Adapting a Stephen King story is a bit of a death sentence as his prose is remarkably simple and doesn’t offer much room for creativity without diverging from the tone. They rely on quirky and inventive narratives while relaying his homespun tales of Maine, it’s always Maine, in such a way that we are sitting on the dock fishing for vampires and poor father figures. So it’s no surprise that the most successful of his adaptations, were either based on…
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Flight of the Phoenix 2004
Captained by past offender and twin splitter, Dennis Quaid, Flight of the Phoenix (2006) bears all the hallmarks of an unnecessary remake.
It was on TV and the dog was asleep on my leg. I will probably watch the original.
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Promising Young Woman 2020
I really liked this and I think a second watch will do it a world of good too so I’ll be returning. Feels like an uptempo Drive. Named after the remarks some people made towards Brock Turner, rapist.
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Longlegs 2024
I hadn’t heard of Longlegs until I checked cinema times today which seems to have served me well. On the way out, I heard someone apologising profusely to their friends for recommending the film who was met with a resounding ‘It wasn’t your fault. I thought it was a hoot.
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