Prisoners (2013)
When Becca and I saw the trailer for Prisoners, I knew that it would be a film that I’d be hunting down for her. When it ended, she said, “Why can’t every movie be that perfect?” I asked what she meant. “Nothing dumb happened.” Kelly Dover (Hugh Jackman, forever Wolverine to me) and his wife Grace […]
STEPHEN KING WEEK: Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
After the two Creepshow movies, where can you turn for a modern portmanteau filled with Stephen King stories? How about the cinematic version of the TV show Tales from the Darkside? The success of Creepshow led to thoughts of making it into a TV series. Warned Brothers owned some aspects and Laurel Entertainment, who produced the film (its George […]
STEPHEN KING WEEK: The Stand (1994)
The unabridged version of the stand is 1,152 pages. How do you film that? How do you capture everything? This 1994 miniseries — originally airing from May 8 – 12 of that year — made a valiant effort. It’s nearly impossible to get in every character from the book, but that doesn’t mean that these […]
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