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Directed by: Mike Flanagan
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Emily Alyn Lind, Alex Essoe, Jacob Tremblay, Danny Lloyd
Rated: R for Disturbing Violent Content, Some Bloody Images, Language, Nudity and Drug Use
Running Time: 2 h 32 m
TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Melding of Kubrick and King’s Worlds, Story, Acting, Ingenuity
WEAKNESSES: Pacing (Particularly in First Act), Length

Doctor Sleep (2019)

December 20, 2019

Years after the events of “The Shining”, Dan Torrance fights to protect a girl who possesses the same psychic ability as him.

The Shining (1980)

Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers
Rated: R
Running Time: 2 h 26 m
TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Directing, Writing, Acting, Cinematography, Atmosphere
WEAKNESSES: -

The Shining (1980)

September 20, 2018

A writer takes his wife and child to be a caretaker for an isolated hotel during the winter, only to find that there might be an evil presence lurking in the hotel.