Room 237

What is Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining really about?  The Holocaust?  Injustice to Native Americans?  The faking of the Moon Landing?  Countless hidden sexual jokes?  Room 237 is a film where a number of people with way too much time on their hands spend endless hours watching and re-watching The Shining looking for clues as to it’s real meaning. When I grew up I pretty much liked all movies.  An Abbott & Costello feature was right up there with Gone With The Wind as far as I was concerned.  At some point I read a book called The Key by James…

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Prometheus-In Space, No One Can Hear You Snore

Alien was an amazing movie set in a gritty world where space travel was mundane and the people working for the The Company were more interested in their bonuses than the monster that was loose in the bowels of the ship.  H.R.Giger’s creature and spaceship were perfect, his wonderful mix of machines and organics was made for a sci fi movie project.  Alien was meant to be a one off horror movie that didn’t need to answer any of the countless questions it asked, such as: Why did the ship stop? How did the robot know about the alien? Why…

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