Here are five films about writers that would make great holiday viewing.
It's the day after Christmas Day. All the gifts have been opened, 'oohed' and 'ahhed' over, and now I'm settling in for a few days of reading, eating, and movie watching.
I'm a big fan of movies, and, despite the rush and noise and too expensive treats, I love going to the cinema. I also love to stay home, pop my own popcorn and get a big bag of something sweet - these days, it's chocolate - and watch movies in the living room.
This season I've been re-watching some terrific movies about writers and the writing life. Some are funny. Some are serious. All are inspiring and reaffirming that yes, we're right, writing is tough work, but it's worth it. Check out the following for some holiday movie entertainment:
- All The President's Men - break-ins and cover-ups at the highest political level, and Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, as journalists, getting the story.
- Adaptation - Nicolas Cage as a screenwriter who is struggling to adapt another writer's book for film.
- The Hours - for fans of Virginia Woolf who, even while battling her demons, kept writing.
- Stranger Than Fiction - Emma Thompson struggles to finish her novel, but her main character (played by Will Ferrell) gets out of hand.
- Michael Palin's Around The World In 80 Days - this documentary is for every writer who has wanderlust and longs to set out on an epic journey. It's full of wonderful encounters with people Palin meets on his trip around the world.
