DEATH NOTE: Injustice, Morality, & Righteous Murder

Adam Wingard's DEATH NOTE adaptation has some people up in arms. And it should. 'Cause it's fucking awesome.

The Godfather: A Definitive American Classic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0VGcWHkNeA The Godfather. 1972. Directed & Written by Francis Ford Coppola; based on Mario Puzo's novel of the same name. Starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte, Al Lettieri, Diane Keaton, Abe Vigoda, Talia Shire, Gianni Russo, John Cazale, & Rudy Bond. Paramount Pictures/Alfran …

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Secret Window: A Mixed Bag of Stephen King Treats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QboGT3v7c5A Secret Window. 2004. Directed & Written by David Koepp; based on the novella Secret Window, Secret Garden by Stephen King from the collection Four Past Midnight. Starring Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Maria Bello, Timothy Hutton, Charles S. Dutton, Len Cariou, Joan Heney, John Dunn-Hill, Vlasta Vrana, Matt Holland, Gillian Ferrabee, Bronwen Mantel, & Elizabeth …

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The Dark Half: One Part King, One Part Romero Equals a Sweet Bit of Horror

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ekfkUfyVQE The Dark Half. 1993. Directed & Written by George A. Romero; based on Stephen King's novel of the same name. Starring Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan, Michael Rooker, Julie Harris, Robert Joy, Kent Broadhurst, Beth Grant, Rutanya Alda, Tom Mardirosian, Larry John Meyers, Patrick Brannan, Royal Dano, Glenn Colerider, Sarah Parker, & Elizabeth Parker. Orion …

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Cell is an Okay Zombie Flick but King Can Do Better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCns4w3GA9A Cell. 2016. Directed by Tod Williams. Screenplay by Adam Alleca & Stephen King, based on King's novel of the same name. Starring John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman, Stacey Keach, Joshua Mikel, Alex ter Avest, Griffin Freeman, E. Roger Mitchell, & Wilbur Fitzgerald. The Genre Co./Benaroya Pictures/Cargo Entertainment. Rated R. 98 minutes. Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller …

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Patrick Bateman: American Psycho(sis), Sexual Deviant, Videotape and Huey Lewis Enthusiast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjKNbfA64EE American Psycho. 2000. Directed by Mary Harron. Screenplay by Harron & Guinevere Turner, based on the novel of the same name by Bret Easton Ellis. Starring Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage, Chloë Sevigny, Reese Witherspoon, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Jared Leto, Willem Dafoe, Cara Seymour, Guinevere Turner, Stephen Bogaert, Monika Meier, & …

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The Shining: Kubrickian Horror v. Stephen King’s Supernatural Evil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-B_bbkEfS0 The Shining. 1980. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Screenplay by Kubrick & Diane Johnson; based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson, Philip Stone, Joe Turkel, Anne Jackson, & Tony Burton. Warner Bros./Hawk Films/Peregrine/Producers Circle. Rated R. 146 minutes. Drama/Horror ★★★★ …

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Victor Frankenstein: The Emperor in His Same Old Clothes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvESrJ5GdHc Victor Frankenstein. 2015. Directed by Paul McGuigan. Screenplay by Max Landis. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay, Bronson Webb, Daniel Mays, Spencer Wilding, Robin Pearce, Andrew Scott, & Callum Turner. Davis Entertainment/TSG Entertainment/MPC/Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Rated PG. 110 minutes. Drama/Horror/Sci-Fi ★★★ As a fan of Mary Shelley's groundbreaking novel Frankenstein, …

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