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“Doctor Sleep” (2019); a sequel to “The Shining” we didn’t want or need, yet it works…

*****SHRUB-MAZE OF SPOILERS AHEAD!!***** The Shining (1980). Full disclosure: the late, great director Stanley Kubrick made one of my favorite movies of all time (“2001: A Space Odyssey”), though I’m not as in love with his 1980 adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Shining.” For clarity, I don’t hate it, either; in fact, I much admire…

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Revisiting “2001: A Space Odyssey” theatrically for its 50th anniversary…

First, I want to apologize to any regular readers for the lack of fresh content for the last couple weeks (feels like forever ago to me).  Between Halloween (a very big deal at my house) and most of an Election Day week spent nauseously nervous, things have been a bit crazy around here.   Secondly, I…

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“2001: A Space Odyssey”: 50 years of a future that never was…

Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) is (truly) one of my favorite movies of all time.   If I could take only three DVDs with me to a remote island (assuming I had a DVD player that ran on coconut juice), this movie would be one of them. Now I don’t mean it’s the best…

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  • The Mandalorian, Chapter 5: “The Gunslinger” gives plenty of ‘new hope’… December 6, 2019
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  • The Mandalorian, Chapter 4: “Sanctuary” offers another recycled classic western story… November 29, 2019
  • The Mandalorian, Chapter 3: “The Sin” is fully committed… November 24, 2019

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