In my recent re-watch review of the original 1984 Firestarter, I said it was an hour and forty minute buildup to the arson-heavy, fireball-spewing finale. Something I doubted the new film would handle as well due to the likely use … Continue reading
Caught an early Thursday screening of Doctor Sleep, the adaptation of Stephen King’s novel and sequel to The Shining. The book is a sequel to King’s own novel and this new film is both a sequel to King’s book and … Continue reading
Checked out the new Netflix movie In the Tall Grass, based on a Stephen King / Joe Hill (one of his kids) novella (which I have not read). This one showed up on Netflix a couple weeks ago and promises … Continue reading
So It: Chapter 2 is out this weekend. The (obvious) sequel to It 2017 (or It: Chapter 1 as it called itself only at the start of the end credits). This flick has the same writer/director, brings back the kids, … Continue reading
Here’s a new film version of Stephen King’s Pet Semetary out this weekend and I checked it out. I read the book 35 (ack!) years ago and saw the original 1989 film version a handful of times (I really liked … Continue reading
Gerald’s Game is a new Stephen King movie that premiered on Netflix Friday night. It’s based on one of his books that I thought was unfilmable when I read it 30 some years ago… but they pulled it off and … Continue reading
So the latest (and first theatrical) adaptation of Stephen King’s It just came out and it’s a really, really solid and effective film. Based on roughly half of the novel, it follows a bunch of outcast “loser” kids as they … Continue reading
The Dark Tower is the new movie based sorta on Stephen King’s 8 book epic Gunslinger series of novels. I say sorta because it’s a 90 minute movie that apparently isn’t directly based on any of the books (I’ve read … Continue reading
Cell is a new digital steaming movie (probably in limited theatrical release) based on a mostly forgotten Stephen King novel from 2006. This adaptation stars John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson which is a decent cast for what amounts to … Continue reading
Carrie remake is out and is basically a remake of the 1970s film and not a retelling of the book (despite the claims)… and this begs the question of whether the original film needs to be remade. I say sure, … Continue reading