Tom Jolliffe looks at film analysis and fan theories. Do we over-analyse films? Cinema is a fascinating medium. A combination of carefully constructed (under the watchful eye of an auteur) visual imagery, combined with performance and sound. Some films have a clear and overriding message. Die Hard is Die Hard. You might pick apart some […]
Exclusive Interview – Doctor Sleep composers The Newton Brothers talk Mike Flanagan and The Shining
Sean Wilson chats to the composers of Doctor Sleep, the Newton Brothers, about working with director Mike Flanagan, and following in the footsteps of The Shining… Classic Stanley Kubrick horror The Shining casts a formidable legacy in more ways than one. The filmmaker’s adaptation of Stephen King’s 1977 novel is famously ambiguous (to the extent that the […]
Stephen King says Doctor Sleep redeems Kubrick’s The Shining
The fact that Stephen King disliked Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of The Shining, is film trivia as old as the ghosts who walk the corridors of the Overlook Hotel. Now, with the release of the next chapter in The Shining story, Doctor Sleep, rolling out in cinemas across the globe, the legendary horror writer has claimed […]
Movie Review – Doctor Sleep (2019)
Doctor Sleep, 2019. Written and Directed by Mike Flanagan. Starring Ewan McGregor, Kyliegh Curran, Rebecca Ferguson, Zahn McClarnon, Bruce Greenwood, Carel Struycken, Cliff Curtis, Emily Alyn Lind, Jocelin Donahue, Nicholas Pryor, Carl Lumbly, Chelsea Talmadge, Selena Anduze, Catherine Parker, Roger Dale Floyd, Kk Heim, Kaitlyn McCormick, Molly Jackson, Sadie Heim, Robert Longstreet, Jacob Tremblay, and […]
Movie Review – Doctor Sleep (2019)
Doctor Sleep, 2019. Directed by Mike Flanagan Starring Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Zahn McClarnon, Cliff Curtis, Emily Alyn Lind, Carel Struycken, Bruce Greenwood, Chelsea Talmadge, Alex Essoe, Catherine Parker, and Selena Anduze SYNOPSIS: Years after the events of The Shining, a grownup Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor) has repressed his abilities and hit the […]
Ewan McGregor, Stephen King and Mike Flanagan discuss Doctor Sleep in new featurette
Ahead of its UK release this Halloween, another featurette has been released for the supernatural horror Doctor Sleep which sees author Stephen King, director Mike Flanagan, and star Ewan McGregor discuss how the film serves as a sequel to The Shining while honouring both Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 adaptation and King’s 1977 novel; watch it here… […]
Doctor Sleep gets two new posters featuring Ewan McGregor’s Dan Torrance
With just a week to go until the UK release of Doctor Sleep, two new posters have arrived online for the upcoming Stephen King adaptation featuring Ewan McGregor’s Dan Torrance; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Doctor Sleep is the second-longest Stephen King adaptation after It: Chapter Two “Doctor Sleep” continues the story of Danny […]
It’s Time to Give the Horror Genre More Respect
As Halloween approaches, Tom Jolliffe looks at the Horror genre, and why it needs more respect… As a movie lover with a wide ranging taste in films I’ve long been fairly open to an array of genres. It was recently though, and perhaps in part this stems from writing a few horror features of late, […]
Stephen King adaptation Doctor Sleep gets a new poster
Fandango has unveiled a new poster for the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s supernatural horror novel Doctor Sleep, while revealing that Fandango VIP members can check out the movie nine days earlier than its US release date at participating theaters; check out the poster here… “Doctor Sleep” continues the story of Danny Torrance, 40 years […]
The Disturbed Outsider: A Cinematic Pathway Leading to Joker
In the wake of Joker’s success, Tom Jolliffe looks at similar cinematic examples of the disturbed outsider… With a quarter billion in takings and counting, as well as divisive reviews, media attention up the wazoo, and a status (particularly among the 18-30 viewers) as a cinematic masterpiece, Joker’s depiction of disturbed isolation and disconnect from […]