Directed by Mike Flanagan While itself a straight down the middle, somewhat delirious horror/fantasy movie, Doctor Sleep is more fascinating for how it interacts with its prequel, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. Stephen King is widely known to loath that 1980 film for how it deviates from his novel. The character Jack Torrance (played by Jack Nicholson) was … Continue reading Doctor Sleep (2019)
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Three Kings (1999)
Directed by David O. Russell In Three Kings four U.S. soldiers celebrate the end of the Gulf War by hatching a plan to steal Saddam Hussein's gold. They will find a map rolled up in a man's ass and quickly determine what this map signifies. Then the four soldiers of varying ranks head into a small … Continue reading Three Kings (1999)
Sunshine (2007)
Directed by Danny Boyle "ashes to ashes, stardust to stardust." The Icarus II is sent to reignite a dying sun in Danny Boyle's Sunshine, and yes, there was an Icarus I, and yes the Icarus II crew will come across the distress signal of the Icarus I which hadn't been heard from in seven years. Spooky. … Continue reading Sunshine (2007)