters as they focus on their greed and lust for power, and we see these empty lives -- like black holes -- draw the goodness and life unwillingly out of the people who happen to cross their path."

  Average score: 7.33