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Doctor Sleep Review: Worth Staying Up For

Jason Gorber — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 19:00:29 +0000

Consider me shocked. As much as I enjoyed director Mike Flanagan’s Oculus, the idea of messing with Stanley Kubrick’s vision by making a sequel to The Shining is a tough prescription for Doctor Sleep to fill. Most of you already know that Stephen King didn’t care for what Kubrick did to The Shining. His 2013...

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Now Streaming: In the Tall Grass

Deirdre Crimmins — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 17:00:53 +0000

Death, taxes, and inadequate Stephen King adaptations are three guarantees in life. In the Tall Grass upholds this tradition of missing the mark, but it deserves some credit for trying. Director Vincenzo Natali is no stranger to high concept cinema. From Cube to Splice, and several other single word title films, Natali has been able...

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It: Chapter Two Review – Whatever Floats Your Boat

Deirdre Crimmins — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 12:00:01 +0000

A clown, especially an ancient evil one, is a grand central character for any horror film. However, it takes more than Pennywise to keep It: Chapter Two rolling. Though Chapter Two picks up mere moments after the events at the end of part one, the film primarily takes place 27 years later, in present day....

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Cannes Journal: The Shining in 4k

Jason Gorber — Wed, 29 May 2019 17:00:30 +0000

For three years running, Warner Bros. has promoted a new restoration as part of the “Cannes Classics” series. These screenings take place in the Debussy, the second largest (and preferred) theater of the palais complex. With 900 seats, it’s a true temple to cinema, with particularly exceptional sound reproduction. The screenings are treated as premieres,...

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Pet Sematary (2019) Review: Sometimes Undead Is Better

Deirdre Crimmins — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 12:00:37 +0000

Though he’s typically worshipped as the patriarch of modern horror, filmmakers have had mixed results in adapting Stephen King’s stories for the big screen. The latest incarnation of Pet Sematary is one of the better versions of his work lately, if still by no means perfect. Taking on one of the better known and more...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of January 7th, 2018 – We All Float Down Here

Josh Zyber — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 13:00:47 +0000

This week, everybody’s buzzing about the story of a demented clown who ruins countless lives and poses a terrifying threat to the world. But this is probably not the right place to discuss the ‘Fire and Fury‘ book, so let’s look at some new Blu-rays instead. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘It‘ – Stephen King had a...

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‘It’ Review: Scarier Things

Philip Brown — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 19:00:36 +0000

That Tim Curry performance as Pennywise in the 1990 TV miniseries might be iconic, but beyond that, Stephen King’s magnum horror opus ‘It’ never really got the film adaptation it deserved. Only those who have read King’s indulgent novel knew what made the material is so chilling and resonant. Until now. In some ways, the...

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Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Stephen King Book

Josh Zyber — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 19:00:56 +0000

With two major movie adaptations of his work hitting cinema screens this year, Stephen King is a hot property once again. Not that he ever stopped being a hot property, of course. He’s one of the bestselling authors of all time. Odds are good that you’ve probably read some of his novels or novellas or...

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‘The Dark Tower’ Review: Epic Mediocrity

Philip Brown — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 17:00:37 +0000

Another summer, another batch of popular pre-existing fantasy franchises turned into blockbuster hopefuls. It’s so common now that it’s rarely exciting. There was a time when transforming Stephen King’s cultish epic ‘The Dark Tower’ into a film franchise would have felt like a film nerd’s wet dream. Now, its just business as usual. As developed...

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‘The Mist’ Pilot Recap: Under the Dome… of Fog!

Josh Zyber — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 19:00:14 +0000

The Spike network’s ‘The Mist’ is the latest attempt to turn a Stephen King story into a serialized television drama. With that in mind, most fans of the author (or of quality television) must surely be questioning whether the show will be as awful as CBS’s ill-fated ‘Under the Dome’. Sadly, it’s too soon to...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of September 18th, 2016 – Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO!

Josh Zyber — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 12:00:57 +0000

2016 has been a really tough time for sequels. Some of the year’s seemingly surefire franchise hits wound up disappointing at the box office. Two such casualties make their way to Blu-ray this week. New Releases ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows‘ – One of the biggest complaints that ‘TMNT’ fans had about...

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‘Haven’ Series Finale Recap: “Do You Like Pancakes?”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 14:00:15 +0000

After six seasons on the air (don’t buy into the network’s games labeling this last run of episodes as “Season 5 Part 2”), Syfy’s supernatural mystery ‘Haven’ finally drew to a close last week. Sadly, the show ran out of steam a couple years ago and sticking with it to the bitter end has been...

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