Episode 289: The Life of Chuck with Zach Marsh

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Zach Marsh talk about Mike Flanagan's The Life of Chuck. Starring Tom Hiddleston, Mia Sara, Jacob Tremblay, Karen Gillan, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Mark Hamill. Narrated by Nick Offerman. Based on the Stephen King Novella "The Life of Chuck" published in the 2020 anthology "If It Bleeds" The third Stephen King adaptation written and directed by Mike Flanagan after Gerald's Game and Dr. Sleep The Life of Chuck is a story in 3 parts in reverse chronology, each with a very different style and genre. Charles "Chuck" Krantz is an accountant with a secret passion for dance that he learns from his Bubbe (Mia Sara) and numbers that he learns from his Zaide (Mark Hamill) We watch Chuck deal with grief, love, loss, and eventually his own death at the age of 39. Though tragically short, Chuck's life contains multitudes. It is large. "39 great years. Thanks, Chuck."