Ep1117: The Life of Chuck (2025) - Live Roundtable Review
2025 is shaping up to be the Year of Stephen King, with three films and one TV series adaptations of his work on offer for rabid fans. This week, Earth's Mightiest Critics look at Mike Flanagan's The Life of Chuck, a very different kind of King movie--inspired by a very different kind of King short story!
Chuck Krantz (Tom Hiddleston) is an accountant whose imminent retirement is advertised on billboards all over town. Most residents are too busy worrying about rampant Internet outages, colossal natural disasters, and mysterious sinkholes to notice. But soon, Chuck's likeness becomes impossible to escape. How does this relate to dancing? And why are people calling this bizarre, end-of-the-world scenario an uplifting film?
The answers are as tricky as The Life of Chuck's asynchronous structure. Join us for a spoilerific look at one of 2025's best films--and one of the most faithful book-to-screen adaptations you'll ever see!
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Watch the The Life of Chuck (2025) trailer: https://youtu.be/jlN1Mmj6YNo?si=ptNf5atSYVjxMs-Q Read Ian's The Life of Chuck written review: https://kickseat.com/written-review/the-life-of-chuck-2025 Flashback to our February livestream about The Monkey (which we'll definitely talk about in this show!): https://youtube.com/live/T-oD7FMNJ00 As mentioned in the show, reframe your movie brain with the Mindframes podcast, hosted by Dave Canfield and Mike Cockerill: https://mindframesfilm.com/ And subscribe to Dave's new Substack, "Creature Feature Preacher": https://open.substack.com/pub/creaturefeaturepreacher/p/come-hear-the-confessions-of-a-creature?r=5q7lkx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false Oddly enough, this week's Spoiler Room Podcast centered on The Giant Spider Invasion--which is also the subject of Dave's latest Substack piece! Coincidence? Or part of a grand plan?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHe9onCjVjY
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