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Stephen King Cast

Summary: A weekly retrospective review of the works of Stephen King.

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 Episode Eighty Nine-Wolves of the Calla | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 02:23:14

In this week's episode, I begin the final stretch of our journey to the Dark Tower.  With the publication of the Wolves of the Calla, King began an unprecedented back-to-back-to-back book release that completed the long running series.  The first Dark Tower novel since his car crash, Wolves of the Calla stands as a dividing line that marks the different eras of the Dark Tower series.  How does it hold up?  Is it worthy of the previous entries?  Are you ready, everyone?  The end begins now.  

 Episode Eighty Eight-1408 | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 26:37

Hello, everyone and welcome back to this week's episode of the Stephen Kingcast.  This week, I review the John Cusak, Samuel L Jackson thriller, 1408.  

 Episode Eighty Seven-The Little Sisters of Eluria | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 30:59

Hello, everyone and welcome to the Stephen Kingcast.  In this week's review, I take a look a the two Dark Tower related entries in his short story collection, Everything's Eventual: "The Little Sisters of Eluria" and "Everything's Eventual."  Please be warned that Dark Tower spoilers are ON for this review. 

 Episode Eighty Six-Everything's Eventual | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 42:29

This week I take a look at Stephen King's short story collection of the early 2000s, Everything's Eventual.  How does it fare compared to his other short story collections?  Find out this week in the Stephen Kingcast!

 Episode Eighty Five-From A Buick 8 | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 57:23

In this week's episode, I examine Stephen King's OTHER evil car story, From A Buick 8.  What does this story tell us about loss and moving on?  Find out this week in the Stephen Kingcast! 

 Bonus Episode-Black House, Dark Tower | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 20:06

In this week's bonus episode, I examine the relationship between Black House and the Dark Tower series.  What does this novel tell us about the Crimson King?  The Breakers?  End-World?  Do the pieces presented to us in this novel fit into the final Dark Tower novels?  Find out this week! 

 Episode Eighty Four-Black House | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 01:44:07

Right here and now we flip back into the Territories to check back in with the boy hero from The Talisman, now all grown up and destined once more to use his abilities to save a life, this time the life of a young child who has his own abilities, ones that will be used to destroy not just the Territories, but the entire universe.  Today, ladies and gentlemen, we revisit Black House, the novel that is not only the sequel to the much beloved The Talisman, but also an extraordinary entry in the Dark Tower saga.  

 Episode Eighty Three-Dreamcatcher (Movie) | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 36:15

Damian Lewis. Jason Lee.  Timothy Olyphant. Tom Jane.  Donnie Wahlberg.  Tom Sizemore. Morgan Freaking Freeman. Written by William Goldman.  Directed by the writer of The Empire Strikes Back, Lawrence Kasdan.  This might be the most amount of talent ever included in a Stephen King movie.  So. . .what went wrong? Find out this week in the Stephen Kingcast!

 Episode Eighty Two-Dreamcatcher | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 01:59:07

Childhood friends.  An extraterrestrial threat.  Derry, Maine.  There's no reason why this shouldn't have been anything other than awesome.  In a story that comprised psychics v. aliens, four friends go camping only to become embroiled in an intergalactic battle between invading aliens and an out of control army colonel.  What went wrong?  Find out this week in the Stephen Kingcast!

 Episode Eighty One-Hearts in Atlantis (The Movie) | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 32:38

Anthony Hopkins makes his Stephen King debut in the adaptation of "Low Men in Yellow Coats", his introductory entry in the Hearts In Atlantis collection.  The novella tackled abandonment, rape, the end of childhood, young love, corruption of the innocent, determination of the human spirit, and the strength to continue fighting the system.  Can the movie successfully convey these themes?  Find out this week in the Stephen Kingcast!

 Bonus Episode-Low Men in Yellow Coats | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 16:08

In this week's bonus episode, I take time getting to know the Can-Toi, introduced to us in the pages of Hearts in Atlantis as the Low Men as well as RF's role in the influence of a generation.

 Episode Eighty-Hearts in Atlantis | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 01:44:26

Stephen King's latest novella collection details the rise and fall of an entire generation. Unlike his previous collections, the stories within Hearts In Atlantis serve as interconnected vignettes that spotlight various moments in the life of the baby boomer generation.  Does he succeed?  And how does it fit into the Dark Tower?  Find out this week in the Stephen Kingcast!

 Episode Seventy Nine-The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 49:56

In this week's episode, I take a look at the little book that could about the little girl that could, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. In a few hundred pages, King crafts a harrowing tale of nine year old girl who demonstrates more bravery than any character in any of his works.  

 Episode Seventy Eight-Storm of the Century | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 01:07:33

Grab a cup of tea and settle in for my review of Stephen King's 1999 television mini series event in which Little Tall Island is buried under a snowfall and the endless quips of his latest villain, Andre Linoge.  Ladies and Gentlemen, it's time for Storm of the Century!

 Episode Seventy Seven-Bag of Bones | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 01:12:40

King steps away from the larger than life concepts that he'd been exploring in the mid nineties to dive into an introspective look at love, loss and legacy.  It's his turn at the Gothic ghost story, a haunting love story: Bag of Bones. 

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