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It's just astonishing how beautiful Mandy is. She looked especially terrific on the red carpet for the This is Us season finale. So glad that she's back in the spotlight now. It's been far too long.

Keri's looking amazing. Thanks @InternetCeleb. Might have to start watching The Americans.

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Hailey Clauson: 7.5 / 10 Kelly Gale: 8 / 10

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I don't know how faithful it is to the novel, as I've never read IT (very much want to however), but given that it was a 1990 made for TV film, I thought it was pretty good. Tim Curry was sensational as Pennywise, that much is for certain. The kids they cast for Part 1 were excellent as well. They'll also be a tough act to follow.

The book is really about the lengths that some people will go to obtain and keep power and how people would react when suddenly and somewhat violently cut off from the rest of the world and left to their own devices. I think a big part of the problem with the TV show was that they didn't do a particularly good job with the casting, I don't think. Since we're on the IT thread, have you seen the original TV miniseries with Tim Curry. He's really going to be a tough act to follow.

From what I saw of the TV show for Under the Dome, it's very different from the novel. It had most of the same characters and the basic structure, of course, but a lot was changed from what I understand. The few episodes of the TV show I saw were OK, but the novel is vastly superior.

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Anastasiya Scheglova: 7.5 Gigi Paris: 8

That's a good dose of classic King with Carrie, Misery, Christine, and Pet Sematary. I've tried getting into The Dark Tower series, but have always found it rather daunting, given how long most of the books are and then the fact that there's 7 of them (8 if you include The Wind Through the Keyhole). The first book in the series, The Gunslinger, is a rather difficult read, even if it's the shortest of the novels. From what I've heard, though, the rest of them are quite good (even The Gunslinger isn't bad, it's just more of a slow-burn story that feels like an obvious piece of experimentation by King in his early years). I've taken on a good number of his more standard-length novels, but have always found myself intimidated by his 1,000+ page offerings like IT and The Stand, but someday hope to get around to reading them. I did manage to get Under the Dome read, which was fantastic. I would say, though, if you do plan on trying out more of his work, just based on what you've said you've read, I'd go with either The Shining or 11/22/63. Both, as far as I'm concerned, are masterpieces. I was really bummed out when they cancelled the Jonathan Demme-directed version of 11/22/63 and opted to make a Hulu-original series out of it instead. It's such a great novel with great characters that just screams out to be made into a movie.

If you enjoy any of the films based on his novels, I think I can safely say that you would probably enjoy reading the novels even more, even if reading's not necessarily your favorite thing. Very few of the films based on his novels have really done their source material justice, and he writes in such a detailed way that it's very easy to visualize and kind of make your own movie in your head out of what he's writing. That's what I've always thought reading his novels, anyway. Just out of curiosity, which novels of his did you read? There are a lot of really great ones.

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