Happy Birthday To The King, Stephen King, That Is!

As a long-time Stephen King fan, I want to wish him a Happy Birthday as he turns 78 today. For a man to live the life he has and to still be kicking is a testament to perseverance. Raised in poverty mostly in rural Maine, his father left when he was two. And King andContinue reading “Happy Birthday To The King, Stephen King, That Is!”

George Wendt’s Dark Side In First ‘House’ & ‘Masters Of Horror’ Episode

On TV, George Wendt was just another character actor when he stepped into the role of Bostonian Norm Peterson, a portly 30-something with a laissez-faire attitude and sardonic wit on Cheers. His line, “It’s a dog-eat-dog world and I’m wearing Milkbone underwear” is one of the best lines ever written not just in TV butContinue reading “George Wendt’s Dark Side In First ‘House’ & ‘Masters Of Horror’ Episode”

‘The Stand’ Doesn’t Deliver As Well 30 Years Later

The Stand may be Stephen King’s best novel according to all of his fans and critics. The novel was published so early in his career as a published novelist that such a massive book could’ve very easily ended his career if it wasn’t so well-received. Set mostly in an apocalyptic world where a superflu calledContinue reading “‘The Stand’ Doesn’t Deliver As Well 30 Years Later”

‘Sleepwalkers’ Is The Stuff Lucid Dreams Are Made Of

A movie like Sleepwalkers was advertised as the first movie Stephen King had written for the movies that wasn’t based on a previous body of work. And it shows why King is better at writing novels than he is at writing scripts. I don’t know what it is but his scripts aren’t the best. I’mContinue reading “‘Sleepwalkers’ Is The Stuff Lucid Dreams Are Made Of”