Movie Reviews7.7/10
Gerald’s Game Review: Flanagan Makes the Unfilmable Work, 7.7/10
Mike Flanagan turned Stephen King's supposedly impossible novel into a Netflix horror hit, with Carla Gugino pinned to a bed for 104 tense minutes.
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Tag: Stephen King
Movie Reviews4.6/10
Stephen King Adaptation Secret Window Squanders Its Promise Long Before the Credits
Secret Window (2004) review: Johnny Depp, Stephen King, and a thriller that's competent, watchable, and entirely forgettable. Rated 4.6 of 10.
Movie Reviews5.3/10
Carrie (2013) Review: A Remake That Updates Without Deepening
Carrie 2013 remake review: Chloë Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore star in Kimberly Peirce's social-media update that never catches fire.
TV Reviews5.9/10
The Langoliers” Review: A Fascinating 1995 Miniseries That Isn’t Good”
A review of ABC's 1995 Stephen King miniseries The Langoliers: an empty plane, a dead airport, Dean Stockwell, and monsters that don't work.
Movie Reviews5.9/10
Doctor Sleep: A Reverent Sequel That Mistakes Fidelity for Feeling
Mike Flanagan's Doctor Sleep tries to be both a Shining sequel and a Stephen King adaptation, but its 152-minute runtime and reverence weigh it down.
Movie Reviews6.4/10
1408 Review: One Room, One Hour, One John Cusack
A skeptical ghost-hunter checks into a hotel room that has killed 56 people in 1408, the 2007 Stephen King film with John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson.
TV Reviews6.6/10
Castle Rock: Two Seasons, One Broken Idea
Castle Rock ran two seasons and 20 episodes on Hulu before its November 2020 cancellation, never finding a through-line for its Stephen King town.
Movie Reviews3.4/10
Stephen King’s Gunslinger Saga Got One Film and Then Stopped
The Dark Tower runs 95 minutes and tries to compress eight Stephen King novels. Idris Elba shines, but the 2017 film scores just 3.4/10.
TV Reviews5.6/10
Stephen King’s Plague Epic Gets Nine Hours and Still Rushes the Ending
CBS All Access's The Stand miniseries has a deep cast and a new Stephen King ending, but nine episodes let the middle sag. Score: 5.6/10.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
Frank Darabont’s Stephen King adaptation finds its real horror in a grocery store full of people
A review of Frank Darabont's The Mist (2007), a monster movie that's really about people turning on each other in a grocery store. Score: 5.8/10.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
It Chapter Two runs 169 minutes. That is not a footnote. It is the whole problem.
It Chapter Two runs 169 minutes and that's the problem. A review of the bloated Stephen King sequel, its cast, box office and split verdict.
TV Reviews6.1/10
IT: Welcome to Derry Review: A Flawed but Striking Return to Derry
IT: Welcome to Derry review: HBO's Pennywise prequel set in 1962 scores 6.1/10, with a strong young cast but a weak military subplot.