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!”
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‘Never Flinch’ Never Rises To Top Of Stephen King’s Best Works
Sometimes, writers find their supporting and secondary characters are the more fascinating ones than the main protagonists and the main villains. In the Stephen King universe, there have been numerous characters that have come and went. Take how King introduced us to Sheriff George Bannerman in The Dead Zone only to kill him off asContinue reading “‘Never Flinch’ Never Rises To Top Of Stephen King’s Best Works”
Some Things Don’t Deserve To Be Reassessed Decades Later
In recent months, filmmaker John Carpenter came under fire from his own fans that his 1983 adaptation of Stephen King’s Christine isn’t as great as people make it out to be. Carpenter has been one of the few mainstream directors who doesn’t shy away from the fact that he does a movie for money norContinue reading “Some Things Don’t Deserve To Be Reassessed Decades Later”
My Thoughts On ‘The Monkey’ Are Shit, Man, That Sucks
Stephen King’s “The Monkey” was used as the cover art of his second collection novel Skeleton Crew. The paperback itself was used in a reading ad where Michael J. Fox is holding it. Something about it just looked creepy even though the toy itself isn’t all harmless. King published the story in 1980 in whichContinue reading “My Thoughts On ‘The Monkey’ Are Shit, Man, That Sucks”
‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’ Terrifying Thriller With Great Social Commentary
As he nears 80 later this year, John Lithgow’s range and versatility has catapulted him to an A-lister that can also work more comfortably in roles for character actors. At the start of career, he seemed unlikely to be anything but a character actor with that receding hair line, 6-foot-4 stature and a face thatContinue reading “‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’ Terrifying Thriller With Great Social Commentary”
‘Running Man’ A Sensational Warning Of A Future Closely Approaching
Note: This post does contain spoilers to this and other movies. One the surface, a movie like 1987’s The Running Man seems to be more of a typical Arnold Schwarzenegger action fare. But under the surface is a satire and maybe a warning of a future that seems vastly approaching to a reality. Now thatContinue reading “‘Running Man’ A Sensational Warning Of A Future Closely Approaching”
Third Adaptation Of ”Salem’s Lot’ Sucks Life Out Of Source Material
Stephen King had already written the first draft of what became ‘Salem’s Lot when his first novel, Carrie, was published 50 years ago. Originally titled Second Coming, it was changed to Jeruslam’s Lot, which is the real name of the town in the book. Then, it was shortened to just ‘Salem’s Lot, which is theContinue reading “Third Adaptation Of ”Salem’s Lot’ Sucks Life Out Of Source Material”
‘A Little Darker’ Is A Good, Not Great Collection Of Stephen King’s Latest
Collections and anthologies are always hard sells for me. I know good any well, there’s going to be parts that I don’t care about. Some stories don’t thrill or excite as much as the others. It might have seem like a good read in a magazine while you’re sitting on the bathroom throne or drinkingContinue reading “‘A Little Darker’ Is A Good, Not Great Collection Of Stephen King’s Latest”
‘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”
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