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Dean (6925 KP) rated Doctor Sleep (2019) in Movies

Oct 31, 2019

A bigger look at the Shining universe (0 more)

Some recreation scenes of the original (0 more)

Shine on

So I recently watched The Shining again to prepare for this. I've not read the book so can't compare it to that. It's mainly set some 30 years after the events of The Shining with Danny now a grown man and struggling in life. He finally finds a calling and seems to settle in a small town where he can use his Shine in a positive way. He discovers a new child with a great power and also of a group who want to hunt her down exploit her power.
For a long film it did whizz by as the story was very interesting. It's a different type of horror film to the original. Although it's still dark and disturbing in its content. We learn more about those with this power and the evil group who hunt down those with the power. It's good to see the overlook hotel again but in some ways this film didn't really need visit the old location. I guess it does give it more of a connection to the original. Although a couple of scenes there really would have been better cut out.
Overall it's a very interesting, entertaining film that might not be scary as such. It is very dark and menacing. A great expansion on the Shining universe.

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Can the Laws of Physics be Unified?

Paul Langacker

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A concise introduction to the cutting-edge science of particle physics The standard model of...

The Craggus (360 KP) rated Venom (2018) in Movies

Oct 3, 2018

Venom (2018)

2018 | Action, Sci-Fi

7.4

(151 Ratings)

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I guess you just can't polish a turd, no matter how windy it is... Venom (2018) #Review

The most puzzling thing about “Venom” is that if Sony was determined to make this film, this exact story, they already had a movie they could call it a sequel to without pissing away yet another of their Marvel IPs that look increasingly like hostages rather than assets. I’m talking about “Life”, and it would have provided a better foundation for the story than this clumsy and inept attempt which sees Sony's would-be Spider-Man-less Spider-Verse telling Universal’s Dark Universe to hold its beer....
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