Welcome to this special edition where I’ve got my friend and site contributor, Ted Saydalavong, joining me to review the same film. Since Ted has read Stephen King’s book and watched the 1987 movie, we have different expectations and reactions to it. Did we end up with two totally different takes on the film? Well, …
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FlixChatter Guest Review – The Long Walk (2025) – A solid adaptation of Stephen King’s work, but it should have stuck with the book’s original ending
Stephen King's The Long Walk journey from book to big screen adaptation was a long one (pun intended). Some of the most well-known filmmakers were involved in the film adaptation throughout the years. The names include Steven Spielberg, George A. Romero, Rob Reiner, and Frank Darabont. But turning a book about teenagers walking and swearing …
FlixChatter Review: The Life of Chuck (2025) – a poignant, uplifting existential drama where Tom Hiddleston gets to show off his killer dance moves
A film adaptation of Stephen King’s work by a horror director, Mike Flanagan (Ouija: Origin of Evil, Doctor Sleep) isn’t usually something I’d go for. Even during the promos for this film, Mark Hamill said he initially assumed it’d be a hair-raising thriller when he first came across the project, but it turned out to …
The FlixList: Five BEST and WORST Stephen King’s film adaptations
With second part of Stephen King’s IT (It Chapter Two - check out our review) just hit theaters this past weekend and DOCTOR SLEEP later in November, I thought I should list my 5 best and worst films based on his novels. Now, I haven’t seen all of the films that were based on his …
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FlixChatter Review: PET SEMATARY (2019)
Directed by: Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer Starring: Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, Jeté Laurence and John Lithgow A year prior to graduating high school I had seen Mary Lambert’s 1989 adaptation of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary in the theaters. Yeah – remember those? (I’m looking at you streaming fans). I was on a date and …
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