[there be SPOILERS ahead, may it do ya fine] yesterday i finished sai Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series – entered the clearing at the end of that path it took me right around a year, all told; i think the longest extended narrative i’ve ever read by way of a mini-review: i dug it… [Read More]
What IT Means (and How *Any* Good Story “Means”)
this thing you’re reading is going to have zero jump scares in three expedient little parts: 1. a micro-review of the 2017 movie IT 2. mini-musing on the meaning of IT 3. more mini-musing on how *any* good story “means” in a similar way so, here we go… IT Reviewed you know what IT was? super… [Read More]
Some (Fairly Jesusy) Summer Reading List Quick Hits
if you’re like plenty other people (and you are, cuz look at all us humans, so much more alike than different), then you may intentionally read more than normal during summer months many of us (obv including me in this case) make a “Summer Reading List” of sorts (actually, i didn’t necessarily purposely set out… [Read More]
11.22.63: Stephen King Takes on History
11.22.63, Stephen King’s time-bending novel, has been adapted by Bridget Carpenter (Friday Night Lights, The Red Road) for Hulu. Now, available on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD, 11.22.63 takes us on a twisty road from the present back to the 1960s in a darker Back to the Future. James Franco’s Jake Epping suffers. His marriage has crumbled and his… [Read More]
Carrie–The Least of These
Consider: You’re an adolescent girl teetering on the cusp of womanhood, and you have an uncanny ability that allows you to move objects with your mind. You hide your powers away, scared of what you may do with them, scared of what others may do to you if they discover your secret. Then, one day, someone… [Read More]
