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'11.22.63' Review: James Franco and Stephen King Try To Save J.F.K.
It may seem odd to say that tender-hearted sincerity is the best reason to watch 11.22.63, a TV adaptation of a Stephen King novel about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, but it’s true for me: As I watched this eight-part series, I was moved by the earnest urgency with which James Franco’s Jake Epping works to prevent Lee Harvey Oswald’s bullets from being fired. Working from King’s thick historical thriller, this adaptation overseen by producer Bridget Carpenter is suspenseful, m
