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mvie mu-1018844: It's Not Gonna Hurt Ya: Kubrick's The Shining

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:58:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author JiggyJay - Stanley Kubrick's most famous film also happens synonymous with one of the most popular American Horror films of the past thirty years: The Shining. Directed in 1980, it brought together two of cinema's icons-Kubrick, of course, and Jack Nicholson...

mvie mu-1018844: Overrated as hell, but still a good horror film

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:00:34 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author tetsuo - As a younger film reviewer, I have missed a lot of classic horror films as they made their theatrical runs. Instead, I am forced to catch many of them on video, years after all the hoopla and controversy have died down. I didn't see "Psycho"...

mvie mu-1018844: The Shining - 1980

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:26:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author susidee34 - Although The Shining is considered one of the classic horror movies and there is much to love about the film, there are also some glaring negatives as well. That certainly doesn't mean I don't like it because I've seen it a bazillion times,...

mvie mu-1018844: The Shining - Jack Nicholson At His Scariest

Thu, 9 Oct 2008 21:39:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dragonfire88 - I love movies and watch a lot of them. There are many movies that are considered to be very good or even classics that I haven't seen yet for whatever reason. Every so often, I get the chance to see one of them. That is how I came to see The...

mvie mu-1018844: "So my son talks to his finger and says certain words backwards....I'm a good parent!"

Sun, 6 Jul 2008 15:52:03 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author midnitesabbath - Oh, sure, the picturesque mountain scenery from within your Volkswagen Beetle is majestic to say the least, Mr. Torrance. What pleasant visual candy to compensate for the long drive to your long awaited interview that will determine if you are chosen to...

mvie mu-1018844: This is a great modern classic.

Sat, 17 May 2008 04:23:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gfritzler - Jack Nicholsen does some really good acting in the old cult classic The Shining where he plays as a writer who goes crazy in a hotel because he is suffering from writers block and gets snowed in the hotel and can not get out and gets secluded from the...

mvie mu-1018844: The Shining (Blu-Ray edition)

Tue, 8 Jan 2008 14:38:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author scapp70 - The Shining is one of the first true horror movies I had seen. My dad took me to the movies to see it when I was about 13 years old. There were many images on the screen that frightened me very much, and even now they still appear eerie –...

mvie mu-1018844: Heeeeeeeeeeeere's The Shining! (please tell me that some reviewer hasn't used that one yet)

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 05:22:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author updateghost - Many a frightening film has been released since The Shining, but Kubrick's 1980 psychological-horror is still notable for its attempt to climb inside the protagonist's head. There are ample opportunities for the writer-director to spook us with...

mvie mu-1018844: Stanley Kubrick takes on horror

Sat, 2 Jun 2007 23:39:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author musicc - After reading the Shining I thought about seeing the movie. I heard good things about it and I’m starting to find an interest for Stanley Kubrick. Only about two years after the original novel was published Stephen King found his third book...

mvie mu-1018844: "Give me the f--king bat, Wendy."

Thu, 8 Feb 2007 17:27:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author alexdg1 - One of the most common gripes readers have when one of their favorite novels is adapted into a screenplay for a major motion picture and they notice all the changes, large and small, made by the screenwriter/director in making the leap from the printed...

mvie mu-1018844: Broadway Turk's Top 10 Horror Flicks (#3)?

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 14:22:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lansky2000 - Although this doesn't have the overall shock effect of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre or the subliminal fright enhancements of The Exorcist, The Shining still rules the roost at No. 3 on BT's All-Time Horror List. Unlike so many...

mvie mu-1018844: Kubrick takes on King

Wed, 1 Nov 2006 13:51:20 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jollysailor - The Shining (1980) was voted by Empire readers as the scariest movie of all time. Is this really true? Well... The plot basically evolves around a winter caretaker at an isolated hotel (Nicholson) gradually moving towards insanity. He becomes obsessed...

mvie mu-1018844: Heres Johnny!

Mon, 1 May 2006 21:46:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bonsi6337 - Adapted from the book of the same title written by stephen king, this is a classic film directed by Stanley Kubrick (Eyes Wide Shut). This is the first adaptation of the Shining, as it was adapted as a tv mini-series in the 1990s. I got this from my...

mvie mu-1018844: Horror at Half-Speed

Mon, 23 Jan 2006 00:44:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - There's a hair-thin line between genius and idiot - and Stanley Kubrick walked it like a balance beam. The Shining, Kubrick's 1980 adaptation of the Stephen King classic, is definitely exhibit #1. Nobody but Kubrick could so exquisitely shoot it and...

mvie mu-1018844: "Danny's not here, Mrs. Torrance"

Wed, 9 Nov 2005 22:13:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - If little Danny Torrance and the Overlook Hotel's chef Dick Hallorann can converse via mental telepathy and thought broadcasting, I ought to be able to transmit this review to your eyes without actually typing or putting pen to paper. Let's give it a...

mvie mu-1018844: All work and no play makes me angry

Fri, 21 Jan 2005 03:32:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author andycorns13 - This is one of the scariest movies ever. It is a brilliant movie by the master of cinema, Stanley Kubrick. He gets you scared in every single way in this movie. It really messes with your head and drags you into the pit of evil. The visions that...

mvie mu-1018844: Here's Johhny! A classic line in the best horror film ever!

Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:50:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ninput - My mom was always terrefied of this movie and so it was mostly to bug her that I decided to watch this. I wasn't expecting too much, it was a horror movie and I'd never thought much of that genre. By the end I was looking over my shoulder in teror,...

mvie mu-1018844: It's pretty dark for a movie called "The Shining"

Fri, 3 Sep 2004 15:32:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author seacow - My brother and I had been meaning to see The Shining for a while. We knew very little about the movie except that Jack Nicholson was in it and that he uttered the sentence, “Here’s Johnny!” We finally got it from Netflix. The movie starts with a man...

mvie mu-1018844: A little boy who lives in your mouth??

Mon, 19 Jan 2004 19:01:28 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author blonde03 - What can I say? Jack Nicholson is classic! With his "Herrrree's Johnny!" Nicholson makes the movie enjoyable, but he should have started out as a loving caring father..who slowly goes insane. He seemed to be psyco from the beginning. Besides that...

mvie mu-1018844: Let the red ax handle. Shine an ever bloody light on me.

Thu, 30 Oct 2003 19:55:37 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jeff_wilder78 - There are two schools of thought when it comes to Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. One school of thought finds it to be a cheap version of Stephen King's classic novel, while the other thinks it is excellent and in some cases better than the book. A way...

mvie mu-1018844: THE SHINING: Only the Shadowman Knows Why Kubrick Ruined His Intellectual Horror Masterpiece!

Mon, 28 Jul 2003 21:18:19 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author macresarf1 - About the act of "Passing the Buck" -- personally, historically and cosmically -- Stanley Kubrick's...

mvie mu-1018844: No wonder Stephen King hated it!

Sun, 1 Jun 2003 19:29:28 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author despina83 - This 1980 horror film is "based on" Stephen King's excellent bestselling novel. Notice that I'm useing the term "based on" very loosely, as this film wanders far from the book and even makes a mockery of it. Stephen King was not pleased with the...

mvie mu-1018844: Paste Lame Shine Pun Here

Thu, 31 Oct 2002 17:42:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - Just what do you think of when you think of a haunted house? The stereotypical haunted house is little more than a large shack, very loosely boarded up with rotting wood, creaking floorboards and stairs, loose doors and a massive maze of codwebs. The...

mvie mu-1018844: The Shining *

Wed, 23 Oct 2002 18:47:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - It is fair to say that horror movies attach themselves to an unfortunate yet unavoidable law of diminishing returns.

Plainly put, they are never as scary as the first time you watched them and even revisiting a generic masterpiece such as...

mvie mu-1018844: Truly different strokes...

Tue, 16 Apr 2002 19:24:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author neodurden - I rented it based mainly on the fact that Stanley Kubrick has got to be one of the most critically acclaimed directors ever, and I just wanted to know what all the fuss was about. And as a result of the films popularity, I had already committed to memory...