Misery is the best book-to-screen adaptation of any of Stephen King's works. More than any other director, Rob Reiner knows intuitively how to translate King to a motion-picture format. Misery and Stand By Me are note-perfect, glowing from the inside with a warmth and and ease, frequently surpassing their source material by avoiding clunk or ham, brightening the tonal palette, and fully exploring the smaller territories of these tales with an eye for detail and a sense of pacing and rhythm which is effortless to follow and wholly organic in unspooling. There is a feeling of lightness and immediacy to Reiner's direction which is truly a delight to witness. Of the two, Misery stands out as a clear masterpiece. Honestly…

If there is one thing King does like no other it is finding horror in the mundane. These stories are often my favourite and Misery certainly ranks among the best of them.

Misery is also a story that is easily transported to film because it is a very simple one and those are often very suitable for an adaptation. While it is easy to criticise this story's and subsequently the film's straightforward nature, I actually feel it is its strength.

This is a no frills, no holds barred, claustrophobic thriller that is submerged in a growing sense of unease that just won't ease off. It is amazing when looking at Reiner's filmography before this that he managed to pull this…

Part of Hoop-Tober 2016

“I don’t know if anyone could ever totally get over something like that.”

It was the fall of 1995, and I was going ever so slightly insane.

As I have written before, my childhood was unconventional. This is itself not unusual—no one’s upbringing conforms precisely to the day’s dictates. But the particular brand of peculiarity toward which my parents’ choices bent was one of isolation and fear. We had no friends to speak of outside of my father’s family, to the point that contact with those not related by blood or marriage or providing a service function became almost nonexistent. The world was a terrifying place in which no one was to be trusted—strangers lurked around…

An honestly good film, one of the most enjoyable I’ve seen in years-enjoyable May not be the expected word for a film like this but there it is. Kathy Bates manages to terrify me and give me second hand cringe at the same time. James Cann spins a character that’s just relatable enough to root for, but so your also able to see flaws within him. I have a great deal of love for Buster and Virginia, serving as comic relief but also masterfully woven to be important to the plot-they don’t stick out like comic relief characters often do. The film has an advantage with being based on a surprisingly good, at least for myself, king novel. A sort…