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‘The Stand’ Finale Recap: ‘The Circle Closes’ Wraps Up With A Redundant Whimper Instead Of A Confident Bang

February 11, 2021 1:36 pm

So, what’s left to do after a story’s big bad is dispatched and the primary conflict vanishes with all the speed and finality of a nuclear explosion? The answer, it seems, is to address some unfinished busines...

‘The Stand’ Episode 8 Recap: The Long-Awaited Showdown Of Good Vs. Evil Has Arrived With A Flash & A Bang

Warren Cantrell

February 4, 2021 2:05 pm

News, Television

It’s been a long, twisty road full of flashbacks, flashforwards, and location jumps, but it has all led to this. This series (and episode) is called “The Stand,” after all, so what would all of this be without...

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

Warren Cantrell

January 28, 2021 1:00 pm

News, Television

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

Warren Cantrell

January 21, 2021 10:42 am

News, Television

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 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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‘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 ...

‘The Stand’ NYCC Trailer: Stephen King’s Apocalyptic Pandemic Vision Looks Scarier Than Ever

Rodrigo Perez

October 10, 2020 2:49 pm

News, Television, Trailers

Based on Stephen King's best-selling novel, the full trailer for "The Stand" debuted yesterday at New York Comic-Con. "The Stand" is King’s apocalyptic vision of a world decimated by plague and embroiled in an...

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