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‘The Stand’ Episode 6 Recap: ‘The Vigil’ Lights The Fuse On An Explosive Conflict

January 21, 2021 10:42 am

Blessed with momentum and a narrative engine firing on all 12 of its character’s cylinders, “The Stand” puts the pedal to the metal in its 6th episode, “The Vigil,” where things blow up (literally). Free of th...

‘The Stand’ Episode 5 Recap: Buy The Ticket & Take the Ride With ‘Fear And Loathing In New Vegas’

Warren Cantrell

January 15, 2021 12:18 pm

News, Television

C.S. Lewis once wrote, “You can be good for the mere sake of goodness; you cannot be bad for the mere sake of badness.” Mr. Lewis obviously never met Stephen King, though, and he certainly never saw Randall Fl...

‘The Stand’ Episode 4 Recap: ‘House Of The Dead’ Merges The Timelines, Allowing Its Cast & Story To Break Through

Warren Cantrell

January 7, 2021 11:28 am

News, Television

“The Stand” has hardly been in a sprint during its narrative journey thus far, but that’s only because the mini-series has been juggling about a dozen chainsaws en route. In its fourth episode, “The House of t...

‘The Stand’ Episode 3 Recap: The Series Exposes Its Seams By Over-Stuffing “Blank Page,” Which Is Anything But

Warren Cantrell

January 1, 2021 3:07 pm

News, Reviews, Television

Need a second to catch your breath to settle into the world of “The Stand” after two hours of dual-timeframe world-building and about 8 new characters? Too bad. In “Blank Page,” the series’ most dense episode ...

‘The Stand’ Episode 2 Recap: “Pocket Savior” Doubles-Down on Flashbacks and Apocalypse Energy, For Better & (Only Occasionally) Worse

Warren Cantrell

December 24, 2020 1:00 pm

News, Reviews, Television

If the first episode of the new “Stand” CBS All Access mini-series was designed to ease viewers into this global pandemic world based on Stephen King's epic terrifying novel, the next one, “Pocket Savior,” did...

‘The Stand’ Begins With ‘The End,’ Adapting King’s Magnum Opus Into Smart, Exciting Storytelling [Recap]

Warren Cantrell

December 17, 2020 4:01 pm

News, Television

Stephen King fans wait with bated breath this week in anticipation of the first episode of “The Stand” mini-series, and as it turns out, there’s nothing to worry about. This nine-episode CBS All-Access adaptat...

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Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’ Is A Sprawling Post-Apocalyptic Epic About A Global Pandemic With Human Resonance [Review]

Warren Cantrell

December 13, 2020 1:55 pm

News, Reviews, Television

Tired of global pandemics yet? CBS All-Access hopes not, and for a good reason: their nine-episode adaptation of Stephen King’s 1141-page behemoth, “The Stand,” is damn good. A sprawling post-apocalyptic epic ...

‘Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation’ Is High-Wire Documentary Filmmaking Without A Net [Hamptons FF Review]

Warren Cantrell

October 11, 2020 1:01 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Director Lisa Immordino Vreeland has taken the guard rails off of her newest documentary so that her audience is left only with the subjects themselves, a move that will confound those used to the spoon-fed st...

‘The Wolf Of Snow Hollow’: Personal Demons Battle Monsters In Jim Cummings’ Horror-Comedy [Review]

Warren Cantrell

October 7, 2020 1:10 pm

News, Reviews

A genre thriller with personality to spare, “The Wolf of Snow Hollow” is the rare horror offering that provides more character than carnage. Buttressed by a cast that deserves their own long-form series, the f...

‘Space Dogs’ Should Be Shot Into Space Without a Return Trajectory [Review]

Warren Cantrell

September 12, 2020 11:00 am

News, Reviews

Ten minutes of narrative stuffed into a ninety-minute vessel, the new documentary feature “Space Dogs” is an unfocused, half-baked stumble. It would be bad enough if the film were just short on things to say, ...

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