Showing posts with label stephen king. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stephen king. Show all posts
Sunday, December 14, 2025

Rob Reiner, 1947-2025

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What a terrible way to end a terrible weekend of sad news. For  Rolling Stone , Althea Legaspi and I wrote about Rob Reiner's legacy . 
Monday, November 24, 2025

Your Guide to the Must-See Awards Season Movies

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I helped  Screen International  with its roundup of 50 essentials films of this Oscar season. Individual bylines aren't indicated, but I...
Thursday, September 18, 2025

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: My Venice/Toronto Recap, 'The Long Walk' and 'Spinal Tap II'

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It's nice to be home after the fall festivals, and it's nice to be back doing the podcast. On this week's episode, I offer my bi...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: '28 Years Later' and 'The Life of Chuck'

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Because we unexpectedly weren't able to do an episode last week, this episode is super-sized, featuring reviews of four new movies. Goin...
Tuesday, February 25, 2025

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: 'The Monkey,' Sly Stone and Our Oscar Predictions

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On this week's episode, we shake our heads at The Monkey and groove to Sly Lives! But then, we take our time offering our predictions ...
Saturday, July 09, 2022

James Caan, Funny Guy

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James Caan will be best remembered for his dramatic work. But for MEL , I made the case for his comedic side .
Sunday, May 15, 2022

'Firestarter' Review

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I didn't love the original Firestarter , so the remake didn't have a high bar to get over. Alas, this new version isn't so hot e...
Thursday, November 07, 2019

Some Thoughts on 'Doctor Sleep'

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How does Doctor Sleep critique The Shining ? Is it fun to watch Kubrick's movie forwards and backwards simultaneously? Remember w...
Sunday, October 20, 2019

What's the Best Stephen King Movie of the 21st Century?

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With Doctor Sleep about to come out, we ranked the best King adaptations of this century. The results are over at SyFy .
Sunday, June 09, 2019

Which 1990s Movies Ought to Be Remade?

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I have a simple rule for how to approach a remake: Pick a film with a good premise but lousy execution. That way, you can turn a promisin...
Thursday, September 14, 2017

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: Talking 'It,' 'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead' and 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'

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This week's podcast focuses on the super-successful It . Will and I feel very differently about that horror movie. We're much mor...
Wednesday, September 06, 2017

'It' Review

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It is great. The first half of what's expected to be duology, this horror movie turns Stephen King's bestseller into a fraught ta...
Tuesday, August 08, 2017

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: 'The Dark Tower,' 'Columbus' and 'Anything Else'

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We fit five movies into this week's episode. Will and I talk a bit about The Dark Tower , while I riff on Kidnap and Columbus . Then,...
Thursday, August 03, 2017

'The Dark Tower' Review

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The bad buzz circulating around The Dark Tower left most of us assuming it would be terrible. Well, I've seen it now, and it's r...
Tuesday, August 01, 2017

Ranking Stephen King's Movies

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Many movies have been made from Stephen King's work. Many of them are bad. For Vulture , Will and I ranked every single last one of ...