There's a difference between picturing something and seeing something. That's the difference between a book and a movie, a difference that works to the detriment of The Lovely Bones, based on the ...

It’s not that I think “The Lovely Bones” is a terrible movie — no movie that gives so much screen time to the enchanting Saorise Ronan could be — but that it’s an utterly misguided one. And I’m ...

The Lovely Bones is a tale told from beyond what doesn't even qualify as a grave. At the outset, we learn where and how 14-year-old Susie was murdered (brutally), by whom and with what devastating ...

My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. In newspaper photos of missing girls from the seventies, most looked like me: white girls ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

The Lovely Bonesarrives in movie theaters Friday. Fans of Alice Sebold's book will see it in a new light: as part of an old Hollywood tradition that turns beloved books into major motion pictures.

Peter Jackson‘s big screen adaptation of Alice Sebold’s award winning bestselling novel, The Lovely Bones, comes home on Blu-ray, DVD and digital download. SheKnows Entertainment presents an exclusive ...

After spending nearly 16 years in prison for the brutal rape of Lovely Bones author Alice Sebold, Anthony Broadwater was exonerated of his conviction in addition to other charges stemming from the ...

When a film opens poorly, it’s usually impossible to stop the bleeding. The natural reaction is for filmmakers, producers and studios to begin assigning blame. The case of Peter Jackson’s”The Lovely ...

Given that Alice Sebold’s novel The Lovely Bones opens with the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl, maybe it’s a blessing that Peter Jackson’s film is too ham-handed to get under your skin. But ...

What to keep and what to cut when adapting a book to a film? Host Mikayla Daniels has the answers. Adapting a book to a film is always a difficult process that almost never leaves fans of the book ...