5 Off My Head: Uncle Stevie's 70

It is the 70th birthday of Stephen King and old age be damned he's this year's hot "It Boy" and in more ways than one, the movie It being the year's biggest surprise hit - I think we all expected the movie to do well, but not this well. It's raking in cash over claw. (Here is my review in case you missed it.) Anyway I'm in too much of a rush just now to go back through our archives and check to see if I've done this before (it's entirely possible) but here on his 70th let's name our five favorite movie adaptations of his stories.

Dolores Claiborne (1995)

-- dir. Taylor Hackford --
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Carrie (1976)

-- dir. Brian DePalma --

The Mist (2007)

-- dir. Frank Darabont --

The Shining (1980)

-- dir. Stanley Kubrick --

Misery (1990)

-- dir. Rob Reiner --

And if I did a Top Ten: The Shawshank Redemption, 

The Running Man, Creepshow, Cujo, and Apt Pupil.

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(And would you already put It on your list?
I'm not quite there yet, but it's good.)