Posts Tagged ‘Stephen King’
From the Couch Hole: Good Things in Life Take a Long Time
This week there is war and peace inside Llewlyn Davis. He’s been searchin’ so long for Coca-Cola spice and honey that is hot.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: All the Lights Are Changing Green to Red
This week we are in Babylon from May to December with Jim Dandy. In our past lives we can’t help falling in love with Dr. No and his Space Dunk.
Read MoreThinner: Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review: Lose the Fat to Find a Good Story
Strong bonus features and a strong second half make Tom Holland’s Thinner worth the watch.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: We Could Steal Time, Just for One Day
This week we give the holdovers our best iron claw on Dune. We can be heroes and eat all the American Hot Wings. At least I want to believe.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Best of the Rest 2023 – You Can Burn The Midnight Oil With Me
This week you get the best of the rest as Holly brings the cherry cordial, and the medicated goo. Don’t you worry about a thing.
Read MoreSilver Bullet 4K UHD Review: A Reasonably Creepy Creature Feature
Daniel Attias’ Silver Bullet has a few good scares to tide you over on a dark, fall night.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Pulling the Puzzles Apart
The week there is some coldplay with the cherry cordial ice cream. Napoleon and the scientist meet the boogeyman for a duel.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: How Long It’s Been Since Yesterday
The week Holly is one of the warriors who offers poems, prayers and promises. The long riders and the Muppets deliver the cheesy pizza remix.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Just Rock Me Away from Here
This week it’s a time of change in Y3000 so sit back in your rockin’ chair because we are now in color from Cut Bank, MT with our hot cocoa.
Read MoreCujo Blu-ray Review: A Straightforward Thriller with Modest Chills
A highly flawed, but at times intense dog attack / family soap opera.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Through Early Morning Fog I See
This week from the Y3000, the Midnight Club says, “Suicide in painless,” and the sisters take Carrie to the pet sematary.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: As the Ocean Crawls Onto the Shoreline
This week everything I cannot see was a stuffed in a garlic crust. There was white lightning and voo-dew for Gator and Archer.
Read MoreCreepshow Collector’s Edition 4K UHD + Blu-ray Review: The Best E.C. Screamer Ever Put on Film
Creepshow depicts five stories of scum getting their due.
Read MoreChildren of the Corn (1984) Blu-ray Review: The Corn Kids Bring New Meaning to Cult Classic
Children of the Corn remains both fascinating and disturbing as it spins its terrible tale of a town overcome by frenzied youth
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: And Today Is the Day We’ve Waited For
This week our final task for the 100th entry is for Mr Blue Sky to bring us eternal sunshine, eternal moonshine, and a Dr. Pepper float.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: The Information’s Unavailable to the Mortal Man
This week we are slip slidin’ away down the quicksilver highway. The old pro is shining on the creamy, the crunchy, and a chipotle ketchup.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: As the Sun Sank West
This week the bodies, bodies, bodies are pushing daisies at the Mendocino County line. The peeps are Pepper and Pepsi, not Topaz.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: I Know Your Eyes in the Morning Sun
This week there’s a killing and a nightmare that’s meaner than evil. There’s strawberries and cream and that’s how deep your love is.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Watching in Slow Motion
This week we go maverick for the Cap’n’s birthday. There’s a dead man’s hand and a danse macbre all just to take your breath away.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Tryin’ to Find a Warm Place to Spend the Night
This week we have Doritos turning red and Doritos the color of a pale blue eye. It’s a rainy night in Georgia at the White Lotus.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Take That Look of Worry, I’m an Ordinary Man
This week there is roadwork so easy a caveman could do it. There’s euphoria about a Twix bar, honey mustard pretzels, and we take you home.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Best of the Rest 2022 – Haunted by the Ghost of You
The Best of Everything Else shows me to be the outsider. Let’s celebrate 2022 with the best food trucks, songs, books, and snacks like it’s 1999.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Sharing My Secrets and Wishing My Wishes
This week on Wednesday at four past midnight the lady is waiting. Mog the kitty says that December will be magic again.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Some Things Are Not Spoken of
This week we bring the holiday heat. There are fairy tales and fable men in search of the castaways. Are clusters good? You be the decider.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: And What’s on the Other Side
This week the banshees are in Inisherin, the hearts are in Atlantis and everyone else is in Bruges. Grab a fruit quake to find the rainbow.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: I Was Alone, I Took a Ride
This week there’s adobadas, vodka and tootsies to get into my life. There are running men into the web of fear too.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Make It Up As We Go Along
This week there are ding dongs and frute brutes at the midnight club. Jack and Jill are at the asylum and think “this must be the place”.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Can You Hear Me?
This week we are back with a thinner hombre who has some tales from the crypt. The Frankenberry is a code red as we sail home.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Holy Moly, Me Oh My
This week it comes at night. Midnight Mass, that is, and we’re at home with Gerald’s Game and Sugar Cookie creamer.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: There’s No Turning Back
This week we travel to the Mid90s for a metamorphosis and are rekindled. We assume the position that everybody wants to rule the world.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: And Talking Is the Only Way, Then Rap On
This week has beer cheese, black truffle, and a skeleton crew that encourages you to do your thing. Men and ex machina make a trip to the Zone
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: With a Billion Stars All Around
This week we’ve got nightmares, dreamscapes, murders, and midsommar but we do it all with shoes on and give you a peaceful easy feeling.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: I’ll Light the Fire, You Place the Flowers in the Vase
This week in our house there’s Nashville hot, Korean BBQ and some green slime. There’s a doctor, lawnmower man and a moonshine war.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Ooh, He’s Here Again
This week there’s everything you ever wanted to know about men with yellow ties and a child in their eyes. There’s even berry lemonade chips.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: And Nobody Knows Like Me
This week’s discreet charm is of sweet almonds and sweeter pastries. Love grows at the institute and promises are broken by the Northman.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: I Have a Picture Pinned to My Wall
This week we go on location with eclipses and night fliers. Things are flamin’ hot, sour, salty, and sweet so you better hold me now.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: No Talking, Just Looking
This week starts fires, mows lawns and believes in love action. It’s all flamin’ hot and reckless and you won’t believe it’s not butter.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: I’ll Be the Ticket If You’re My Collector
The week there is Dr. Sleep and Mr. Uggs. There is a Captain Morgan and a Lone Wolf. Candy has blueberry flavor and cookies have caramel.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Do You Know What You Want
This week is sweet and salty. You get Billy, Steve and Ali, Willem and Robert, and Gene and Jezebel. All with a crunchy granola cluster.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: It Reminds Me of You (Nineties Edition)
This week is a special even Nineties Edition. It isn’t Armageddon, it’s only American Music. Pull out your pizza bites and enjoy by today.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: It Drips on Down in a Mist From Above
This week we address a legend, a king and the world’s greatest detectives. There’s a crunchy cookie and a cool ranch and it just who you want.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: The Sky Above Won’t Fall Down
This week there’s a belle, an hombre and the prophet. The Stargirl and the Sugar Free Space flavor round out the week.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Gold and Silver Shine
This week we hang with shiny, happy people and faceless ones with soft skin. There is Coke from Space and wine from cans.
Read MoreFrom The Couch Hole: You’re Gonna Make the Flight
This week you need to hold on for great detectives named Drew and Columbo. There are fantastic cookies and a Fantastic Planet.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: We’ll Begin with a Spin
This week we have adventureful imagination with voices in the frost, paranoid androids, and elevation with King while we enjoy three cheeses.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: When the Little Things You’re Doing Don’t Turn Out Right
This week is a cluster of zero sugar, crunch that hits a super slam. There’s also a Mercedes, Dodge and a Coop.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: It’s Only a Heartbeat Away
FTCH starts off the second season with some Stephen King, Hitchcock, and Eastwood. Leo Sayer soothes away our anxieties.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Best of the Rest 2021 – No Need to Worry, No Need to Cry
We put a fork in 2021 with the third part of the finale. All the numbers, 1971, 3121, and I Would Die 4 U. There are even snacks for you.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Put a Smile on Your Face
This week we revive our interest in nightmares from Stephen King, get cheesy at Applebee’s and shed a tear with Apple.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Sunshine in Our Eyes
This week we dive into three different Stephen King projects with joy. We explore the sweets of the holidays and identify the 4400.
Read MoreFrom The Couch Hole: Try and Think of the Right Words to Say
This week there’s a trip to Ennui, France with Mr Mercedes. The flavor is missing from M&M’s and the cream soda but it’s perfect in our cereal.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Nothing but Sincerity As Far As the Eye Can See
This week we get ready for Halloween with a visit from the Great Pumpkin, some Monster Cereal ads and look back in love with Ray Bradbury.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: And Bluebirds Singing
This week we can’t resist Doctor Sleep, Only Murders and a healthy dose of Pure Love. Those things and a hazy double IPA. Enjoy.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Birds Singing in the Sycamore Tree
Woot season is here. But leave the apple cinnamon corn at home. A double dose of King tops off a return from vacation.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Big Friendly Polar Bear
This week is flavored with pumpkin pie and pumpkin spice. We stop by for Y: The Last Man and Murders in the Building.
Read MoreChildren of the Corn (1984) 4K Ultra HD Review: Beating Up Kids in 4K
A rare early faithful adaptation of a Stephen King story shines in this new 4K restoration.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Got to Pay Your Dues
This week we talk about the darkness, the monster (cereals) and the mystery (sciences). There’s the return of sugar cookie cream and lime skittles.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Dreaming My Life Away
This week we shriek over Skittles, watch the wheels and go under the dome for some offbeat opinions on the world at large.
Read MoreThe Dead Zone (Collector’s Edition) Blu-ray Review: A Compelling Film
David Cronenberg directs Stephen King’s story of a reluctant hero who has a terrifying vision of the future.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Life Is Filled with Confusion
We visit the Key, solve mysteries, and have a tropical snack and beverage while we ponder some old and some new songs.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Fell in Love by the Soda Machine
We’re moving on to Episode two and I’m starting to get more into my groove.
Read MoreFrom the Couch Hole: Maybe We Can Stay in Touch
The format will still be fluid and more stream of consciousness, much like hanging out with me for a couple hours. It’s meant to be small bites and to elicit further discussion if warranted or requested.
Read MoreBook Review: The Art and Making of The Stand by Andy Burns
It will still give your inner Stand geek a fix.
Read MoreSleeping Beauties Volume 1 Mesmerizes with IDW’s Illustrated Adaptation of Stephen King and Owen King’s Masterpiece
Provocative and absorbing, Sleeping Beauties is a gripping dark fantasy of gender dynamics, individuality, and toxic masculinity.
Read MoreBook Review: Later by Stephen King: Growing Up with Ghosts
In his third Hard Case Crime book, Stephen King delivers a cool, bittersweet truffle.
Read MoreBest of 2020 (Pandemic Edition): Best of the Rest
The books, the music, the tacos, and even more of the rest of my entertainment projects of 2020.
Read More5-Movie Collection from the Written Works of Stephen King Blu-ray Review
Most of the high-def presentations will satisfy fans of the modern-day King of horror.
Read MoreTales from the Darkside: The Movie Blu-ray Review: Slick ’90s Horror Anthology
Thin storylines are buoyed by effective production and a surprisingly good cast in this movie version of the TV show.
Read MoreCastle Rock: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Review: A Stronger Stephen King Feel to It
What I was hoping for: a dark scary world with many twists and turns that kept me on the edge of my seat.
Read MoreBest of 2019 Assorted Lists
I appreciate your patience with me through the year with my silly little projects.
Read MoreIT Chapter Two Blu-ray Review: We All Bloat Down Here
In which Pennywise, the shapeshifting killer clown, strikes back! And scares no one.
Read MoreStephen King’s Storm of the Century (1999) DVD Review: Intriguing Premise at Snail’s Pace
Perhaps the best of the run of Stephen King TV movies, Storm is atmospheric, creepy, and slow, slow, slow.
Read MoreCastle Rock: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: So Much Potential Wasted
For fans of Stephen King, I would give a slight recommendation to try it.
Read MoreFive Cool Things and the Grand Tetons
After a week off, I’m talking about Stephen King, Doctor Who, Humphrey Bogart, and independent film.
Read MoreFive Cool Things and Nothing Compares 2 U
This week’s cool things include a couple of Humphrey Bogart films, another Stephen King novel, Bob Dylan, and more.
Read MoreUnearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary Blu-ray Review: A Documentary for the Fans
Stephen King’s underrated horror masterpiece gets an insightful documentary honoring its history.
Read MoreIt (2017) Blu-ray Review: Growing Up Is Scary
A scarier version of Stand By Me, It offers thrills and chills and more importantly interesting characters to care about.
Read MoreChildren of the Corn (1984) Blu-ray Review: Killer Kids Get Religion
Cult movies aren’t the same as good movies. Good movies generally have decent production values, interesting stories and scripts, nuanced performances, and resonant themes. Cult movies can have any or all of the above, but can often dispense with most or even all of the markers of quality to create their cult moments. That weird…
Read MoreCreepshow 2 Blu-ray Review: Stick to the Original
I’d been better off not remembering this thing exists.
Read More11.22.63 Blu-ray Review: A Thoughtful Story about Relationships
This is not your typical Stephen King tale.
Read MoreBook Review: The Shining: Studies in the Horror Film, Edited by Danel Olson
A deep dive into every aspect of The Shining combines academic analysis, technical explanations and fun facts for fanboys.
Read MoreHaven: The Complete Third Season DVD Review: Supernatural TV Series Dives into Some Pitfalls
Haven: Season 3 continues the supernatural series with a mixed-bag of episodes, some good, some real dogs.
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