Renowned American novelist, Stephen King, has expressed his dislike of the cinematic adaptation of his best-selling novel, The Shining, by Stanley Kubrick. In an interview with Rolling Stones magazine, King said Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 movie basically failed to be loyal to the spirit of the novel, adding, “The book is hot, and the movie is cold; the book ends in fire, and the movie in Ice.” In... 

It was supposed to be an edgy thriller that made statements about upper echelon decadence, while also utilizing the real world sex life of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as a kind of doorway bridging the gap between reality and fantasy – something that does come up in other Kubrick films, such as 2001: A Space Odyssey. In this Kubrick film, however, we have a statement about who runs the “show.”...