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Books at the Movies: Tim Burton’s “Alice” Trailer vs. the Original “Alice in Wonderland” Trailer

Books at the Movies: Tim Burton’s “Alice” Trailer vs. the Original “Alice in Wonderland” Trailer

Nearly 60 years later, Disney has decided to revisit the world of Alice in Wonderland and put a new spin on it in Tim Burton’s film Alice.

For comparison, here’s the trailer for the original 1951 Alice in Wonderland movie.

Burton’s version of the film graces theaters this Friday, March 5th.

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Book Trailer for “The Sable Quean” – Newest Redwall Novel by Brian Jaques

Book Trailer for “The Sable Quean” – Newest Redwall Novel by Brian Jaques

Redwall fans everywhere can rejoice with the knowledge that The Sable Queanthe latest installment of the  Redwall series by Brian Jaques—is only weeks away from hitting bookstores.

We never had the opportunity to get into the Redwall series growing up, but from what we can tell from the synopsis and the book trailer, it looks good!

But for those of you Redwall fans out there, how do you think this book will compare to the others?

While it promises to be action-packed, do you  think that’s a good thing or a bad thing?

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Books at the Movies: “Dear John” Trailer – Based on the Book by Nicholas Sparks

Books at the Movies: “Dear John” Trailer – Based on the Book by Nicholas Sparks

If you don’t like sad movies, you might not want to watch the trailer for Dear John (based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks).

But, if you happen to be up for a teary-eyed moment, this trailer (and the book it’s based on) are sure to please.

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Book Trailer for “In the Arms of Immortals” by Ginger Garrett

Book Trailer for “In the Arms of Immortals” by Ginger Garrett

In her newest book, In the Arms of Immortals, author Ginger Garrett tells a sweeping tale of the Black Death and how it causes one Sicilian village to “spill its guts” in more ways than one.

You can check out the description (via B&N) below:

The Black Death sweeps through a medieval Sicilian village…revealing old secrets, true character, and stunning spiritual realities.

When the Black Death [...] sweeps through a medieval Sicilian village, three women must face their true selves…and their eternal destinies.

In the time of the Black Death, when the faithful had no answers and the faithless had no hope…only the bravest dared cling to a silent God.

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Books at the Movies: New “Wuthering Heights” Movie Adaptation

Books at the Movies: New “Wuthering Heights” Movie Adaptation

Not to be outdone by the upcoming Pride Prejudice and Zombies movie (based on the hit book Pride and Prejudice and Zombies ), it has been confirmed that Emily Bronte’s classic book Wuthering Heights will be getting a new film adaptation, directed by Andrea Arnold.

Whether the new film adaptation of Wuthering Heights is merely an attempt to jump on the trend of classic books becoming hip again (or the fact that it’s Edward and Bella’s favorite book), is left to individual speculation. But the most recent film version of Pride and Prejudice (starring Keira Knightly) went alright, so here’s hoping that Arnold does Bronte’s work justice.

While no trailer has been released for the new Wuthering Heights film yet, you can see the trailer for the 1992 film version of Wuthering Heights (starring Ralph Fiennes) above.

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Book Trailer for “Incarceron” by Catherine Fisher

Book Trailer for “Incarceron” by Catherine Fisher

Due to be released in the US at the end of January, this book trailer (more like a teaser trailer, really) for Catherine Fisher’s Incarceron definitely has us interested.

Being heaped with all sorts of praise, it seems that Incarceron is set to be the next ‘it’ fantasy novel in ya fiction.

You can check out a description of the book below:

Incarceron is a prison so vast that it contains not only cells, but also metal forests, dilapidated cities, and vast wilderness. Finn, a seventeen-year-old prisoner, has no memory of his childhood and is sure that he came from Outside Incarceron. Very few prisoners believe that there is an Outside, however, which makes escape seems impossible.

And then Finn finds a crystal key that allows him to communicate with a girl named Claudia. She claims to live Outside- she is the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, and doomed to an arranged marriage. Finn is determined to escape the prison, and Claudia believes she can help him. But they don’t realize that there is more to Incarceron than meets the eye. Escape will take their greatest courage and cost more than they know.

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And Now There’s a Dante’s Inferno Anime

And Now There’s a Dante’s Inferno Anime

As if the Dante’s Inferno video game wasn’t surprising enough, turns out that there’s also a Dante’s Inferno anime being released to tie in with the video game.

We can’t say that we’re surprised, but we keep getting hung up on one thing: How would Dante feel about this?

There’s  no denying that The Inferno is a powerful story (whether you agree with it or not), but we wonder if Dante would like his deep philosophical ideas used solely for the purpose of entertainment.

Hey, if nothing else, hopefully this will get more people to read the book… right?

(via AnimeVice)

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Books at the Movies: “Lightening Thief” Trailer

Books at the Movies: “Lightening Thief” Trailer

While we haven’t read any of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians books, the Lightening Thief movie looks incredible. It touches on Greek Mythology (one of our personal favorites) so we’re excited to see how they pull it off.

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Book Trailer for Scott Westerfeld’s “Leviathan”

Book Trailer for Scott Westerfeld’s “Leviathan”

We’ve been seeing a lot of Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld recently, so we finally got around to seeing what it was all about.

In addition to the normal reviews and such, we found this amazing book trailer that absolutely makes us want to pick up the book and devour it all in one sitting.

While you should definitely watch the book trailer, we’ll leave you with this little hint about what you can expect to find in Leviathan: “Do you oil your war machines, or do you feed them?”

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Book Trailer: “Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters” by Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters

Book Trailer: “Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters” by Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters

So it turns out that the much talked about book Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters has had a book trailer all this time.

And, it’s a really good one! Quality-wise, it’s right up there with the Stephen King Under the Dome book trailer.

But for those of you who are watching at work, around small children, or, are easily disturbed by blood or grotesque acts of violence, you should probably skip this trailer. It gets pretty disturbing—especially toward the end.

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