Thanks, I'll Take It From Here

How did a wicker fisherman sitting beside a pond inspire a Hollywood romance starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård?This week, Kami sits down with Ursula Wills, author of The Wicker Husband, to discuss the nearly 20-year journey from short story to the big screen.Ursula shares the real-life inspiration behind Wicker, behind-the-scenes stories from the film's production, and how the filmmakers brought its extraordinary practical effects to life. She also discusses the changes made during the adaptation and what it was like to see her story transformed into a feature film.Plus, get a look at her upcoming short story collection and find out why fans may soon be able to visit a recreation of the wicker fisherman that inspired it all!Purchase The Wicker Husband and connect with Ursula at https://www.ursulawills.co.uk/

Twenty years later, we're revisiting Just My Luck (2006), starring Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine! I'm joined by Paula from Let's Talk Happily Ever After to unpack Ashley's questionable decisions, the surprising connection between luck and privilege, our love for early 2000s Chris Pine, and whether this nostalgic rom-com deserves a modern reboot.

What happens when the life you've built no longer feels like the life you want?In this episode of Thanks, I'll Take It From Here, I'm joined by author Kathleen Reidy to discuss her debut romance novel, Engineering a Love Story.Set during the dot-com boom of 2000, the novel follows Chelsea, a successful young woman who leaves her marriage and unexpectedly finds love while building a new life for herself.Kathleen and I talk about the inspiration behind the book and her experiences working in the tech industry. We also discuss changing careers later in life and her journey to becoming a published author at 55.Visit Kathleen's website to learn more about her, get in touch, or purchase Engineering a Love Story:https://www.kathleenreidy.comSubscribe to Thanks, I'll Take It From Here for more conversations with authors and the people behind the stories we love.

Violet and Edmund Bridgerton are finally getting their own Netflix prequel series! With Shonda Rhimes returning to the Bridgerton universe, we're breaking down the official announcement and what Julia Quinn's books reveal about the love story that started it all.In this episode of Thanks, I'll Take It From Here, Kami explores Violet in Bloom, the novella from The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After, and the moments from Violet and Edmund's romance that could make it into the new series. Spoiler warning: This episode contains spoilers for Violet in Bloom.Follow @takeitfromhere.media on Instagram and TikTok for more Bridgerton coverage and book-to-screen adaptation analysis.

Rewatching your favorite childhood Halloween movies as an adult is really just discovering all the devastating backstories you completely ignored because there was magic happening.In this episode, I’m revisiting Casper, Halloweentown, The Haunted Mansion, Twitches, and Monster House to talk about everything that went completely over my head as a kid.Apparently childhood me was just here for the Halloween vibes.

We need to talk about Our Lips Are Sealed because this movie goes from a disastrous first day of high school to witness protection and an international crime boss being taken down with a boomerang.In this episode of Thanks, I’ll Take It From Here, I’m breaking down the full movie and talking about the funniest moments, the fashion, the Australia of it all and everything I noticed watching it again as an adult.Next, we’re doing Life-Size and Ice Princess, so subscribe so you don’t miss those episodes.#OurLipsAreSealed #MaryKateAndAshley #OlsenTwins #2000sMovies

Spa Weekend and The End of Oak Street could not be more different, so which one should you see? I review the new Leslie Mann, Anna Faris, Isla Fisher and Michelle Buteau comedy, Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor’s dinosaur survival movie, and who I think will have the most fun with each one.From future comfort rewatches to dinosaurs terrorizing suburbia, there is apparently a movie for everybody this weekend.

I rewatched the Olsen twins’ Passport to Paris for the first time in about 20 years, and apparently my brain kept the outfits and French boys but threw away half the actual plot.Because why were Mary-Kate and Ashley 12 years old, flying to Paris without their parents, setting their chaperone up with a supermodel, ending up in police custody, and somehow getting involved in a Clean Water Treaty? Y’all, what was going ON in this movie?We’re talking about everything I forgot, Brigitte and Jeremy being way cuter than I remembered, and whether Passport to Paris still holds up watching it as an adult.

In this episode, Kami and Victoria dive into Off Campus Season 2 predictions based on the books and the larger Briar U universe. We’re talking Dean and Allie, Summer Di Laurentis, Hunter Davenport, Grace and Logan, Ramona, Beau Maxwell, and the storylines we think could make it to screen. Spoilers ahead.We’ll also be at the Indies & Bookworms Signing Event in Baltimore. Come hang out, meet indie authors, and bring a book or two.Tickets/details: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/indies-bookworms-signing-event-tickets-1411312837689

Kami and Victoria discuss Every Year After and whether the adaptation lived up to Carley Fortune’s bestselling novel. They break down the biggest book-to-screen changes, Percy and Sam’s story, the new storylines added to the series, and whether those changes helped or hurt the adaptation. They also share their overall review, discuss what worked, what didn’t, and talk about where the series could go next.Did you love the adaptation, prefer the book, or are you somewhere in the middle?