Ink to Film

Judy Garland’s performance as Dorothy is the stuff of cinematic history, but it came at a cost as director Victor Fleming’s treatment of her is also infamous. In episode 256, Luke & James delve into …

Frank Baum’s children’s fantasy novel introduced a land of wicked witches and wizards that inspired a generation of children even before it was adapted for the screen. In episode 255, Luke & James th…

Ink to Film covered a wide variety of adaptations in 2022, but how do they stack up against each other? In episode 254 Luke & James try to put their year in adaptations into context. From Macbeth to …

John McClane is back for Christmas to bag even more bad guys in “Die Hard 2: Die Harder,” but how does it compare to the novel it’s based on, "58 Minutes?" In episode 253, Luke & James talk about 90s…

Die Hard 2 was also based on a novel! 58 Minutes by Walter Wager, to be precise. In episode 252, Luke & James discuss differences in a protagonist, the challenge of writing politically motivated vill…

Brad Pitt and Edward Norton anchor this memorable adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s novel that helped propel director David Fincher’s career to new heights. In episode 251, Luke & James revel in the cr…

Chuck Palahniuk’s debut novel launched him into literary superstardom, but how do its ideas about consumerism and masculinity hold up? In their 250th episode, Luke & James destroy something beautiful…

Kenneth Branagh stars in and directs this new version of the Agatha Christie story Luke & James covered in the past, but how does it hold up compared to the 1974 version? Are they excited for another…

Neil Berger’s adaptation of Steven Millhauser’s short story “Eisenheim the Illusionist” introduced a romantic plot to a story about magical deception, but does it deliver? In episode 249, Luke & Jame…

H. P. Lovecraft’s work is famously tricky to adapt, but that hasn’t stopped many from trying over the years. In episode 248, Luke & James discuss the pair of Lovecraft adaptations that appear in Guil…

Guillermo Del Toro has opened his cabinet of horrors on Netflix and it’s delivering thrills, gore, and grotesqueries to the masses. In episode 247, Luke & James discuss the first three adaptations in…

Guillermo Del Toro is one of the hottest names in horror cinema today, and he’s chosen multiple short stories to adapt for his brand new Netflix anthology series dropping for Halloween 2022. In episo…

Is this sequel to William Friedkin's The Exorcist (1973) worth watching today? Are you fascinated enough with Pazuzu to see what more he could put Regan through? In this former Patreon-exclusive epis…

Luke is mad about this one, folks, calling it “one of the worst adaptations” they have ever covered. Laura from the “Why the Book Wins” podcast and YouTube channel joins the show to talk about this m…

Author, folklorist, and the executive director of Willamette Writers Kate Ristau joins the show to talk all things dragons for this installment of The Hobbit! In episode 244 Luke, James, and Kate rid…

The “Watch. Review. Repeat.” podcast joins the show to see what gems might still be mined from Peter Jackson’s first film in his Hobbit trilogy. In episode 243, Luke, James, Colton, and Andrew make t…

Happy Hobbit Day! Let’s explore what makes JRR Tolkien’s original children’s novel so iconic to this day. In episode 242, Luke & James return to Hobbiton and Middle Earth for one more journey that st…

Filmmaker Kogonada adapts a heady sci-fi story written by Alexander Weinstein into a thoughtful, melancholic piece about the nature of existence, artificial intelligence, and the ethics of personhood…

David Lynch's 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel Dune didn’t wow critics, but how does it stand up today? Join us to hear our thoughts on this wacky but ultimately enjoyable version of Arrakis,…

Filmmaker Tomas Alfredson delivered a smart, evocative, and faithful adaptation of the source novel by working closely with author John Ajvide Lindvist to skillfully shift mediums from the written to…