People going into this as a natural sequel to Kubrick's masterpiece The Shining will be disappointed. People going into this expecting a faithful adaptation of the 2013 book will get pretty much what they expect, with a few interesting changes.
I think Mike Flanagan's last two feature films Hush and Gerald's Game were well done. As intimate, tight narratives, those films work well. Doctor Sleep is at times, unnecessarily bloated. Weighing in at 2 and a half hours, there is…
Part 2 of a Friday night De Niro double-bill
De Niro is effortlessly cool. One of the greatest pieces of American Cinema, Goodfellas is a tight-nit gangster chronicle with perfect pacing and a wide range of unforgettable characters. The casting is sublime - and just like most great Scorsese, the film flows naturally, even with a lengthy runtime the film never feels gratuitous or bloated. On this viewing I really took time to appreciate some of the masterful camera movements, and the excellent needle-drops used throughout.
As close as we'll ever get to seeing Coogan in a Bergman film wallowing about death and mortality.
The fourth (and final?) installment in Winterbottom's The Trip series, Greece is an apt mix of tragedy and comedy. It hits all the beats that Coogan and Brydon have mastered over the last ten years, and I'll be very interested to see if and what the pair do next.
