The first rule of successful moviemaking is knowing your audience, and the makers of "Eclipse," certainly know theirs. They have taken everything in Meyer's book that is romantic and flung it full force on the screen.
This is Dorothea Benton Frank at her best, weaving intense family stories seasoned with huge dollops of humor
Private is not a bad read but it isn't a great one either. It falls into the land of the mediocre and for an author with the talent of James Patterson that shouldn't be enough.
So whether or not you will enjoy the movie depends on how much you enjoy Jennifer Love Hewitt. Chances are you are going to leave this movie a bigger fan than you were before.
Christopher Nolan never tries to dumb down anything for his audience. This complexity adds to the thrill of the film but audiences are so intent on figuring out the plot that they miss the emotional content.
Some books are plot driven and some are character driven. Denise Hildreth's latest novel Hurricanes in Paradise is definitely character driven.
The characters, the turbulent times, and the battle between the citizenry and the church all combine to make the Pillars of the Earth mini-series must see entertainment.
When the Dylan McDermott TV series Dark Blue premiered on TNT last year it became my least favorite show of the network's offerings. What a difference a year makes.
