Add these books to your winter reading list and you will be prepared to compare the book to the movie after your next trip to the theater. These cold, dark winter nights are perfect for reading!
This list is gleaned from information gathered from Give Em What They Want blog. Be sure to check IMDB and our local theater listings for updated release dates on all of these. Enjoy reading and watching and feel free to share your thoughts about these movie adaptations in the comments below.
Opening this week
- True Grit, directed by Ethan and Joel Coen; starring Matt Damon, Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, and Josh Brolin
Movie based on True Grit by Charles Portis. There is a previous movie adaptation of this book, also called True Grit, starring John Wayne. 
Gulliver’s Travels, directed by Rob Letterman; starring Jack Black, Emily Blunt, Jason Segel and Amanda Peet
Movie loosely based on Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathon Swift
Opening January 14th
- Barney’s Version, directed by Richard J. Lewis; starring Dustin Hoffman, Rosamund Pike, Paul Giamatti, Minnie Driver, and Rachelle Lefevre
Movie based on Barney’s Version by Mordecai Richler 
The Green Hornet, directed by Michael Gondry; starring Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz, Jay Chou and Edward James Olmos
Movie based on the Green Hornet comic book series. We have several recordings of the radio series that would be fun to listen to before or after seeing the movie.
Opening January 21st
The Way Back, directed by Peter Weir; starring Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, and Jim Sturgess
Movie based on The Long Walk by Salomir Rawicz
Opening January 28th
The Rite, directed by Mikael Hafstrom; starring Alice Braga and Anthony Hopkins
Movie based on The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist by Matt Baglio
Opening February 18th
I Am Number Four, directed by D.J. Caruso; starring Timothy Olyphant, Dianna Agron, Teresa Palmer, and Alex Pettyfer
Movie based on I Am Number Four by James Frey and Jobie Hughes, writing as “Pittacus Lore”
Unknown, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra; starring Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones and Frank Langella
Movie based on Out of My Head by Didier van Cauwelaert
Opening February 25th
- The Eagle, directed by Kevin Macdonald; starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Mark Strong and Donald Sutherland
Movie based on The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff
Opening March 4th
- The Adjustment Bureau, directed by George Nolfi; starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt
Movie based on “The Adjustment Team“, a short story by Philip K. Dick
Opening March 11th
- Kill the Irishman, directed by Jonathan Hensleigh; starring Val Kilmer, Christopher Walken, Linda Cardellini and Vincent D’Onofrio
Movie based on To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia by Rick Porrell 
Jane Eyre, directed by Cary Fukunaga; starring Michael Fassbender, Mia Wasikowska, Jamie Bell, Imogen Poots, Judi Dench, and Sally Hawkins
Movie based on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Opening March 18th
Beastly, directed by Daniel Barnz; starring Alex Pettyfer, Peter Krause, Dakota Johnson, Erik Knudsen and Mary-Kate Olsen
Movie based on Beastly by Alex Flinn, which is a retelling of the classic Beauty and the Beast fairy tale
Limitless, directed by Neil Burger; starring Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish and Anna Friel
Movie based on The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn
The Lincoln Lawyer, directed by Brad Furman; starring Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Phillippe, John Leguizamo, and Marisa Tomei
Movie based on The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
Happy reading and viewing!