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‘The Stand’ Episode 7 Recap: ‘The Walk’ Finds The Heroes On The Road To Their Last Stand

January 28, 2021 1:00 pm

Benjamin Cavell and his writing team have been moving with a purpose through the first six hours of their limited series, but in this, the 7th episode, they finally allow the show to catch its breath. Split be...

‘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 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...

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‘The Stand’ Co-Creator Benjamin Cavell Talks Stephen King’s Epic & His Love Of ‘The Running Man’ [The Playlist Podcast]

Charles Barfield

December 17, 2020 2:40 pm

Interviews, News, Podcasts, Television

Today is the day, folks. After fans have been waiting for decades, CBS All Access debuts the first episode of the long-awaited epic miniseries, “The Stand.” This new series aims to be the definitive adaptation...

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 ...

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