The Shining (1980) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Shining (1980) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Stanley Kubrick

Written by: Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson

Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd

Runtime: 144 min

Synopsis: Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) is an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic, who accepts a position as the off-season caretaker of the isolated historic Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies. Wintering over with Jack are his wife Wendy Torrance (Shelley Duvall) and young son Danny Torrance (Danny Lloyd). Danny possesses psychic abilities that enable him to see into the hotel's horrific past. After a winter storm leaves the Torrances snowbound, Jack's sanity deteriorates due to the influence of the supernatural forces that inhabit the hotel, placing his wife and son in danger.

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It (2017) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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It (2017) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Andy Muschietti

Starring: Jaeden Lieberher, Wyatt Oleff, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Jack Dylan Grazer, Chosen Jacobs, Nicholas Hamilton, Bill Skarsgård

Runtime: 135 min

From Stephen King's very famous novel of the same name, It is the story of a group of kids that need to face their biggest fears in order to save their city from Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård), a terrifying clown that has been murdering people for centuries.

Is this film yet another miserable King's adaptation or is it able to break the most recent curse?

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The Dark Tower (2017) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Dark Tower (2017) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Nikolaj Arcel

Starring: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Claudia Kim, Fran Kranz, Abbey Lee, Jackie Earle Haley

Runtime: 95 min

Another adaptation from a Stephen King's book and this time it's a big one. The Dark Tower tells the story of a gunslinger, Roland Deschain (Idris Elba), who has been protecting a tower that holds the universe together, from the Man in Black, also known as Walter O'Dim (Matthew McConaughey).

With every world's fate at stake, a final battle between good and evil starts, as Roland tries to defend the tower one last time.

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