Rounding out the list of favorite films I haven't reviewed because I haven't watched them since I started writing capsule reviews, but nonetheless felt need a mention in any list I make of favorites... The Shining.
More has been written about this film than perhaps any other of my favorite movies. Stanley Kubrick's classic adaptation of Stephen King's great novel about a lonely hotel caretaker's descent into madness that may not be his fault. There is way too much here for me to write about, and as with Apocalypse Now, so much has already been written in the intervening nearly 50 years that is so much better than I could write. Let's just say, a huge favorite of mine, a peak moment from one of the greatest directors in history, and my go-to favorite example of how there are great horror movies, and then, very rarely, there is simply a great movie that just happens to be in the horror genre.
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