Episode 199-Nikolaj Arcel's The Dark Tower (2017)

Stephen Kingcast

Constant Reader

Tv & Film, Arts, Arts:books, Books

4.7 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 150 minutes

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After all these years. After all these centuries. . .The Dark Tower (movie). I have a feeling that my review of The Dark Tower will be more memorable than the film itself. As always, write in at stephenkingcast@yahoo.com Follow me on Instagram, Tik Tok, Facebook and Bluesky. Stay organized and up to date with all things Stephen King at stephenkingcast.com

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the Stephen King cast, One Man's Musings on the Works of Stephen King.
0:03.8	Each week I'll review one entry in the bibliography of Stephen King in the chronological order of
0:08.3	publication, and this week I review, I don't want to say long-awaited. It was long-awaited,
0:15.5	but ultimately very disappointing 2017 adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower
0:22.9	And at long last
0:25.4	With this episode
0:27.0	I will review
0:28.5	The long sought out
0:32.3	Often discussed
0:34.4	Adaptation of Stephen King's Magnum opus, The Dark Tower.
0:40.9	As you guys know, I have shared many, many thoughts on the Dark Tower, both the print
0:48.9	version and my expectations and hopes and fears for the film, which came out officially on Friday.
1:00.1	It was screened on Wednesday.
1:02.8	I saw it on Thursday.
1:04.7	I'll talk all about that.
1:06.1	But it is out there now.
1:08.4	And I have shared my thoughts on basically every step of the journey,
1:15.6	everything that I've heard, every article that was shared on Arentainment Weekly, every
1:21.6	photo that was put out on Instagram. So my thoughts are all out there. I've got a lot of thoughts. So make
1:31.0	sure that you stick around for that. Before I get to the actual review of the Dark Tower,
1:36.1	there's just a couple things I'd like to plug. As you guys know, I have been lately discussing
1:42.7	a particular brand of t-shirt.
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