Category: Movie Reviews

The Dead Zone (1983 Movie)

Even though this movie had the same major plot points as the book, it felt really disjointed going from one storyline to another....

Battle of the Sexes

The 1973 true story of former tennis champ, Bobby Riggs, saying he could beat the women’s number one tennis player, Billie Jean King....

It

I haven’t reached It on my Stephen King reading list yet and I never read it previously. I also missed the Tim Curry miniseries from years ago. I really didn’t know much about the story going in besides there is a clown named Pennywise terrorizing children. Originally, I was...

Colossal

Colossal Starring: Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudekis, Austin Stowell, Tim Blake Nelson, Dan Stevens Directed by: Nacho Vigalondo Written by: Nacho Vigalondo Rating: R Length: 1 hour 49 min Genre: Sci-Fi Comedy Release Date: April 21, 2017 In Colossal, Gloria has been out of work for a while and spends her time partying instead of finding...

Drive Angry

Drive Angry Starring: Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner Directed by: Patrick Lussier Written by: Todd Farmer, Patrick Lussier Rating: R Length: 1 hour 44 min Genre: Action Release Date: February 25, 2011 I started listening to a podcast called How Did This Get Made? about big budget movies gone wrong hosted by Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas...

The Stand (TV Movie)

The Stand Starring: Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Laura San Giacomo, Corin Nemec, Matt Frewer, Rob Lowe, Ray Walston, Bill Fagerbakke Directed by: Mick Garris Written by: Stephen King (book, teleplay) Length: 6 hours Genre: Drama Release Date: May 8-12, 1994 The Stand miniseries does a decent job condensing a huge book into a...

Sometimes They Come Back

Sometimes They Come Back Starring: Tim Matheson, Brooke Adams, Robert Rusler Directed by: Tom McLoughlin Written by: Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal, Stephen King (short story) Rating: R Length: 1 hour 37 min. Genre: Horror Release Date: May 7, 1991 As a TV movie, Sometimes They Come Back can’t rely too much on blood and guts, but...

The Mangler

The Mangler Starring: Robert Englund, Ted Levine, Daniel Matmor Directed by: Tobe Hooper Written by: Stephen King (short story), Tobe Hooper (screenplay), Stephen Brooks (screenplay), Peter Welbeck (screenplay) Rating: R Length: 1 hour 46 minutes Genre: Horror Release Date: March 3, 1995 Some stories are never going to translate well into film. The short story that The...

Graveyard Shift

The Graveyard Shift Starring: David Andrews, Kelly Wolf, Stephen Macht, Brad Dourif Directed by: Ralph S. Singleton Written by: Stephen King (short story), John Esposito (screenplay) Rating: R Length: 1 hour 29 min. Genre: Horror Release Date: October 26, 1990 The Graveyard Shift was not my favorite short story. I viewed it strictly as a horror story...

Trucks

Maximum Overdrive is ridiculous, but it still has some fun, goofy moments. Trucks, based on the same Stephen King short story, has only one goofy moment and I believe it was unintentional. It is unclear why there was a need to make another version of the story while removing...