The latest episode is gone to the dogs (and cats!) Maura and Donny discuss the 1961 animal friendly children’s book “ The Incredible Journey” by Sheila Burnford. It was adapted into the 1993 film “Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey”. The film features Michael J. Fox, Sally Field, and Don Ameche as the voices of our 4-legged friendsConnect with A Reel Page Turner: https://www.facebook.com/groups/352221223264794https://www.areelpageturner.com/Twitter: @AReelPageTurnerInstagram: @AReelPageTurnerTikTok:@areelpageturner

On today’s episode Maura and Donny discuss the 2011 book “The Family Fang” by Kevin Wilson and its 2015 film adaptation of the same name. The family dramedy was written by David Lindsay-Abaire and directed by Jason Bateman. Bateman also stars in it along with Nicole Kidman and Christopher Walken.Connect with A Reel Page Turner: https://www.facebook.com/groups/352221223264794https://www.areelpageturner.com/Twitter: @AReelPageTurnerInstagram: @AReelPageTurnerTikTok:@areelpageturner

On today’s episode Maura and Donny discuss “Holes” the 1998 YA novel written by Louis Sachar. The 2003 film adaptation was penned by Sachar himself and directed by Andrew Davis. The star studded cast includes Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Tim Blake Nelson, Patricia Arquette, Dule Hill, and Henry Winkler.Connect with A Reel Page Turner: https://www.facebook.com/groups/352221223264794https://www.areelpageturner.com/Twitter: @AReelPageTurnerInstagram: @AReelPageTurnerTikTok:@areelpageturner

Happy St. Patrick’s Day from A Reel Page Turner! Join Maura and Donny as they talk about the Irish classic “Darby O’Gill and the Little People! “ The 1959 film stars Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, and Sean Connery in one of his first starring roles! It was based on the 1903 short story collection “ Darby O’Gill   and the Good People” by Herminie Templeton Kavanagh!Connect with A Reel Page Turner: https://www.facebook.com/groups/352221223264794https://www.areelpageturner.com/Twitter: @AReelPageTurnerInstagram: @AReelPageTurnerTikTok:@areelpageturner

In honor of Black History Month, Maura and Donny discuss the 2014 memoir “Just Mercy: A story of Justice and “Redemption.“ The wildly acclaimed and award winning book was written by Bryan Stevenson and details his fight for justice defending death row inmates particularly the story of wrongfully convicted man Walter “Johnny D” McMillan. The 2019 film adaptation stars Michael B. Jordan as Bryan and Jamie Foxx as Johnny D.Connect with A Reel Page Turner: https://www.facebook.com/groups/352221223264794https://www.areelpageturner.com/Twitter: @AReelPageTurnerInstagram: @AReelPageTurnerTikTok:@areelpageturner

Are you ready for some football? Maura and Donny hit the gridiron with the latest episode on the 1984 novel “On Any Given Sunday” by former NFL player Pat Toomay and the very loosely connected 1999 film “Any Given Sunday”. The film was helmed by Oliver Stone and features an ensemble cast headed by Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, James Woods, LL Cool J and Ann Margaret.Connect with A Reel Page Turner: https://www.facebook.com/groups/352221223264794https://www.areelpageturner.com/Twitter: @AReelPageTurnerInstagram: @AReelPageTurnerTikTok:@areelpageturner

Join Maura and Donny in the first potentially NSFW episode of A Reel Page Turner! The topic of discussion is the 2017 memoir “Notes to Boys: And Other Things  I shouldn’t Share in Public”, and its film adaptation the curiously titled “My Year of Dicks”. The 24 minute short film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.Connect with A Reel Page Turner: https://www.facebook.com/groups/352221223264794https://www.areelpageturner.com/Twitter: @AReelPageTurnerInstagram: @AReelPageTurnerTikTok:@areelpageturner

Welcome to the first episode of 2024! Maura and Donny discuss “The Silver Linings Playbook,”the 2008 novel by Matthew Quick and its 2012 film adaptation. The film was written and directed by David O. Russel and stars Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro and Jackie Weaver.Connect with A Reel Page Turner: https://www.facebook.com/groups/352221223264794https://www.areelpageturner.com/Twitter: @AReelPageTurnerInstagram: @AReelPageTurnerTikTok:@areelpageturner

It’s the final episode of the year with Maura and Donny discussing a holiday classic “Miracle on34th Street.” The 1947 film starred Maureen O’Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood, and Edmund Gwynn. The novella was written by Valentin Davies and came out the same year as a companion book.Connect with A Reel Page Turner: https://www.facebook.com/groups/352221223264794https://www.areelpageturner.com/Twitter: @AReelPageTurnerInstagram: @AReelPageTurnerTikTok:@areelpageturner

Ho Ho Ho! Join Maura and Donny as they kick off the holiday season with the 2001 novel “Skipping Christmas!” It was written by John Grisham in a departure from his usual output! The 2004 film adaptation titled “Christmas with the Kranks” starting Tim Allen and Jamie Leigh Curtis!Connect with A Reel Page Turner: https://www.facebook.com/groups/352221223264794https://www.areelpageturner.com/Twitter: @AReelPageTurnerInstagram: @AReelPageTurnerTikTok:@areelpageturner

Maura and Donny’s latest episode is on the interestingly titled memoir “Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies” by Michael Ausiello. It was published in 2017 and was adapted into the critically acclaimed 2022 film “Spoiler Alert.” The film was written by David Marshall Grant and Dan Savage, directed by Michael Showalter and starred Jim Parsons, Ben Aldridge, and Sally Field.Connect with A Reel Page Turner: https://www.facebook.com/groups/352221223264794https://www.areelpageturner.com/Twitter: @AReelPageTurnerInstagram: @AReelPageTurnerTikTok:@areelpageturner

This latest episode is a perfect fit as Maura and Donny try on the 2001 Anne Brashares novel  “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.” It was followed by the 2005 film adaptation starring Blake Lively, America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn, and Alexis Bledel.Connect with A Reel Page Turner: https://www.facebook.com/groups/352221223264794https://www.areelpageturner.com/Twitter: @AReelPageTurnerInstagram: @AReelPageTurnerTikTok:@areelpageturner

It’s spooky season! The newest episode of  A Reel Pager covers Bram Stokers “Dracula” and the cult classic movie from 1992.  The movie by Francis Ford Coppola starred Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves, Gary Oldman and Anthony Hopkins.Happy Halloween!Connect with A Reel Page Turner: https://www.facebook.com/groups/352221223264794https://www.areelpageturner.com/Twitter: @AReelPageTurnerInstagram: @AReelPageTurnerTikTok:@areelpageturner

This week Donny and Maura are joined by author Adam Gogolski. The trio discuss the classic novel “The Odyssey” by Homer and its “modern” retelling  in the film “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” This 2000 film was made by the Coen brothers and stars George Clooney. Adam shares his insights of “The Odyssey” and the film.Adam is the author of the book “The Wealding Word” and can be reached via his website at acgogolski.com Connect with A Reel Page Turner: https://www.facebook.com/groups/352221223264794https://www.areelpageturner.com/Twitter: @AReelPageTurnerInstagram: @AReelPageTurnerTikTok:@areelpageturner

On this weeks episode of A Reel Page Turner, Donny and Maura discuss the 2005 coming-of-age novel “You Are So Not Coming to my Bat Mitzvah” by Fiona Rosenbloom. The 2023 Netflix adaptation stars Adam Sandler and his daughters Sunny and Sadie Sandler as well as his wife Jackie. It also features Idina Menzel.Connect with A Reel Page Turner: https://www.facebook.com/groups/352221223264794https://www.areelpageturner.com/Twitter: @AReelPageTurnerInstagram: @AReelPageTurnerTikTok:@areelpageturner

This week Donny and Maura are leaving a “light” on for ya with the  latest episode  “The Lighthouse” . The 2019 film directed by Robert Eggers and written by him and his brother Max. It stars Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson, and is based on an unfinished short story by Edgar Allen Poe who died before its completion.Connect with A Reel Page Turner: https://www.facebook.com/groups/352221223264794https://www.areelpageturner.com/Twitter: @AReelPageTurnerInstagram: @AReelPageTurnerTikTok:@areelpageturner

We’re going back to school in our latest episode, specifically law school! Maura and Donny talk about the 2001 comedy “Legally Blonde” and the novel it’s based on by Amanda Brown. The film made a star of Reese Witherspoon and features a supporting cast of Luke Wilson, Jennifer Coolidge, Selma Blair and Victor Garber!Connect with A Reel Page Turner: https://www.facebook.com/groups/352221223264794https://www.areelpageturner.com/Twitter: @AReelPageTurnerInstagram: @AReelPageTurnerTikTok:@areelpageturner

I know what you did last summer! Well…I don’t know what you did but somebody knows what 4 teenagers did and is hell bent on making them pay! The 1973 Lois Duncan novel “I Know what you did Last Summer” was adapted into the 1997 slasher classic starring Jennifer Love Hewitt Freddie Prinze Jr Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillipe!Connect with A Reel Page Turner: https://www.facebook.com/groups/352221223264794https://www.areelpageturner.com/Twitter: @AReelPageTurnerInstagram: @AReelPageTurnerTikTok:@areelpageturner

A Reel Page Turner is  back with  the Season 5 premiere! Donny and Maura  talk about the late great Tina Turner and her 1986 autobiography “I Tina” co-written by Kurt Loder. The book was adapted into the 1993 film “What’s Love Got to Do With It?”  starring Angela Bassett as Tina and Laurence Fishburn as Ike Turner. It was directed by Brian Gibson and written by Kate Lanier.Connect with A Reel Page Turner: https://www.facebook.com/groups/352221223264794https://www.areelpageturner.com/Twitter: @AReelPageTurnerInstagram: @AReelPageTurnerTikTok:@areelpageturner

On today's episode we talk about the 1983 comedy classic National Lampoon's Vacation. It was written by John Hughes, directed by Harold Ramis, and stars Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, and Anthony Michael Hall. It was based on the short story Vacation 58, also written by Hughes. It appeared in the National Lampoon Magazine in 1979. This is our season 4 finale! We'll see you in August!  Connect with A Reel Page Turner: https://www.facebook.com/groups/352221223264794https://www.areelpageturner.com/Twitter: @AReelPageTurnerInstagram: @AReelPageTurnerTikTok:@areelpageturner