The Life Of Chuck begins with an eerie sense of prescience. The news is awash with unyielding reports of cataclysmic natural disasters: In California, a chunk spanning “Fresno to Santa Barbara” breaks ...

Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Life of Chuck.There are many hidden connections in the ending of The Life of Chuck. The movie, which was written and directed by Mike Flanagan, adapts ...

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” One can imagine that sentiment splashed across a lobby poster for Mike Flanagan’s “The Life of Chuck,” based on a Stephen King ...

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Tom Hiddleston leads an all-star cast in this Mike Flanagan adaptation of a novella by Stephen King, opening wide June 13. Reading time 4 minutes This review of The Life of Chuck, the new film by Mike ...

As the film opens, Walt Whitman poetry is being read in an English class and a teacher named Marty Anderson (Chiwetel Ejiofor) has a complicated crisis surrounding him. Not only does the internet go ...

Tom Hiddleston dances his way through a movie about death and dystopia, based on a Stephen King story, that has an incongruous feel-good vibe. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an ...

“The Life of Chuck” doesn’t have any demonic clowns, killer pets or telekinetic kids. It’s also, in its own way, the most amazing story Stephen King ever told, a brilliant novella that begins at the ...

Mike Flanagan's new film The Life of Chuck is a metaphor. It's a fairy tale, adapted from a short story by Stephen King, told backwards. Explaining the ending means explaining the beginning. If you're ...

It’s impossible to discuss “The Life of Chuck” without revealing the ending, because that’s where the movie starts. It’s built backward, as is the Stephen King novella on which it’s based. A title ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Simon is a Los Angeles-based journalist who covers film and TV. Jun 03, 2025, 06:44pm EDT (Left to right) Stephen King and Mike ...

The writer and director Mike Flanagan has become a well-regarded name in modern horror, known for his TV versions of The Haunting of Hill House and The Fall of the House of Usher. He's also made a ...