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‘The Monkey’ review: Stephen King’s killer toy becomes ‘Longlegs’ creator Osgood Perkins’ plaything
Filmmakers tinker with the question of tone from project to project, many not as much as they should. But writer-director Osgood Perkins has no problem with tonal adjustment. His recent and most popular feature, last year’s “Longlegs,” worked in a sustained register of steady, clammy, creepily effective dread. Perkins makes a hard left into merrily

Family informs Osgood Perkins’ approach to ‘Monkey’ horror
Writer-director Osgood Perkins knows about horror, having scored last year with his critically acclaimed Nicolas Cage blockbuster “Longlegs.” Now he tackles Stephen King’s legendary short story, “The Monkey,” where a malignant toy means immediate death for anyone unlucky enough to be in its orbit. Perkins, 51, has made his reputation filming his original scripts. Adapting King’s

Kelley: A farmer’s message to RFK Jr.
“There are people in every time and every land who want to stop history in its tracks,” said Robert F. Kennedy in 1964. Those words resonate today with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was confirmed as the secretary of Health and Human Services. Regarding agriculture policy, most people think of the Agriculture Department or the