Those of you who read this blog on a semi-regular basis, may be thinking that I've made a mistake in this review's title- especially since I've already done reviews of Stephen King's Novel " The Shining ", and the 1980 Stanley Kubrick version . Well, I'm not wrong, since 1997 saw a TV mini-series based on the novel.  The teleplay was written by Stephen King himself. After alcoholism leads to the loss of his job, Jack Torrance accepts a job as winter caretaker at the Overlook Hotel.  Filled with hope for a fresh start, Jack and his family move into the hotel, and begin the process of healing old wounds. Soon, however, the snow starts to fly, and the hotel begins to stalk its occupants in the hopes of making their stay permanent ... After watching Kubrick's version years ago, I'd always felt that " The Shining " would've been better told as a mini-series, since it could incorporate more the themes and scary events from the no...

If you listen to " Film Reviews From the Basement ," on Friday night (07 Oct 2011), you will have heard my verbal review of Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film, " The Shining ".  If you're a regular reader of my blog, then you would've read my review of Stephen King's book- which this movie is based on.  To round things out properly, I'm going to do a bit of a recap and expansion of my movie review today... simply because I can. I just want it known right off the bat that I DON'T hate Kubrick's films.  In fact, there are a few that I actually enjoy: " Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb " (1964); " A Clockwork Orange " (1971); and " Full Metal Jacket " (1987) As you can probably guess (if you didn't hear the radio show Friday night) from its absence, " The Shining " is not one of the ones I liked.  Now, before I get lynched by Stanley Kubrick and Jack Nich...