It's Super Important‪!‬ Jules Pigott & Zoë J. Whittle

Every millennial/early gen Z kid grew up reading Holes. And a lot of us have very fond memories of Holes the movie. Is Holes the best book-to-movie adaptation ever made? Not to spoil it, but yeah, probably.
0:00 Intro
11:22 Holes
1:43:21 Adaptations to look out for
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Our first repeat source material! Today we're looking at The Half of It, Alice Wu's 2020 queer coming-of-age adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac. And we're joined by Zoë's friend Nolan! Good times!



0:00 Intro

5:42 The Half of It

2:12:49 An apology

2:13:55 Adaptations to look out for



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Let's go back to our roots! Today we're reviewing Headless, Shipwrecked Comedy's adaptation of/riff on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Does the series work in conversation with the source material? How many cameos can you fit into one show? Only one way to find out!
Intro 0:00
Headless 8:35
2:37:33 Adaptations to look out for

What if Peter Pan grew up? According to Steven Spielberg, he'd be a really bad father. But who cares? Rufio is here! Hook is an extremely divisive movie, so let's get into it.



0:00 Intro

12:09 Hook

1:33:22 Adaptations to look out for

King Lear set in Sengoku-period Japan? Sounds good to me! This episode's about Akira Kurosawa's Ran from 1985. Spoilers: it's good. And Jules and Zoë had a great time talking about it!

Timestamps

0:00 Intro

5:39 Ran

1:24:04 We briefly turn into two Martin Scorseses

1:31:31 Adaptations to look out for

This time we're talking about Clueless from 1995, one of the most well-known modern adaptations of a classic novel. Jane Austen's Emma is always a difficult story to tackle, so let's see Clueless' take!



TIMECODES

0:00 Intro

3:25 Clueless

1:38:00 Adaptations to look out for



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