The botched new 'Catch-22' adaptation reminds us that some novels are unfilmable

The George Clooney-produced miniseries of "Catch-22" began streaming last week on Hulu, and as I watched the first three of its five episodes, an unsettled feeling crept over me. The advance publicity suggested that this version, as opposed to Mike Nichols' botched 1970 film, got the book right....