LISEY’S STORY MINISERIES REVIEW

Stephen King’s novel “Lisey’s Story” is one that the author has referred to as his favorite and most personal of all his works. Unsurprising then that he wrote the entirety of the script for this eight-episode Apple + adaptation starring Julianne Moore as the titular character. Lisey is in mourning for her dead husband (Clive Owen), is uncertain how to move forward with her life, has a catatonic sister in a psychological institution, and a mystery her husband Scott left for her. Scott was a VERY successful author, and left behind a lot of boxes of notes, unfinished work, etc that some folks feel she is a bad person for not immediately donating to the world. One of those folks is a complete psycho (Dane DeHaan) who Scott seemed somehow to know that, from before the grave, might someday come for her. He left Lisey a treasure hunt that leaves her to search through memories of their life together, and to enter a mysterious other world that he taught her to be able to enter, in order to find her solution and her salvation. Chris, Jordan, Melina, and Robert gave this one the look-see and they have some thoughts.

WATCH HERE

DIRECTED BY: Pablo Larrain

STARRING: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dane DeHaan, Joan Allen, Ron Cephas Jones, Michael Pitt, Omar Metwally, Sung Kang, Peter Scolari, Will Brill

 

YOUR REVIEWERS

 

Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)

Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, in 1992 Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas, where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this paradise you see before you. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.

 

 

Jordan Cobb (Screener Squad)

Born with a comic book in one hand, a camera in the other, and in front of the television as WrestleMania played out, Jordan Worth Cobb was thus birthed into this crazy world. A Digital Filmmaking major from the University of Central Arkansas, Jordan has done it all in film from directing, writing, editing, and producing in addition to skills involved in film and TV criticism, journalism, and years of podcasting experience. On any given day, her ADHD riddled brain bounces focus from film to pro wrestling to TV to superheroes to noir to video games to espionage and yes, even to sports. She played little league you know. For more of this eccentric nerd, you can follow her on Twitter here and read her original writings on Deepest Corners of My Notebook.

 

 

Melina Eames (Screener Squad)

Melina first discovered that she carried the nerd gene at the tender age of four following her exposure to a little film called A New Hope.