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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 2019

July's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature film Spider-Man: Far From Home; the season finale of HBO's "Big Little Lies" and the season premiere of "Sweetbitter" on Starz, along with the made-for-TV movie Christmas Camp, which airs on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries; and the DVD releases of Pet Sematary, The Best of Enemies and Breakthrough.

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June 2019

June's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature films X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am and Shaft; the season premieres of "Big Little Lies" on HBO and Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale," along with the made-for-TV movie Very Valentine on Lifetime and the Netflix release of the first season of "Tales of the City"; and the DVD releases of Dumbo, The Aftermath, Transit   and   Five Feet Apart.

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May 2019

May's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature films Aladdin, UglyDolls, A Dog's Journey and The Professor and the Madman; the series finale of HBO's "Game of Thrones," along with the premieres of such limited series as "The Spanish Princess" on Starz, SundanceTV's "The Name of the Rose" and "Good Omens" on Amazon Prime; and the DVD releases of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Ashes in the Snow, The Upside and Lords of Chaos.

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April 2019

April's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature films Avengers: Endgame, Pet Sematary and The Best of Enemies; the return of HBO's "Game of Thrones" for its eighth and final season, along with the season five release of "Bosch" on Amazon Prime, the Netflix premiere of "Quicksand," and the season finales of "The Magicians" on Syfy and "American Gods" on Starz; and the DVD releases of A Dog's Way Home, The Aspern Papers and Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase.

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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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