Read, Watch, or DNF

On this weeks episode of Read, Watch, or DNF we take a sobering flight with WWII Louis Zamperini and crash land into an ocean of despair, and torture as he tries to survive the horrors of Japanese POW camps in Laura Hillenbrands Unbroken: A World War II story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption and it’s 2014 cliffnotes of a screen adaptation directed by Angelina Jolie. Also, we’re tired of the...

On this week’s episode of Read, Watch, or DNF, we’re marching along with ‘The Youth’, aka, Henry Fleming, as he battles with thoughts of desertion and heroism in Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage. We ask the question, have soldiers really changed in the last 150+ years? (the answer is no) Also, why was Hollywood so back-stabby back in the 1950s?

On this week’s episode of Read, Watch, or DNF, we close out Pride month with the much anticipated conclusion of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga fourth installment Breaking Dawn and its two part screen adaptation. And we ask the question “why did we do this”?!?!?!?! Also, thank you Hollywood for leaving out the mention of Jacob’s stud services…

On this week’s episode of Read, Watch, or DNF, we continue with our case study on Stockholm syndrome in Stephenie Meyer’s third installment of her Twilight Saga; Eclipse, and its 2010 screen adaptation. And we ask the question: what could be worse than 600+ pages of teen angst??? Oh yeah, 600+ pages of paranormal love triangle teen angst. Also, Fuck Jacob

On this week’s episode of Read, Watch, or DNF, we continue limping behind Bella and her awkward reactions to everything everyone says. So much more angst in this one than in the last one. Breakups are the end of the world. We ask the question, why did we do this to ourselves? Also, how much did it suck to do this movie shirtless in Vancouver? (checked average weather in late March when it started...

On this week’s episode of Read, Watch, or DNF, we start our journey through the Twilight Saga and go all the way to Forks, Washington, where we follow Bella Swan and her epic(more like confounding) relationship with Edward Cullen. We’re gonna deal with a whole lot of teen angst…and sparkly vampires, and we ask the question, what happened to book Bella…? we want book bella Also, why does it seem li...

Hi, moms! On this week’s episode of Read, Watch, or DNF, we travel to suburban Connecticut and visit Stephanie as she tries desperately to connect with other moms and discover what happened to her “best friend” Emily in Darcey Bell’s A Simple Favor and the 2018 film adaptation. We ask the question: are there still people who are really that naive? Also…did the screenwriters of the movie actually r...

On this week's episode of Read, Watch , or DNF we participate in a family reunion of F’ up proportions in Gyllian Flynn’s sharp objects and its 2018 HBO limited TV series and ask the question; WTF is Calhoun Day??? so grab a drink, some neosporin, and “welcome home” Also, Don’t Tell Mamma

On this week’s episode we take a Mother’s day trip to Boston and get a crash course in how not to parent from the local gang bangers, junkies, and corrupt cops in Dennis Lehane’s Gone, Baby, Gone and it’s 2007 Baby Affleck film adaptation. We ask the question; what happened to 2/3rds of this story??? Also, just because Morgan Freeman can play God doesn’t mean he can be cast as anyone…

On this week's episode of Read, Watch, or DNF we kick off Mystery May with none other than the Queen of Mystery herself; Agatha Christie and the most Whodunnit of Whodunits And Then There Were None andthe 2015 mini series adaptation. And we ask the question: did Hollywood not think there was enough going on in this story that they felt the need to slip in a seggsy scene… Also, what the actual F wa...

We go across the pond to examine the many trials and tribulations of a single woman in London, struggling with relationships, an overbearing mother, and career happiness and we ask the question; who told Renee Zellweger she could pull off a British accent??? Also, are all men in their 30s total fuckwits?

We travel back in time to the 1990s and sit front row as a narcissist stumbles through love and rejection in High Fidelity . And we ask the question; have we found a character more unlikeable than the Devil Wears Prada novel version of Andy Sachs and where do they rank in our top 5 worst characters???? Also, when did women set the bar so low…?

Does Hollywood understand the difference between 'based on' and 'inspired by?' We have our doubts after breaking down this adaptation of the OG Jane Austen's Mansfield Park. Also, what happened to William?

On this week's episode we dive head first into the teen angst how to guide that is The Perks of Being a Wallflower and we ask the question; did Hollywood give pedophiles and rapists a break with this adaptation? And also, do we hate Emma Watson?

We close out Women's History Month with a classic, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women and we ask the question... Did Hollywood give Alcott the ending she deserved in the 2019 film adaptation? Also, who is Aunt Carrol?

We tackle the fever dream that is Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and the Hulu adaptation and we ask the question; Did Margaret Atwood even know what she wanted to write???

Did Hollywood really spend $90 million to make "Pretentious, Misogynist, Christophobic, Torture Porn?" Also, what happened to Lisbeth's eyebrows?

Did Hollywood know what they were doing when they casted Andy Sachs as a naive sweetheart or would we have preferred the chain smoking cynic??? Also, F Nate...