Tag: Adaptation

Movie Review: ‘SALEM’S LOT

Paul McGuire Grimes

Oct 3, 2024

‘SALEM’S LOT Director: Gary DaubermanStarring: Lewis Pullman, Bill Camp, Alfre Woodard, John Benjamin Hickey, Jordan Preston Carter, Nicholas Crovetti, Spencer Treat Clark, Pilou Asbæk, Alexander Ward ‘Salem’s Lot is one of Stephen King’s earliest published books. Writer/director Gary Dauberman (IT) tackles the latest adaptation and introduces the audience to the small Maine town of Jerusalem’s…
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David Morse Interview – THE GREEN MILE, Stephen King, and Working with Michael Clarke Duncan

Paul McGuire Grimes

Feb 21, 2022

David Morse Interview – THE GREEN MILE, Stephen King, and Working with Michael Clarke Duncan The Green Mile is one of the best page to screen adaptations of a Stephen King work. The movie is getting a new 4K release, and I sat down with David Morse to talk about the legacy of the film,…
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TV Review: LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE

Paul McGuire Grimes

Mar 25, 2020

LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE Creator: Liz TigelaarStarring: Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington, Joshua Jackson, Rosemarie DeWitt Reese Witherspoon’s latest project is the new series, Little Fires Everywhere, which is adapted from the bestselling novel by Celeste Ng. Witherspoon plays Elena Richardson, a wealthy mother of four who lives a pristine life as a journalist and landlord in…
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Movie Review: THE GOLDFINCH

Paul McGuire Grimes

Sep 12, 2019

THE GOLDFINCH Director: John CrowleyStarring: Oakes Fegley, Ansel Elgort, Finn Wolfhard, Nicole Kidman, Jeffrey Wright, Luke Wilson, Sarah Paulson, Aneurin Barnard If you’ve read Donna Tartt’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, you are familiar with the sweeping gut punch she lays out in her story about Theo Decker. Too bad the film adaptation is missing all…
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Movie Trailer: THE GOLDFINCH

Paul McGuire Grimes

Jun 3, 2019

THE GOLDFINCH Director: John CrowleyStarring: Ansel Elgort, Oakes Fegley, Nicole Kidman, Sarah Paulson, Finn Wolfhard, Willa Fitzgerald, Luke Wilson, Jeffrey Wright, Denis O’Hare The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt has been passed around from book club to book club. My mother-in-law absolutely loved it and couldn’t put it down. It went on to win the Pulitzer…
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Movie Review: PET SEMATARY

Paul McGuire Grimes

Apr 4, 2019

PET SEMATARY Director: Kevin Kölsch, Dennis WidmyerStarring: Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, John Lithgow, Jeté Laurence, Hugo Lavoie, Lucas Lavoie Louis Creed (Clarke) and his wife Rachel (Seimetz) move their family from Boston to Ludlow, Maine when he gets a new job as a physician. Their new home causes Rachel some PTSD regarding the death of her…
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Movie Review: RAMPAGE

Paul McGuire Grimes

Apr 12, 2018

RAMPAGE Director: Brad Peyton Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Ackerman, Jake Lacy, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Joe Manganiello, P.J. Byrne Rampage is pure absurdity, but you already know that going in. You don’t go into a movie like this for high art. In the world of Rampage, advanced science has gotten to the point where…
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Movie Review: A WRINKLE IN TIME

Paul McGuire Grimes

Mar 8, 2018

A WRINKLE IN TIME Director: Ava DuVernay Starring: Storm Reid, Deric McCabe, Levi Miller, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Zach Galifianakis, Chris Pine, Michael Peña, André Holland Readers have cherished “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeline L’Engle for decades since its release in 1962. It was groundbreaking at the time for attempting…
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Movie Review: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

Paul McGuire Grimes

Nov 9, 2017

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS Director: Kenneth Branagh Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Michelle Pfeiffer, Judi Dench, Penelope Cruz, Leslie Odom Jr, Daisy Ridley, Willem Dafoe, Derek Jacobi, Lucy Boynton, Sergei Polunin When you have an all-star cast consisting of Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Pfeiffer, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, and Penelope Cruz, to name…
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Movie Review: WONDERSTRUCK

Paul McGuire Grimes

Oct 25, 2017

WONDERSTRUCK Director: Todd Haynes Starring: Oakes Fegley, Millicent Simmonds, Julianne Moore, Jaden Michael, Tom Noonan, Michelle Williams, Cory Michael Smith, Damian Young Director Todd Haynes’ previous films have tackled some heavy adult subjects involving identity and sexuality in the 1950s (Carol, Far From Heaven), rock icons (I’m Not There, Velvet Goldmine, Superstar: The Karen Carpenter…
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