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PAGE A6, KEIZERTIMES, MARCH 13, 2020 author Netfl ix’s Locke & Key is a serviceable adaptation Keizer reads, signs By T.J. REID On April 24, Disney will release Black Wid- ow, the twenty-fourth movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Two months later, Won- der Woman 1984, the ninth movie in the DC Extended Universe, will hit theaters courtesy of Warner Bros. Although such fi lm and TV adap- tations of comic book properties have been around almost as long as the funny books them- selves, their populari- ty practically exploded Submitted in the 2010’s, and they Emilia Jones and Jackson Robert Scott as Kinsey and Bode Locke hide have not showed any from a very real threat in Locke & Key. indication of slowing show, on the other hand, is the reminded me very much of a down now that we’ve hit a new decade. Even non-su- story of the Locke children and teenage-geared drama that you perhero, non-Marvel and DC mother coming to grips with would fi nd on the CW or even comics have been getting in on their tragedy while simultane- ABC Family. The other sizable issue I the fun and making the jump to ously getting involved in and the big and little screens in this dealing with some messy new had was the writing. I couldn’t exciting era, and IDW Publish- relationships, romantic or oth- put my fi nger on it at fi rst, but ing’s Locke & Key series is one of erwise. Oh, there’s also some su- eventually it occurred to me the latest to do so. It is, however, pernatural adventures that exist that sometimes the charac- not one of the greatest offerings on the periphery as well. They ters in Locke & Key said things also change the name of the in ways that no human would out there. Written and co-created by town to Matheson for… some ever do naturally. The actors do their best to sell this occasion- Joe Hill, prolifi c novelist and son reason. As a fan of the original com- ally off-putting dialogue, how- of the great Stephen King, Locke & Key (the comic) is the story ic, that was my biggest problem ever, and they do it well. You of a small family who, after wit- with season one of Locke & Key: won’t even notice anything 95 nessing the brutal murder of a slight yet noticeable shift in percent of the time. But that 5 patriarch Rendell Locke, decide focus from the source mate- percent had a tendency to draw to make a fresh start by mov- rial. This in and of itself is not me out of the story whenever ing to their ancestral home in a bad thing, of course; it was Lovecraft, Massachusetts. They just unexpected. The acting is are not in Key House for long well done (outside of a couple before magical, spooky things of child actors who get a pass begin to happen, all tied into because they’re kids), and the mysterious keys with equally characters’ reactions to trau- ma are believable if not always mysterious powers. Locke & Key the television pleasant. In a way, the show Simplicity - Convenience - Low Cost ◆ ◆ $995 ◆ $2965 Salem Portland Eastside 275 Lancaster Dr. SE Salem, OR 97317 832 NE Broadway Portland, OR 97232 1433 SE 122nd Ave. Portland, OR 97233 (503) 581-6265 (503) 783-3393 (503) 783-6865 Tualatin Tigard Milwaukie 8970 SW Tualatin Sherwood Rd. Tualatin, OR 97062 12995 SW Pacifi c Hwy Tigard, OR 97223 16475 SE McLoughlin Blvd. Milwaukie, OR 97267 (503) 783-6869 (503) 653-7076 (503) 885 -7800 “Easy Online Arrangements” CrownMemorialBurial.com SERVICES SERVICES 2020 RICKREALL GUN SHOW. Sat. March 14, 9-5. Sun. March 15, 9-3. Adults $7.00 (Kids under 12 FREE). FREE PARKING. 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