Where the Truth Lies

Rental and retail: Starting with high promise - arthouse star director Atom Egoyan, a nightclub showbiz-style pairing of Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth, and a mysterious murder - this adaptation of Rupert Homes' novel just goes on getting odder and more tangled.

Adaptation dramas

Novel approach ... the book and screen versions of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Photograph: Kobal In the past when confronted with stories such as the one in today's Guardian on the top 50 film adaptations of books as chosen by a "panel of experts", I've wondered who exactly these experts are. This time, I was one of them.

Opus Dei demands Da Vinci Code disclaimer

The Catholic organisation Opus Dei has requested that Sony Pictures include a disclaimer on its upcoming film adaptation of Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code, as a mark of respect towards the Catholic church.

Young hopefuls seek Golden Compass

About 1,500 girls, accompanied by 2,500 parents, turned up to the first open casting call for the role of Lyra Belacqua in the hotly-anticipated film adaptation of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials yesterday.

King Lear

Andrew Pulver: A Soviet adaptation issuing from the dark days of the Brezhnev era.

Opus Dei demands cuts to Da Vinci Code

The conservative Roman Catholic group at the centre of The Da Vinci Code, the film adaptation of Dan Brown's novel, has called for a change to the ending so as not to offend Catholics.

China bans Memoirs of a Geisha

The Hollywood adaptation of the Arthur Golden bestseller Memoirs of a Geisha has been banned in China, one week before its scheduled premiere in the country.