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Books on Screen

Each month, our Books on Screen feature spotlights movies, television shows, miniseries and specials that are based on books of various genres --- including novels, memoirs, comics, children's books, short stories and poetry --- along with the latest DVD releases.

July 2017

July's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature films Spider-Man: Homecoming and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets; and the DVD releases of Smurfs: The Lost Village and The Lost City of Z.

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July 2017

July's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature films Spider-Man: Homecoming and Atomic Blonde; the long-awaited season seven premiere of "Game of Thrones" on HBO and the series premiere of "Midnight, Texas" on NBC; and the DVD releases of The Lost City of Z and The Zookeeper's Wife.

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June 2017

June's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature films Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, Wonder Woman, and My Cousin Rachel; and the season finale of Freeform's "Famous in Love."

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June 2017

June's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature films Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie and Wonder Woman; the series premiere of "The Mist" on Spike; the season two premiere of "Queen Sugar on OWN; the conclusion of the Starz miniseries "The White Princess"; and the season finales of "The Handmaid's Tale," "American Gods" and "The Son."

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May 2017

May's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature films Everything, Everything, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2; the series premiere of "Anne with an E" on Netflix, the ongoing airing of "Famous in Love," and the season finales of "The Flash" and "Arrow"; and the DVD release of Before I Fall.

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May 2017

May's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature films The Dinner and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul; the HBO movie The Wizard of Lies, starring Robert De Niro as Bernie Madoff; the series premieres of "Anne with an E" and "Spirit Riding Free" on Netflix, along with the season finales of "The Flash" and "Arrow"; and the DVD releases of Fifty Shades Darker and Before I Fall.

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April 2017

Spring is slowly arriving and so has our new Books on Screen! The warm weather is slowly making its appearance while the rain has come out in full force here in NYC. We're putting away our winter coats and gearing up for the spring season in our rain boots. Our Books on Screen is the perfect guide for what to watch on one of the many rainy days ahead. First on our list of must see spring arrivals is "Famous in Love" on Freeform. Next, we have the release of one of our all time favorites on DVD, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

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April 2017

April's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature films The Circle and The Lost City of Z; the HBO movie The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, starring Oprah Winfrey; the series premieres of "American Gods," "The White Princess" and "The Handmaid's Tale," along with the season finales of "The Magicians" and "Hap and Leonard"; and the DVD releases of Hidden Figures and The Bye Bye Man.

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March 2017

March's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature films Before I Fall, Beauty and the Beast, The Boss Baby, and Ghost in the Shell; the series premiere of "13 Reasons Why," along with the currently airing shows "The Flash" and "Arrow"; and the DVD releases of Jurassic World and A Monster Calls.

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March 2017

March's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature films The Shack, Before I Fall, The Zookeeper's Wife and Beauty and the Beast; the series premieres of "Time After Time" and "13 Reasons Why," along with the second season premiere of "Hap and Leonard"; and the DVD releases of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, A Kind of Murder and A Monster Calls.

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