Roxanne Reviews

Ever since the art of filmmaking began in the late 19th Century, novels, poems and stage plays have all been inspirations for screenwriters and directors in search of stories to tell through the medium of "moving pictures."

The most common type of adaptation, of course, is the straightforward transposition of a literary work (such as Peter Benchley's Jaws or Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October) and which, despite a few concessions to budget and running time limits, brings a popular best-selling novel to life on the big screen. 

Stage plays, too, get more-or-less faithful adaptations with a...