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HE’EEEEEERE’S JOHNNY!!!! – THE SHINING in IMAX This Weekend

Original 1980 ad slick for THE SHINING

Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film adaptation of Stephen King’s wildly popular 1977 novel The Shining, which details the plight of Jack and Wendy Torrance and their young son, Danny, as they care for the snowbound Overlook Hotel which has a sordid past, is coming back to theaters this coming weekend. Unlike past screenings which were confined to standard 35mm presentations of …

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Director Interview: April Wright

April Wright is a film director whose credits include the documentaries Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-In Movie (2013), Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace (2019), and Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story (2020), all of which can be viewed JustWatch.com. Like all of us cinephiles, Ms. Wright was not just a fan of movies …

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Oscar-Winning Film Director & Author Interview: Lee Unkrich

Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, now available from Taschen Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film of Stephen King’s 1977 novel The Shining is one of the most written about, most celebrated, most loved, most hated, and most misunderstood motion pictures in the history of the medium. Its hypnotic effect is undeniable, and countless books and articles have been written in many languages about …

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Chiller Theatre Halloween Weekend 2021 Arrives Following Pandemic

The Chiller Theatre Halloween Weekend 2021 convention will be held in Parsippany, NJ from Friday, October 29, 2021 to Sunday, October 31, 2021. This is being billed as the show’s 30th anniversary and the first Chiller show to take place since the COVID-19 pandemic hit during the first weeks of 2020. Show hours are as follows:                                                                                                              Friday PRE-SHOW – 5 …

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Z DEAD END to Feature Douglas Dunning, Tom Sizemore, and George Lazenby

Actor, producer, stuntman and 70mm camera operator Douglas Dunning will be starring with George Lazenby (On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, 1969) in Z Dead End, a new zombie film unlike any before it. The film was written and will be directed by Robert Resto (The Brain Hunter, 2013). It is scheduled for release in late 2022. From the IMDB.com description:

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