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The Cosmic Intimacy of ‘The Life of Chuck’
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The Cosmic Intimacy of ‘The Life of Chuck’

Mike Flanagan’s latest Stephen King adaptation may be his strongest film yet

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Violet McGraw and Chiwetel Ejiofor in ‘The Life of Chuck’ / Neon
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For those familiar with Stephen King or Mike Flanagan, simply seeing their names attached to a movie is probably enough to pique curiosity. For fans of both, The Life of Chuck may feel like an overdue collision of the two creators’ unique talents. It stands in the center of the Venn diagram between King’s flair for human-centered storytelling and Fl…

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