Episode Ninety Eight-Full Dark, No Stars

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!

31 Loka 201520min

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.

31 Loka 20151h 44min

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!

29 Loka 201536min

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!

22 Loka 20151h 59min

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!

18 Loka 201532min

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.

12 Loka 201516min

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!

4 Loka 20151h 44min

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.

4 Loka 201549min