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The Mist: Season One

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Review by CJ

Director:
Adam Bernstein, David Boyd, Nick Murphy, T.J. Scott, Richard Laxton, James Hawes, Matthew Penn, Guy Ferland

Writer:
Stephen King (based on the novella by), Christian Torpe, Peter Macmanus, Peter Biegen, Andrew Wilder, Amanda Segel, Noah Griffith, Daniel Stewart, Daniel Talbott

Starring:
Morgan Spector, Alyssa Sutherland, Gus Birney, Russell Posner, Danica Curcic, Okezie Morro, Darren Pettie, Luke Cosgrove, Frances Conroy

Other notable appearances:
Erik Knudsen, Isiah Whitlock Jr, Bill Carr

Running time:
39-48 minutes

Number of episodes:
10

 

When a strange mist descends on the town of Bridgeville, citizens must defend themselves not just against what lurks in the mist but also what lurks in the townspeople.

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It (2017)

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Review by CJ

Director:
Andy Muschietti

Starring:
Bill Skarsgård, Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff

Other notable appearances:
Nicholas Hamilton, Jake Sim, Logan Thompson, Owen Teague, Jackson Robert Scott

Running time:
135 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Lights Out, Evil Dead, The Conjuring

 

Seven friends discover they are all being hunted by the same malevolent entity that has been feeding on children for centuries.

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The Dark Tower (2017)

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Review by CJ

Director:
Nikolaj Arcel

Starring:
Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor

Other notable appearances:
Jackie Earle Haley

Running time:
95 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Warcraft, The Last Action Hero 

 

Jake Chambers (Taylor) is haunted by nightmares of the Man in Black (McConaughey) killing children and using their psychic abilities to attack the dark tower. No one in his world believes Jake, but when he finds a portal to the home of the figure in his nightmares, Jake must put his own doubts aside to save everyone’s worlds.

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Gwendy’s Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar (2017)

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Review by CJ

Page count:
175

ISBN:
978-1-473-67209-3

 

In the summer of 1974, Gwendy Peterson is twelve years old. Every day, she runs herself breathless to the top of Castle View’s ‘Suicide Stairs’. One day after this journey, she is greeted by a man with a special plan for Gwendy — one that will change her young life forever.

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A Good Marriage (2014)

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Review by CJ

Director:
Peter Askin

Starring:
Joan Allen, Anthony LaPaglia, Stephen Lang

Other notable appearances:
Mike O’Malley, Kristen Connolly, Theo Stockman, Cara Buono

Running time:
102 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Dolan’s Cadillac, Thinner, Dolores Claiborne

 

Darcy (Allen) and Bob (LaPaglia) have a good marriage. They have loved and supported each other for 25 years. But can Darcy continue to love and support Bob upon discovering his deepest, darkest secret?

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