"Hearts in Atlantis" tells the tale of Bobby Garfield (played by newcomer Anton Yelchin) who desperately wants a bike for his 11th birthday. And guess what his mom gets him instead? A library card.

British director Johannes Roberts is re-teaming with production and finance outfit The Fyzz Facility for coming-of-age drama “Hearts,” an adaptation of Stephen King’s critically acclaimed ...

Thus “Hearts in Atlantis,” directed by Scott Hicks and based on King”s novel, also disproves a stereotype by instilling tension in far more subtle and touching ways.