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#Denver Win Passes to #GirlontheTrain 10/4
The Girl on the Train
Director: Tate Taylor
Writers: Paula Hawkins (novel), Erin Cressida Wilson (adaptation)
Starring: Haley Bennett, Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence, sexual content, language and nudity
Official Socials: Site | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | IMDb
Hashtag: #TheGirlOnTheTrain
Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux, Haley Bennett, Edgar Ramirez and Allison Janney star in DreamWorks Pictures' The Girl on the Train, from director Tate Taylor (The Help, Get on Up) and producer Marc Platt (Bridge of Spies, Into the Woods). In the thriller, Rachel (Blunt), who is devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.
Based on Paula Hawkins' bestselling novel, The Girl on the Train is adapted for the screen by Erin Cressida Wilson. The film's executive producers are Jared LeBoff and Celia Costas, and it will be released by Universal Pictures.
Do you want to see THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN before it hits theaters? Click the poster below for your chance to win a pass for you and a friend to check out an advance screening on Tuesday, October 4 in Denver! Seats in the theater are first-come, first-serve so PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY! In theaters everywhere October 7! www.thegirlonthetrainmovie.com
#SaltLakeCity Win Passes to #GirlontheTrain 10/4
The Girl on the Train
Director: Tate Taylor
Writers: Paula Hawkins (novel), Erin Cressida Wilson (adaptation)
Starring: Haley Bennett, Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence, sexual content, language and nudity
Official Socials: Site | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | IMDb
Hashtag: #TheGirlOnTheTrain
Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux, Haley Bennett, Edgar Ramirez and Allison Janney star in DreamWorks Pictures' The Girl on the Train, from director Tate Taylor (The Help, Get on Up) and producer Marc Platt (Bridge of Spies, Into the Woods). In the thriller, Rachel (Blunt), who is devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.
Based on Paula Hawkins' bestselling novel, The Girl on the Train is adapted for the screen by Erin Cressida Wilson. The film's executive producers are Jared LeBoff and Celia Costas, and it will be released by Universal Pictures.
Do you want to see THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN before it hits theaters? Click the poster below for your chance to win a pass for you and a friend to check out an advance screening on Tuesday, October 4 in Salt Lake City! Seats in the theater are first-come, first-serve so PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY! In theaters everywhere October 7! www.thegirlonthetrainmovie.com
#Providence Win Passes to #GirlontheTrain 10/4
The Girl on the Train
Director: Tate Taylor
Writers: Paula Hawkins (novel), Erin Cressida Wilson (adaptation)
Starring: Haley Bennett, Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence, sexual content, language and nudity
Official Socials: Site | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | IMDb
Hashtag: #TheGirlOnTheTrain
Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux, Haley Bennett, Edgar Ramirez and Allison Janney star in DreamWorks Pictures' The Girl on the Train, from director Tate Taylor (The Help, Get on Up) and producer Marc Platt (Bridge of Spies, Into the Woods). In the thriller, Rachel (Blunt), who is devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.
Based on Paula Hawkins' bestselling novel, The Girl on the Train is adapted for the screen by Erin Cressida Wilson. The film's executive producers are Jared LeBoff and Celia Costas, and it will be released by Universal Pictures.
For your chance to win complimentary passes to the advance screening of The Girl on the Train, enter the Rafflecopter below.
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#Hartford Win Passes to #GirlontheTrain 10/4
The Girl on the Train
Director: Tate Taylor
Writers: Paula Hawkins (novel), Erin Cressida Wilson (adaptation)
Starring: Haley Bennett, Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence, sexual content, language and nudity
Official Socials: Site | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | IMDb
Hashtag: #TheGirlOnTheTrain
Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux, Haley Bennett, Edgar Ramirez and Allison Janney star in DreamWorks Pictures' The Girl on the Train, from director Tate Taylor (The Help, Get on Up) and producer Marc Platt (Bridge of Spies, Into the Woods). In the thriller, Rachel (Blunt), who is devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.
Based on Paula Hawkins' bestselling novel, The Girl on the Train is adapted for the screen by Erin Cressida Wilson. The film's executive producers are Jared LeBoff and Celia Costas, and it will be released by Universal Pictures.
For your chance to win complimentary passes to the advance screening of The Girl on the Train, enter the Rafflecopter below.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
#Boston Win Passes to #GirlontheTrain 10/4
The Girl on the Train
Director: Tate Taylor
Writers: Paula Hawkins (novel), Erin Cressida Wilson (adaptation)
Starring: Haley Bennett, Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence, sexual content, language and nudity
Official Socials: Site | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | IMDb
Hashtag: #TheGirlOnTheTrain
Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux, Haley Bennett, Edgar Ramirez and Allison Janney star in DreamWorks Pictures' The Girl on the Train, from director Tate Taylor (The Help, Get on Up) and producer Marc Platt (Bridge of Spies, Into the Woods). In the thriller, Rachel (Blunt), who is devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.
Based on Paula Hawkins' bestselling novel, The Girl on the Train is adapted for the screen by Erin Cressida Wilson. The film's executive producers are Jared LeBoff and Celia Costas, and it will be released by Universal Pictures.
For your chance to win complimentary passes to the advance screening of The Girl on the Train, enter the Rafflecopter below.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
#Seattle Win VIP Passes to #GirlontheTrain & Movie Prize Pack!
The Girl on the Train
Director: Tate Taylor
Writers: Paula Hawkins (novel), Erin Cressida Wilson (adaptation)
Starring: Haley Bennett, Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence, sexual content, language and nudity
Official Socials: Site | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | IMDb
Hashtag: #TheGirlOnTheTrain
A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves throughout her life.
Hey everyone, we are thrilled to announced 3 lucky readers of this blog will have the chance to win tote bag, lip balm, poster, luggage tag, and a pair of VIP screening passes to watch The Girl on the Train! We love this story and we are thrilled to see it on the big screen. So enter below by telling us why you would like to see this movie.
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#Portland Win VIP Passes to #GirlontheTrain & Movie Prize Pack!
The Girl on the Train
Director: Tate Taylor
Writers: Paula Hawkins (novel), Erin Cressida Wilson (adaptation)
Starring: Haley Bennett, Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence, sexual content, language and nudity
Official Socials: Site | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | IMDb
Hashtag: #TheGirlOnTheTrain
A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves throughout her life.
Hey everyone, we are thrilled to announced 3 lucky readers of this blog will have the chance to win tote bag, lip balm, poster, luggage tag, and a pair of VIP screening passes to watch The Girl on the Train! We love this story and we are thrilled to see it on the big screen. So enter below by telling us why you would like to see this movie.
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#Atlanta Win Passes to #TheGirlOnTheTrain @ Regal Atlantic Station 10/4
The Girl on the Train
Director: Tate Taylor
Writers: Paula Hawkins (novel), Erin Cressida Wilson (adaptation)
Starring: Haley Bennett, Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence, sexual content, language and nudity
Official Socials: Site | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | IMDb
Hashtag: #TheGirlOnTheTrain
A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves throughout her life.
Click the movie poster to enter for a chance to win passes. Be sure to select "Once Upon a Twilight" as group.
#Nashville Win Passes to #TheGirlOnTheTrain @ Regal Green Hills 10/4
The Girl on the Train
Director: Tate Taylor
Writers: Paula Hawkins (novel), Erin Cressida Wilson (adaptation)
Starring: Haley Bennett, Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence, sexual content, language and nudity
Official Socials: Site | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | IMDb
Hashtag: #TheGirlOnTheTrain
A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves throughout her life.
Click the movie poster to enter for a chance to win passes. Be sure to select "Once Upon a Twilight" as group.
#Raleigh Win Passes to #TheGirlOnTheTrain @ Regal North Hills 10/4
The Girl on the Train
Director: Tate Taylor
Writers: Paula Hawkins (novel), Erin Cressida Wilson (adaptation)
Starring: Haley Bennett, Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence, sexual content, language and nudity
Official Socials: Site | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | IMDb
Hashtag: #TheGirlOnTheTrain
A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves throughout her life.
Click the movie poster to enter for a chance to win passes. Be sure to select "Once Upon a Twilight" as group.
#Charlotte Win Passes to #TheGirlOnTheTrain @ Regal Phillips 10/4
The Girl on the Train
Director: Tate Taylor
Writers: Paula Hawkins (novel), Erin Cressida Wilson (adaptation)
Starring: Haley Bennett, Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence, sexual content, language and nudity
Official Socials: Site | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | IMDb
Hashtag: #TheGirlOnTheTrain
A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves throughout her life.
Click the movie poster to enter for a chance to win passes. Be sure to select "Once Upon a Twilight" as group.
#Greenville Win Passes to #TheGirlOnTheTrain @ Regal Hollywood 10/4
The Girl on the Train
Director: Tate Taylor
Writers: Paula Hawkins (novel), Erin Cressida Wilson (adaptation)
Starring: Haley Bennett, Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence, sexual content, language and nudity
Official Socials: Site | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | IMDb
Hashtag: #TheGirlOnTheTrain
A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves throughout her life.
Click the movie poster to enter for a chance to win passes. Be sure to select "Once Upon a Twilight" as group.
Grab Your Movie Tie-In Edition of The Girl On The Train
The movie tie-in edition of #1 New York Times Bestseller, THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN is now available everywhere. Pick up your copy today!
The anticipated film adaptation starring Emily Blunt, Justin Theroux, and Rebecca Ferguson hits theaters October 7.
Now Available as Movie Tie-In Edition:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
OVER 5 MILLION COPIES SOLD
INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON
FILM FORTHCOMING FROM DREAMWORKS THIS FALL
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN
PAULA HAWKINS
"Nothing is more addicting than The Girl on the Train." — Vanity Fair
“The Girl on the Train has more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller since Gone Girl … The Girl on the Train has Gone Girl-type fun with unreliable spouses, too. The Girl on the Train is liable to draw a large, bedazzled readership too. … full of back-stabbing, none of it literal. … Hawkins keeps all these fibs, threats and innuendoes swirling through her book, to the point where they frighten and undermine each of her characters.” —Janet Maslin, The New York Times
“[The Girl on the Train] pulls off a thriller's toughest trick: carefully assembling everything we think we know, until it reveals the one thing we didn't see coming.” — Entertainment Weekly
“The novel is perfectly paced, from its arresting beginning to its twist ending; it's not an easy book to put down. …what really makes The Girl on the Train such a gripping novel is Hawkins' remarkable understanding of the limits of human knowledge, and the degree to which memory and imagination can become confused.” —NPR.org
“Hawkins’s taut story roars along at the pace of, well, a high-speed train… a smart, searing thriller that offers readers a 360-degree view of lust, love, marriage and divorce.” —Good Housekeeping
“Like its train, the story blasts through the stagnation of these lives in suburban London and the reader cannot help but turn pages... The welcome echoes of “Rear Window” throughout the story and its propulsive narrative make The Girl on the Train an absorbing read.” —The Boston Globe
After an extraordinary 1.5 years on the New York Times bestseller list, with over five million copies sold in the US alone, Riverhead Books is thrilled to release the smash international sensation THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN as a movie tie-in edition, on-sale August 23, 2016. The hotly anticipated film adaptation starring Emily Blunt, Justin Theroux, and Rebecca Ferguson will hit theaters this October and is already building huge buzz.
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN took the world by storm when published last January, debuting atop the New York Times bestseller list and earning widespread, glowing media attention, from profiles in all three major national papers, New York Times, Wall Street Journal & USA Today; to features on all three national morning TV Shows, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning & The Today Show; to rave reviews across the board, including from Janet Maslin in the New York Times, who praised “more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller since Gone Girl” and NPR, who called it “perfectly paced, from its arresting beginning to its twist ending.”
This stunning movie tie-in reissue is sure to capture any new readers who have yet to discover THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN. Paula Hawkins is on track to become a household name and we hope you’ll join us in celebrating this new edition of the explosive debut that started it all.
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About the Author:
Paula Hawkins worked as a journalist for fifteen years before turning her hand to fiction. The Girl on the Train is her first thriller. An international #1 bestseller, published in 50 countries and over 40 languages, it has sold over 11 million copies worldwide and has been adapted into a major motion picture starring Emily Blunt. Hawkins was born in Zimbabwe and now lives in London.
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN • Paula Hawkins • Riverhead Books • Publication Date: August 23, 2016
ISBN: 978-0735212152 • Price: $9.99
Have You Seen the Movie Trailer for 'The Girl On The Train'?!?!
We are super excited about this film, as should you be! If you haven't read the book, we strongly suggest that you do. You can read our 5 star review RIGHT HERE.
The Girl On The Train Official Trailer
Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Allison Janney, Edgar Ramirez, Lisa Kudrow and Laura Prepon star in DreamWorks Pictures’ The Girl on the Train, from director Tate Taylor (The Help, Get on Up) and producer Marc Platt (Bridge of Spies, Into the Woods).
In the thriller, Rachel (Blunt), who is devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.
Based on Paula Hawkins’ bestselling novel, The Girl on the Train is adapted for the screen by Erin Cressida Wilson and Taylor. The film’s executive producers are Jared LeBoff and Celia Costas, and it will be released by Universal Pictures. www.thegirlonthetrainmovie.com
The Girl On The Train hits theaters October 7th!!!
Here's the book that inspired the film:
Book Review: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Author: Paula Hawkins
Reading Level: Adult
Genres: Mystery | Thriller | Crime
Released: January 13th 2015
Review Source: Purchased
A debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives.
Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. “Jess and Jason,” she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.
And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?
Compulsively readable, The Girl on the Train is an emotionally immersive, Hitchcockian thriller and an electrifying debut.
The Girl on The Train by British author Paula Hawkins, is a novel that debuted number one on the New York Times Fiction Best Sellers 2015. It has been compared many times to the book, and subsequent movie, Gone Girl by American author Gillian Flynn. Although I can see some similarities in theme of a darker, more twisted plot and context, I genuinely feel the similarities are like comparing apples and oranges. Yes, they are both fruit, but they both have very different tastes, textures and looks.
The Girl on The Train is about a thirty something year old woman named Rachel who rides the commuter train daily to London. During her ride, as she watches out the window, she always notices the back of a particular set of row houses at one of the stops along her way. One of the homes belongs to her ex-husband, where she used to live with him before he left her for his current wife, Anna. Another house a few doors down belong to a couple she doesn’t know, but whom she always sees outside on their back porch, and she takes an almost obsessive interest in them. She creates names for them (she refers to them as Jess and Steve) and a complete back story of what she believes their lives together must be like.
You definitely get a sense right away that Rachel is very lonely and deeply affected by the affair her ex-husband had on her with his current wife (who now lives in her old home with him and their new baby), but where things get even more intricate to the plot is that we learn early on that Rachel is an alcoholic and was actually fired from her job months prior to the opening of the story for being drunk at work. She rides the train daily as a way to hide her job loss from her roommate. One day Rachel sees something significant in regards to “Jess” as her train passes the row houses, and later when news reports reveal that “Jess”, who is really named Megan (her husband’s name is really Scott) has gone missing, Rachel emerges herself into the situation to try and help find her because she feels a real, rather inexplicable, connection with this woman.
The real interesting twists and turns in this story relate back to Rachel’s alcoholism. A lot of things she sees or remembers, or doesn’t remember for that matter, have to be taken with a grain of salt because we don’t know what is real and what is actually inaccurate do to her being intoxicated the majority of the time. There are a lot of holes in her memory due to black outs and that makes the whole unfolding of this plot, the twists and turns, and the mystery so intriguing. At times, even aside from her intoxication, I found myself wondering if she was actually mentally ill. You really want to pull for her because she is for all proses the story’s heroine, and is the main character, but you just don’t know what is real and what isn’t.
There is also a lot of side plot in regards to her ex-husband, his new wife, and how that whole situation affected Rachel and ties into her current situation, and the situation with the missing woman, Megan. The way Paula Hawkins tied all this together was pure brilliance. Every other chapter of this “What happened?” and “Who may have done it?” kept me changing my mind constantly. I never had a direct “I figured it out!” moment until the very end.
The only thing I can say that was a negative was in the beginning, until you really figure out who is who amongst the characters, it gets a little confusing because the author switches points of view each chapter (and the fact that Rachel makes up names for two of the characters in the beginning doesn’t help with the confusion of keeping things straight). Also each chapter takes place on different dates. So the dates jump from past to present and then back again throughout the book. That was a little hard to keep straight for me at first, but once I got into the story, and all of the characters were sorted out in my mind, I was completely sucked in and couldn’t put it down. I highly recommend this book and I give it 5 Stars! It’s an easy read length wise, too, so it’s a perfect book to read on vacation or on lunch breaks.
The movie rights were already purchased by Dreamworks in 2014 and actress Emily Blunt is in talks to play the leading role of Rachel. If people want to compare this book to Gone Girl then I can only say that with the success of that movie, I think this movie will do the same. So definitely jump on it now before the movie comes out!
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