Book Vs. Movie is the podcast that ponders the question: "Which was better...the book or the movie?" We spoil away the details, uncover the plot points, discuss casting choices and shower with praise (or pummel with snark) as we see fit. Hosts are Margo P. (She's Nacho Mama's Blog) and Margo D. (Creator of Brooklyn Fit Chick.com) and we are not afraid to tell it like it is!
Book Vs. Movie: Coyote Ugly (2000 film vs 1997 GQ Story)
Coyote Ugly (2000) · Jun 25, 2026
Because of Winn-Dixie (2000 novel vs 2005 Film)
Because of Winn-Dixie (2005) · Apr 25, 2026
Book Vs. Movie: Letters to Uranus (2000 Film, 2022 Book, Series for Development)
Kings Row (1942) · Apr 9, 2026
KINGS ROW (1942) Henry Bellamann, Ronald Reagan, Ann Sheridan. Book VS Movie
Kings Row (1942) · Mar 26, 2026
Book Versus Movie: Bringing Up Baby (1937 short story vs 1938 film)
Bringing Up Baby (1938) · Feb 1, 2026
Book Vs. Movie: Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (1979 song vs 2000 cartoon)
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (2000) · Dec 31, 2025
Book Vs. Movie: The Mean One (2022) vs How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) · Dec 16, 2025
Book Vs. Movie: The Mean One (2022) vs How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957)
The Mean One (2022) · Dec 16, 2025
Special Edition: Graphic Biography of Caravaggio (Ken Mora) vs. Biopic (Jarman)
Caravaggio (1986) · Nov 28, 2025
“He’s Just Not That Into You” The 2004 Liz Tuccillo & Greg Behrendt Book Vs the 2009 Jennifer Aniston Film
He's Just Not That Into You (2009) · Oct 17, 2025
Saturday Night Fever (A Complete History): John Travolta, Nik Cohn, John Badham, & Robert Stigwood
Saturday Night Fever (1977) · Jul 28, 2025
Goldfinger (1964) Ian Fleming, Sean Connery, Gert Frobe & Honor Blackman
Sean Connery: Private (1993) · Jul 20, 2025
Alice's Restaurant (1969) Arlo Guthrie, Arthur Penn, Pat Quinn, & James Broderick
Alice's Restaurant (1969) · Jul 1, 2025
"Pride and Prejudice" & 2022's "Fire Island" Joel Kim Booster, Bowen Yang, Margaret Cho & Jane Austen
Fire Island (2022) · Jun 22, 2025
"Breakfast with Scot" (2007) Michael Downing, Tom Cavanagh, Ben Shenkman, & Noah Bernett
Breakfast with Scot (2007) · Jun 15, 2025
10 Things I Hate About You (1999) William Shakespeare, Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, & Letters to Cleo!
10 Things I Hate About You (1999) · Apr 14, 2025
Mamma Mia (2008) ABBA, Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, Amanda Seyfried, & Julie Walters
Mamma Mia (2010) · Mar 24, 2025
Wicked (2024) Gregory Maguire, Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, & Michelle Yeoh
Wicked (2024) · Mar 3, 2025
The Piano Lesson (2024) August Wilson, Denzel Washington, Malcolm Washington, & John David Washington
The Piano Lesson (2024) · Feb 24, 2025
The Warriors (1979) with special guest Baseball Fury Rob Ryder
The Warriors (1979) · Feb 3, 2025
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (1985) Cyndi Lauper, Sarah Jessica Parker, Helen Hunt & Robert Hazard!
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985) · Jan 27, 2025
"Meet John Doe" (1941) Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Frank Capra & Richard Connell
Meet John Doe (1941) · Jan 20, 2025
The Lion in Winter (1968) Katharine Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Anthony Hopkins & Timothy Dalton
The Lion in Winter (1968) · Dec 16, 2024
Convoy (1978) CW McCall, Sam Peckinpah, Kris Kristofferson, Ali McGraw, & Burt Young
Convoy (1978) · Nov 25, 2024
The Fly (1986) Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, & David Cronenberg (Special Guest: Patrick Bromley "F This Movie" podcast
The Fly (1986) · Oct 21, 2024
Dolores Claiborne (1995) Stephen King, Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Plummer & Judy Parfitt
Dolores Claiborne (1995) · Oct 14, 2024
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Patricia Neal, Michael Rennie, Hugh Marlowe, & Harry Bates Short Story
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) · Oct 7, 2024
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Replay ep. RIP Maggie Smith! 1934-2024)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) · Sep 27, 2024
Where the Wild Things Are (2009) Maurice Sendak, Spike Jonze, James Gandolfini, & Max Roberts
Where the Wild Things Are (2009) · Sep 23, 2024
Now Voyager (1942) Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper, & Olive Higgins Prouty
Now, Voyager (1942) · Aug 26, 2024
Charlottes Web (1973) E.B. White, Hannah & Barbera, Debbie Reynolds, Paul Lynde, and The Sherman Brothers
Charlotte's Web (1973) · Aug 19, 2024
The Bling Ring (2013) Based on a Vanity Fair article with Sofia Coppola & Emma Watson
The Bling Ring (2013) · Aug 12, 2024
Born Yesterday (1950) Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden, & Garson Kanin
Born Yesterday (1950) · Aug 5, 2024
310 to Yuma (2007) Christian Bale, Russell Crowe, Elmore Leonard, Glenn Ford & Van Heflin
3:10 to Yuma (2007) · Jul 29, 2024
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) Joel McCrea, Faye Wray, Leslie Banks, & Richard Connell
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) · Jul 22, 2024
Suddenly Last Summer (1959) Tennessee Williams, Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, & Montgomery Clift
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) · Jul 15, 2024
Seconds (1966) Rock Hudson, John Frankenheimer, John Randolph, & David Ely.
Seconds (1966) · Jul 8, 2024
The Bridges of Madison County (1995) Robert James Waller, Clint Eastwood, & Meryl Streep
The Bridges of Madison County (1995) · Jun 3, 2024
Memento (2000) Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Jonathan Nolan, & Christopher Nolan
Memento (2000) · May 13, 2024
Death on the Nile (1978) Agatha Christie, Poirot, Peter Ustinov, Mia Farrow, Bette Davis & Maggie Smith
Death on the Nile (1978) · May 5, 2024
The Natural (1984) Robert Redford, Glenn Close, Robert Duvall, & Kim Basinger
The Natural (1984) · Apr 29, 2024
Mean Girls 20th Anniversary Celebration (From the Vaults of Book Vs Movie!) Lindsay Lohan
Mean Girls (2024) · Apr 12, 2024
RENT (2005) Jonathan Larson, Anthony Rapp, Taye Diggs & Puccini's La Boheme
Rent (2005) · Apr 2, 2024
Matilda: The Musical (2022) Emma Thompson, Alisha Weir, Roald Dahl, & Tim Minchin
Matilda (2022) · Mar 25, 2024
Gone Girl (2014) Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, David Fincher, & Gillian Flynn (2020 replay)
Gone Girl (2014) · Jan 26, 2024
JAWS (1975) From our vaults! Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfus, & Steven Spielberg
Jaws (1975) · Jan 21, 2024
An American in Paris (1951) Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, George & Ira Gershwin
An American in Paris (1951) · Jan 7, 2024
O'Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" & 1978's "The Gift of Love" Marie Osmond & Timothy Bottoms
The Gift of Love (1978) · Dec 23, 2023
Bell, Book and Candle (1958) James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs & Elsa Lanchester
Bell, Book and Candle (1958) · Dec 3, 2023
The Gambler (1980) Kenny Rogers (as The Gambler), Bruce Boxleitner & Lee Purcell
The Gambler (1980) · Nov 5, 2023
Misery (1990) Stephen King, Kathy Bates, James Caan & special guest Alex Steed "You Are Good"
Misery (1990) · Oct 29, 2023
Carrie (1976) Piper Laurie(RIP) Sissy Spacek & Amy Irving (Replay of 2018 episode)
Carrie (1976) · Oct 18, 2023
Wait Until Dark (1967) Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, and Frederick Knott
Wait Until Dark (1967) · Oct 8, 2023
Ghost World (2001) Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Terry Zwigoff, & Daniel Clowes
Ghost World (2001) · Oct 1, 2023
Fahrenheit 451: The Ray Bradbury 1953 Novel Vs the 2018 Michael B. Jordan & Michael Shannon Film
Fahrenheit 451 (2018) · Sep 10, 2023
Smoke Signals (1998) Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Irene Bedard, & Sherman Alexie
Smoke Signals (1998) · Aug 27, 2023
The Exorcist: (1973) RIP William Friedkin 1935-2023 (Replay of DEC 2018 ep.)
The Exorcist (1973) · Aug 7, 2023
The Swimmer (1968) Burt Lancaster, Joan Rivers, John Cheever, & Marvin Hamlisch
The Swimmer (1968) · Jul 30, 2023
Ode to Billy Joe (1976) Bobbie Gentry, Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor, and Max Baer, Jr.
Ode to Billy Joe (1976) · Jul 24, 2023
The Killers (1946) Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Ernest Hemingway
The Killers (1946) · Jul 15, 2023
Rumble Fish (1983) Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane, & Nicolas Cage
Rumble Fish (1983) · Jul 5, 2023
The Children's Hour (1961) & These Three (1936) Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, & Lillian Hellman
The Children's Hour (1961) · Jun 26, 2023
The Children's Hour (1961) & These Three (1936) Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, & Lillian Hellman
These Three (1936) · Jun 26, 2023
Strangers on a Train (1952) Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Alfred Hitchcock, & Patricia Highsmith
Strangers on a Train (1951) · Jun 12, 2023
RIP Tina Turner (1939-2023) What's Love Got...I, Tina REPLAY EP MAY 2023
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) · May 24, 2023
Laura (1944) Gene Tierney, Vincent Price, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Otto Preminger & Vera Caspary
Laura (1944) · May 15, 2023
Rear Window (1954) Alfred Hitchcock, James Stewart, Grace Kelly, & Cornell Woolrich
Rear Window (1954) · Apr 10, 2023
Kinky Boots (2005) Vs the Broadway Musical (2013) Chiwetel Ejiofor, Joel Edgerton, Billy Porter, & Matt Henry
Kinky Boots (2005) · Mar 28, 2023
John Waters "Hairspray" 1988 and 2007 (Baltimore Magazine article adapted into two films)
Hairspray (1988) · Mar 12, 2023
Casablanca (1942) Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Peter Lorre, & Dooley Wilson (Play Vs Movie)
Casablanca (1943) · Jan 22, 2023
Biloxi Blues (1988) Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Neil Simon, and Mike Nichols
Biloxi Blues (1988) · Jan 15, 2023
The Little Mermaid (1989) "Disney in December" Jodi Benson, Christopher Daniel Barnes & Pat Carroll
The Little Mermaid (1989) · Dec 19, 2022
The Polar Express (2004) Tom Hanks, Peter Scolari, Robert Zemeckis, & Chris Van Allsburg (2019 Replay ep)
The Polar Express (2004) · Dec 16, 2022
The Bishops Wife (1947) Cary Grant, Loretta Young, & David Niven (Replay 2021)
The Bishop's Wife (1947) · Dec 14, 2022
Freaky Friday(1976 & 2003) Jodie Foster, Barbara Harris, Lindsay Lohan, Jamie Lee Cutis, Mary Rodgers
Freaky Friday (2003) · Dec 4, 2022
Freaky Friday(1976 & 2003) Jodie Foster, Barbara Harris, Lindsay Lohan, Jamie Lee Cutis, Mary Rodgers
Freaky Friday (1976) · Dec 4, 2022
Christmas With the Kranks (2004) John Grisham, Tim Allen, and Jamie Lee Curtis
Christmas with the Kranks (2004) · Dec 1, 2022
A Christmas Carol & Top 5 Favorite "Scrooges" (Replay from 2019)
A Christmas Carol (2019) · Nov 30, 2022
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) Stanley Kubrick, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, & Alan Cumming
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) · Nov 21, 2022
The Witches (1990) Roald Dahl, Anjelica Huston, Rowan Atkinson, Nicolas Roeg, Jim Henson
The Witches (1990) · Oct 31, 2022
Rosemary's Baby (1968) Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Ralph Bellamy
Rosemary's Baby (1968) · Oct 20, 2022
Don't Look Now (1973) The Daphne du Maurier short story Vs the Nicolas Roeg film (Donald Sutherland & Julie Christie)
Don't Look Now (1973) · Oct 9, 2022
The Chocolate War (1986) Robert Cormier, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, John Glover, Keith Gordon & Kate Bush
The Chocolate War (1988) · Sep 11, 2022