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Tag: The Shining

Doctor Sleep satisfies Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick, kudos Mike Flanagan after The Shining
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Doctor Sleep Shrewdly Reconciles King and Kubrick

It is fitting that Doctor Sleep is so preoccupied with the relationship between parents and children, given that writer and director Mike Flanagan ...
By Darren MooneyJanuary 26, 2020
The Shining Overlook Hotel haunted hause vast intimate
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The Shining’s Haunting Is Both Too Vast and Too Intimate to Escape

The Shining remains the quintessential haunted house movie. The Overlook Hotel, the remote and isolated establishment at the heart of Stanley Kubrick’s film, ...
By Darren MooneyNovember 1, 2019
It Parallels Stand by Me for a Horrifying Coming-of-Age Film
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It Parallels Stand by Me for a Horrifying Coming-of-Age Film

The most striking thing about 2017’s It is where it falls in the canon of cinematic Stephen King adaptations. While It might be ...
By Darren MooneySeptember 6, 2019
Art Must Be Ruined

Parents Are the Real Monsters in Stephen King’s Stories

Stephen King called Pet Sematary “the most frightening book I’ve ever written.” The new movie version doesn’t live up to that hype. It’s ...
By Noah BerlatskyApril 9, 2019
Gallery of the Day

Gallery of the Day – Movie Villains

Movies heroes get quite a bit of attention but let us all take a moment to appreciate the under appreciated: the movie villain. ...
By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorSeptember 3, 2017
Gallery of the Day

8 of the Greatest Movie Villains of All Time

Heroes are great, but nothing makes a movie like a great villain. Evildoers. ne’er-do-wells, terrorists, and psychotics can all find a home under ...
By Ron Whitaker Legacy AuthorJune 11, 2015
Gallery of the Day

8 Close-ups That Made Movies Famous

Movies are composed of many different shots, but today we celebrate the close-up and its many uses. This may have been the worst ...
By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorOctober 9, 2014
Gallery of the Day

8 Miniseries That Will Have You Rethinking Television

Since FX is remaking Fargo into a miniseries let’s go back and look at some of the best miniseries that have graced our ...
By Schuyler J. Dievendorf Legacy AuthorApril 16, 2014
Gallery of the Day

8 Stanley Kubrick Films You Must See

The classic film Dr. Strangelove: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb was released on this day in 1964. To ...
By Schuyler J. Dievendorf Legacy AuthorJanuary 29, 2014
Gallery of the Day

8 Definitive Horror Movies for Your Terrifying Marathon

To make sure that you have a happy Halloween we’ve compiled a small list of eight films that will keep you awake at ...
By Schuyler J. Dievendorf Legacy AuthorOctober 31, 2013
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