A fantastical Stephen King adaptation tops the DVD releases for the week of Sept. 30.

“The Life of Chuck”: A cosmic, philosophical extraordinary drama about one ordinary life, told in three reverse-chronological chapters. Starring Tom Hiddleston, Jacob Tremblay, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan and Mark Hamill.

“‘The Life of Chuck’ is a trick. It’s a trick you’ll be delighted by, but a trick nevertheless, conjured by author Stephen King, on the page, and filmmaker Mike Flanagan, on screen,” writes Tribune News Service critic Katie Walsh in her review. “Of course, if you’ve read the source material, a novella published in 2020 as part of the collection ‘If It Bleeds,’ you’ll know what’s afoot, as Flanagan doesn’t stray from King’s structural play or themes. But if you go in fresh, with wide

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