 | Lolita
Buy used from: $4.85 Leave it to Kubrick to turn a boring book about a pedophile into a darkly comic masterpiece.
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 | Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $8.44 The novel lacked a strong protagonist that Walter Matthau embodies perfectly.
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 | Cujo
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $2.98 Ironically, Stephen King's weakest novel becomes one of his more superior film adaptations.
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 | Fletch
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $1.75 Chevy Chase's improvisation accentuates Gregory McDonald's sharp dialogue even more.
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 | Stand By Me (Special Edition)
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $1.73 The boys in the book don't have the mischievious charm that the actors bring to their roles.
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 | The Firm
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.06 Fans of the novel scoff at the film's "happy" ending, but I think it ties up the story much more cleverly.
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 | Rising Sun
Buy new: $9.00 / Used from: $2.37 There are minor changes to the novel in this film, but significant enough to make it more interesting.
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 | Critical Care
Buy used from: $3.00 The book ends prematurely, but screenwriter Steven Schwartz solves the problem perfectly.
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 | Out of Sight (Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.03 Scott Frank should have dibs on adapting all Elmore Leonard novels to the screen.
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 | Hannibal (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $0.85 The novel's ending is so atrocious that it's impressive they could salvage any kind of satisfactory ending out of it.
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