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Stephen King returns to the character and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in this …
The graphic novel tells the story of Bird’s time in L.A. starting in December 1945, where Bird and Dizzy Gillespie …
Stephen King returns to the character and territory of one of his most popular novels …
The funny thing about making a sequel to The Shining is it creates a parallel universe that’s the same as ours in every way except when you tell the story of how you and your family were trapped in a haunted hotel, nobody says “Oh, like in The Shining!”
Slaughterhouse-Five, also known as The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death is a science fiction infused anti-war novel by Kurt …
Stephen King returns to the character and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in this …
Slaughterhouse-Five, also known as The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death is a science fiction infused anti-war novel by Kurt …
The graphic novel tells the story of Bird’s time in L.A. starting in December 1945, where Bird and Dizzy Gillespie …
Formed as a New York City hardcore band in 1981, Beastie Boys struck an unlikely …
Some rambunctious and precocious kids find themselves at the right place and time and confidently blunder their way into success, then realize that they need to work a lot harder if they want to actually make a contribution to the world.
Can't say I find this relatable at all 🙃
Formed as a New York City hardcore band in 1981, Beastie Boys struck an unlikely path to global hip hop …
Formed as a New York City hardcore band in 1981, Beastie Boys struck an unlikely path to global hip hop …
Jack Torrance, his wife Wendy, and their young son Danny move into the Overlook Hotel, …
Content warning The Shining Movie/Book Spoilers
Loved the Kubrick version since forever, my spouse needled me into finally reading the novel. Very well executed, very Stephen King-y horror.
One thing I found interesting is how the movie and book treat differently the moral agency of Jack Torrance as he descends into murder and mayhem. The Kubrick film, to me, commits to an ambiguity of whether we are seeing the actions of "Jack Torrance", perhaps amplified by the evil spirits in the Overlook. It feels like the horror we are seeing is part of Jack, that he is at least somewhat responsible for what he does.
Whereas the novel tells us very explicitly that Wendy and Danny believe they are no longer seeing Jack, but "The Hotel" in Jack's body is menacing them. I have a longer harebrained theory about what this means for Jack's character, but it's an interesting difference either way
Jack Torrance, his wife Wendy, and their young son Danny move into the Overlook Hotel, where Jack has been hired …
Jack Torrance, his wife Wendy, and their young son Danny move into the Overlook Hotel, where Jack has been hired …