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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.

March 2019

March's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature films Five Feet Apart, Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase and Dumbo; the Netflix release of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, along with the ongoing series "Roswell, New Mexico," "Black Lightning," "The Flash" and "Arrow," all on The CW; and the DVD releases of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Mortal Engines, Mary Poppins Returns, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse and Aquaman.

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March 2019

March's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature films The Chaperone, The Aftermath and Five Feet Apart; the Netflix releases of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind and The Dirt, along with the season two premiere of "American Gods" on Starz and the season one finale of FOX's "The Passage"; and the DVD releases of If Beale Street Could Talk, Beautiful Boy and Mary Poppins Returns.

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February 2019

February's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature films Alita: Battle Angel; The Changeover and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World; the series premiere of "The Umbrella Academy" on Netflix, as well as the ongoing series "Roswell, New Mexico," "Black Lightning," "The Flash" and "Arrow" on The CW; and the DVD release of The Grinch.

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February 2019

February's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature films The Changeover, Donnybrook and The Iron Orchard; the series premieres of "The ABC Murders" on Amazon Prime, "Miracle Workers" on TBS and "The Umbrella Academy" on Netflix; and the DVD releases of Can You Ever Forgive Me?, The Grinch and Mary Queen of Scots.

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January 2019

January's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature films A Dog's Way Home and Ashes in the Snow; the season  premieres of "Roswell, New Mexico" on The CW and "A Series of Unfortunate Events" and "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo"on Netflix; and the DVD releases of The Bookshop, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, The Old Man & the Gun, First Man and The Hate U Give.

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January 2019

January's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature films A Dog's Way Home, Ashes in the Snow and The Upside; the season four finale of Starz's "Outlander," along with the series premieres of "The Passage" on FOX, "A Discovery of Witches" on Sundance Now and "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo" on Netflix; and the DVD releases of The Hate U Give, The Girl in the Spider's Web, Eating Animals and The Wife.

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December 2018

December's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature films Mortal Engines, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Mary Poppins Returns and Aquaman; the film release of Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle and the debut of "Watership Down" on Netflix; the ongoing series "Black Lightning," "The Flash" and "Arrow" on The CW; and the DVD releases of The Miseducation of Cameron Post, I Still See You, Unbroken: Path to Redemption, The House with a Clock in its Walls, Venom, Little Women.

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December 2018

December's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature films If Beale Street Could Talk, Bird Box (which is streaming on Netflix), Mary Poppins Returns and Back Roads; the conclusion of "My Brilliant Friend" on HBO, along with the premiere (and finale) of Syfy's "Nightflyers," the debut of Netflix's series "The Innocent Man" and the made-for-TV movie Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries; and the DVD releases of Unbroken: Path to Redemption, Little Women and The Miseducation of Cameron Post.

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November 2018

November's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature films The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, The Grinch and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald; the debut of the Hallmark made-for-TV holiday movie, "Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe"; the ongoing series "Black Lightning," "The Flash," and "Arrow," all on The CW; and the DVD releases of Crazy Rich Asians, and The Little Mermaid.

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November 2018

November's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature films The Girl in the Spider's Web, The Grinch and Boy Erased; the season four premiere of "Outlander" on Starz, along with the debut of two miniseries --- HBO's "My Brilliant Friend" and AMC's "The Little Drummer Girl" --- plus three Hallmark made-for-TV holiday movies, among them Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe; and the DVD releases of Crazy Rich Asians, Bel Canto, The Children Act and Juliet, Naked.

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