The 2017 “It” remake – now available from Redbox — is the most Stephen Kingy Stephen King adaptation to hit the screen in a long time, as the interactions between the heroic nerds and villainous […]
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“Apt Pupil” – Fascinated by Hitler’s Germany, a young student (Brad Renfro) discovers the nature of evil from an ex-Nazi. Bryan Singer’s film is a deliciously depressing tale about a fascinating subject, bursting with themes […]
“The Green Mile” – As he did with “The Shawshank Redemption,” Frank Darabont translates a powerful Stephen King prison tale into a screen gem. Mysterious messiah figure John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan), the supposed murderer […]
NDSU Spectrum: Movie review ‘Hearts in Atlantis’ is Stephen King at his best By JOHN HANSEN Oct. 5, 2001 There once was a time when getting an adult library card, playing ball with friends and […]
First episode impressions (TV review): Stephen King’s short story gets expanded into a series.
“Under the Dome” (9 p.m. Central Mondays on CBS), a 13-episode series based on Stephen King’s novel, starts with a rapid-fire opening hour where we meet the main characters and learn the nature of the dome […]
“Bag of Bones” (1998) is one of my favorite Stephen King books, so it’s refreshing to see A&E doing a beautiful job adapting it. (Part one was on Sunday, and the final two-hour installment will be […]
TV review: Here are my rankings of the 20 episodes of “The X-Files’ ” fifth season — an appetizer for the main course that is the first “X-Files” movie.