This movie, which is releasing in theaters this weekend, is being praised as one of the best Stephen King films ever, and the author also loves it.

So vividly drawn is Stephen King’s fiction that it’s offered the basis for some 50 feature films. For half a century, since Brian De Palma’s 1976 film “Carrie,” Hollywood has turned, and turned again,

Mike Flanagan’s gooey, well-acted “The Life of Chuck” stars Tom Hiddleston as an everyman with earnest life lessons to impart.