Episode Eighty Eight-1408
Hello, everyone and welcome back to this week's episode of the Stephen Kingcast. This week, I review the John Cusak, Samuel L Jackson thriller, 1408 .
Nov 11, 2015•27 min
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Episode Eighty Seven-The Little Sisters of Eluria
Hello, everyone and welcome to the Stephen Kingcast. In this week's review, I take a look a the two Dark Tower related entries in his short story collection, Everything's Eventual : "The Little Sisters of Eluria" and "Everything's Eventual." Please be warned that Dark Tower spoilers are ON for this review.
Nov 11, 2015•31 min
Episode Eighty Six-Everything's Eventual
This week I take a look at Stephen King's short story collection of the early 2000s, Everything's Eventual. How does it fare compared to his other short story collections? Find out this week in the Stephen Kingcast!
Nov 11, 2015•42 min
Episode Eighty Five-From A Buick 8
In this week's episode, I examine Stephen King's OTHER evil car story, From A Buick 8 . What does this story tell us about loss and moving on? Find out this week in the Stephen Kingcast!
Nov 05, 2015•57 min
Bonus Episode-Black House, Dark Tower
In this week's bonus episode, I examine the relationship between Black House and the Dark Tower series. What does this novel tell us about the Crimson King? The Breakers? End-World? Do the pieces presented to us in this novel fit into the final Dark Tower novels? Find out this week!
Oct 31, 2015•20 min
Episode Eighty Four-Black House
Right here and now we flip back into the Territories to check back in with the boy hero from The Talisman , now all grown up and destined once more to use his abilities to save a life, this time the life of a young child who has his own abilities, ones that will be used to destroy not just the Territories, but the entire universe. Today, ladies and gentlemen, we revisit Black House , the novel that is not only the sequel to the much beloved The Talisman , but also an extraordinary entry in the D...
Oct 31, 2015•1 hr 44 min
Episode Eighty Three-Dreamcatcher (Movie)
Damian Lewis. Jason Lee. Timothy Olyphant. Tom Jane. Donnie Wahlberg. Tom Sizemore. Morgan Freaking Freeman. Written by William Goldman. Directed by the writer of The Empire Strikes Back, Lawrence Kasdan. This might be the most amount of talent ever included in a Stephen King movie. So. . .what went wrong? Find out this week in the Stephen Kingcast !
Oct 29, 2015•36 min
Episode Eighty Two-Dreamcatcher
Childhood friends. An extraterrestrial threat. Derry, Maine. There's no reason why this shouldn't have been anything other than awesome. In a story that comprised psychics v. aliens, four friends go camping only to become embroiled in an intergalactic battle between invading aliens and an out of control army colonel. What went wrong? Find out this week in the Stephen Kingcast!
Oct 22, 2015•1 hr 59 min
Episode Eighty One-Hearts in Atlantis (The Movie)
Anthony Hopkins makes his Stephen King debut in the adaptation of "Low Men in Yellow Coats", his introductory entry in the Hearts In Atlantis collection. The novella tackled abandonment, rape, the end of childhood, young love, corruption of the innocent, determination of the human spirit, and the strength to continue fighting the system. Can the movie successfully convey these themes? Find out this week in the Stephen Kingcast!
Oct 18, 2015•33 min
Bonus Episode-Low Men in Yellow Coats
In this week's bonus episode, I take time getting to know the Can-Toi, introduced to us in the pages of Hearts in Atlantis as the Low Men as well as RF's role in the influence of a generation.
Oct 12, 2015•16 min
Episode Eighty-Hearts in Atlantis
Stephen King's latest novella collection details the rise and fall of an entire generation. Unlike his previous collections, the stories within Hearts In Atlantis serve as interconnected vignettes that spotlight various moments in the life of the baby boomer generation. Does he succeed? And how does it fit into the Dark Tower? Find out this week in the Stephen Kingcast !
Oct 04, 2015•1 hr 44 min
Episode Seventy Nine-The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
In this week's episode, I take a look at the little book that could about the little girl that could, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon . In a few hundred pages, King crafts a harrowing tale of nine year old girl who demonstrates more bravery than any character in any of his works.
Oct 04, 2015•50 min
Episode Seventy Eight-Storm of the Century
Grab a cup of tea and settle in for my review of Stephen King's 1999 television mini series event in which Little Tall Island is buried under a snowfall and the endless quips of his latest villain, Andre Linoge. Ladies and Gentlemen, it's time for Storm of the Century!
Oct 01, 2015•1 hr 8 min
Episode Seventy Seven-Bag of Bones
King steps away from the larger than life concepts that he'd been exploring in the mid nineties to dive into an introspective look at love, loss and legacy. It's his turn at the Gothic ghost story, a haunting love story: Bag of Bones.
Sep 25, 2015•1 hr 13 min
Bonus Episode-Witches and Wizardry
Stick around for Dark Tower goodness!
Sep 17, 2015•33 min
Episode Seventy Six-Wizard and Glass, Part Two
Please note this is the second part of a two part review.
Sep 17, 2015•1 hr 19 min
Episode Seventy Five-Wizard and Glass, Part One
Somewhere over the rainbow. . .is Stephen King's fourth entry of his Dark Tower series, The Wizard and Glass . Signaling the pinnacle of a creative height of Stephen King's career, Wizard and Glass serves as a highlight to the Dark Tower saga. Detailing the most formative point of Roland Deschain's life, we learn how the boy became the man we know him to be. Is this novel as great as many DT fans think it is? Find out this week in this two part review of Wizard and Glass !...
Sep 17, 2015•1 hr 5 min
Episode Seventy Four-Desperation
Tak! In September of 1996, Stephen King published two novels on the same day. One was published under the pen name Richard Bachman I'm a wolf and the other, under his own publishing name, is the terrifying novel about faith v. despair in a small desert town: Desperation . How does it fare? Find out here at the Stephen Kingcast! Mi him en tow!
Sep 10, 2015•1 hr 19 min
Episode Seventy Three-The Regulators
This week, I examine Stephen King's most underrated novel, The Regulators . Published on the same day as Desperation , this entry, under the pen name Richard Bachman, is one of King's most out-there and high concept novels. Perfectly skewering suburban life as well as offering up commentary on living with a difficult child, The Regulators is an action sci-fi with satirical horror elements that combine to make this novel an incredibly imaginative journey.
Sep 10, 2015•1 hr 13 min
Episode Seventy Two-Frank Darabont's The Green Mile
This week I take another stroll down The Green Mile, examining Frank Darabont's cinematic adaptation of Stephen King's classic. How does this compare with Darabont's other Stephen King prison movie, The Shawshank Redemption? Find out this week in the Stephen Kingcast!
Sep 04, 2015•38 min
Episode Seventy One-The Green Mile
In 1996, King embarked upon a six month journey that provided a new installment of an ongoing serial for half a year. The result? The much beloved The Green Mile .
Aug 27, 2015•1 hr 9 min
Episode Seventy-Rose Madder
Do you remember Rose Madder ? The answer is, "probably not." And you might be better off for it. Why? Find out this week in The Stephen Kingcast!
Aug 20, 2015•1 hr 10 min
Bonus Episode-In the Court of the Crimson King
With Insomnia , King introduces us to the big bad of his multiverse, The Crimson King. He's a character whose legend will cast many of Stephen King's future works in a scarlet shadow. This bonus episode analyzes the character as he's presented here in contrast to when we see him in the Dark Tower series. Also in this episode, I place the Insomnia itself into context of the greater Dark Tower series as well as Patrick Danville. So if you've completed your journey to the Tower, feel free to enter ...
Aug 13, 2015•31 min
Episode Sixty Nine-Insomnia
This is a big one, guys! Insomnia was the first novel that Stephen King had published after I had become a Stephen King fan. Nightmares and Dreamscapes might have been the first short story collection, but this is the first, full-blown novel that I had to look forward to, and I honestly think that Stephen King wrote it specifically for me. Why? 1) It takes place in Derry, the city of his 1986 masterpiece, IT. 2) It's a wild, comic-booky concept involving colorful auras, super powers, and higher ...
Aug 13, 2015•1 hr 44 min
Bonus Episode-Happy Anniversary!
One year ago, I published my review of Carrie! Now one year later, with 80 something reviews under my belt, The Stephen Kingcas t is still going strong! I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has made this podcast an international hit! In this episode, I look back on year one, look ahead to year 2 and discuss some Stephen King movie news.
Aug 10, 2015•34 min
Episode Sixty Eight-The Night Flier
In this week's review, I look at a little known Stephen King adaptation of a short story from his Nightmares and Dreamscapes publication, the Miguel Ferrer-starring vehicle: The Night Flier . Starring Lloyd Henries himself, the classic character actor, Miguel Ferrer, we follow the escapades of sleazy tabloid reporter Richard Dees as he tries to track down the killer of a series of airport murders. Will he find the Night Flier? Will you stick around until the end of the movie to find out? Did I? ...
Aug 06, 2015•22 min
Episode Sixty Seven-Nightmares and Dreamscapes
For me, Nightmares and Dreamscapes was Stephen King's first new book that he published after I had become a Stephen King fan. I distinctly remember seeing the image of the striking front cover in the grocery store, picking it off the shelves and taking it home. How does it hold up against his previous short story collections, Night Shift and Skeleton Crew ? Find out this week on the Stephen Kingcast!
Aug 06, 2015•48 min
Episode Sixty Six-Dolores Claiborne, the Movie
In this episode, I take a look at the Kathy Bates-starring adaptation of King's seminal novel. She has already embodied one of King's other classic characters, Annie Wilkes from Misery , and her casting as Dolores herself makes perfect sense. But does it make a perfect movie? Find out this week in the Stephen Kingcast !
Jul 30, 2015•30 min
Episode Sixty Five-Dolores Claiborne
In this week's review, I examine Stephen King's spiritual sequel to Gerald's Game , the first-person account of one woman's life told to us by that woman herself, Dolores Claiborne. Once again, King examines the lasting effects of abuse, in this case, the lengths that one woman will go to to ensure her daughter's safety from familial abuse. How does this novel compare to his other works? Find out this week in the Stephen Kingcast !
Jul 30, 2015•37 min
Episode Sixty Four-Gerald's Game
In this week's episode, I examine the first of a series of novels that explore the female perspective and abuse, the riveting thriller, Gerald's Game .
Jul 30, 2015•42 min
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