Stephen King

‘Life of Chuck’ is a small story with big thoughts

Ernst Lubitsch had the Lubitsch Touch in bringing classy filmmaking to mass-market concepts like rom-coms, and today Mike Flanagan has the Flanagan Touch in infusing

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Powell’s ‘Running Man’ takes a while to get up to speed

“The Running Man” (1987) predicted now-normal things like tech that spies on you, deep-fake insta-CGI and the ubiquity of “reality TV” (maybe the most Orwellian

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Self-cannibalizing ‘The Monkey’ is more dark than comedic

“The Monkey” is the fourth-biggest Stephen King adaptation of 2025, but it’s the one that most cynically comments on the fact that Hollywood can’t get

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‘It: Welcome to Derry’ expands from King’s work in King-y way

Showrunner (and often director) Andy Muschietti knows how to make a sale. As with the “It” movies, but more so, he gets stellar performances out

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I’m not scared of clowns. Can I still enjoy ‘It: Chapter Two’ (2019)?

“It” – in all its incarnations – strikes me as Stephen King’s (and the adapters’) attempt to expand the themes of “Stand By Me” (the

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‘The Running Man’ (1987) charges ahead to a dystopian future

A remake of “The Running Man” (1987) comes out this week, and while I won’t judge the film before seeing it, there’s one area it

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Fall movie preview 2025: 10 films I wouldn’t mind seeing

Tis the season for Stephen King adaptations, biopics, mysteries, Oscar bait and oddities. These are my picks for 10 films from Fall 2025 worth checking

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Fall TV preview 2025: 10 shows I wouldn’t mind watching

Here’s a look at 10 television series on my radar in Fall 2025 plus a whole bunch of murder mysteries that I might sift through.

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What summer 2025 movies are worth getting off your couch for?

Anecdotally, this looks like the most loaded summer of movies in a long time, possibly ever. The big franchises are supplemented by surprising legacy comedy

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‘Insomnia’ (1994) is long but not sleep-inducing

If a 787-page epic that Stephen King spent three years writing can be underrated and overlooked, “Insomnia” (1994) is it. Long enough to be an

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