5/11/2023 0 Comments Dr sleep bookWhere to Watch This Week's New Movies, from 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret' to 'R.M.N.' 'Land of Gold' Review: This Clunky but Affecting Road Movie Unfolds Like a Real-Life Riff on 'The Last of Us' But the idea of following haunted “Shining” alcoholic Jack Torrance’s offspring Dan Torrance (a superb Ewan McGregor), grown up and struggling with internal and external demons alike, always feels like something of a stunt. “Doctor Sleep” musters a similar combination with an intriguing look at intergenerational addiction and childhood fears, stuffed into an alluring gothic horror landscape. With his superb Netflix series “Haunting of Hill House” and previous King adaptation “Gerald’s Game,” Flanagan proved himself adept at combining genuine pathos with deep-seated dread. Mike Flanagan’s “ Doctor Sleep” is a literary reckoning that enters into the center of that battlefield, attempting an ambitious homage to Kubrick and King as well as an adaptation of King’s own “Shining” sequel, while proving why - as King himself has said many times - the original book and movie never could click. The tension between Stephen King’s 1977 novel “ The Shining” and Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 adaptation has lingered for decades, from King’s disdain for the movie to its legion of fans who obsess over every Easter egg in the frame.
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