The Life of Chuck: Stephen King Adaptation with Tom Hiddleston

The Life of Chuck: Stephen King adaptation celebrates the richness of ordinary life

“I’m still excited when somebody makes a movie out of something that I’ve done,” Stephen King recently told The Guardian. This openness to exhilaration on King’s part is remarkable, given that he is such a widely adapted writer. To date, more than 90 of his novels and short stories have been adapted for cinema and television (and more adaptations are currently in production). Variations in the scale of his works have proved no barrier for potent…

The Life of Chuck is a treacly mess – with a dancing Tom Hiddleston: review

No one talks like a human being in Mike Flanagan’s ambitious but confused three-part tale, which stars everyone from Chiwetel Ejiofor to Mark Hamill

The Life of Chuck: Stephen King adaptation with Tom Hiddleston

Three proves a magic number for Mike Flanagan this week, with the release of triptych fantasy drama The Life of Chuck. The director’s third…

The Life of Chuck (review) - Life can only be understood backwards, but must be lived forwards

Flanagan has crafted a delicate but strikingly earnest portrayal of human connection and the importance of cherishing limited time, all to the tune of stunning visuals and immaculate performances. That it’s so different from Flanagan’s usual catalogue of genre filmmaking shows a refreshingly tender side to his artistic capabilities. As heartfelt as it is huge in its scale and interpretive nature, The Life of Chuck is a wonderful new gem in the c…

‘The Life of Chuck’ review: Tom Hiddleston shines in this heartfelt Stephen King adaptation.

Every once in a while, you’ll come across a movie that genuinely surprises you at every turn, and ‘The Life of Chuck' is certainly that film. A real tonic in these days of endless franchises and sequels, it’s utterly refreshing to see a drama come to cinemas that’s an immediate and heartfelt story full of […]