REVIEW: The Shining [1980]

“A momentary loss of muscular coordination” How can the pairing of Jack Nicholson and Stanley Kubrick, after a decade of their best work in the movie industry, fail? With The Shining we get one of the best thrillers to ever grace the silver screen. There is no need for special effects or gross-out gore like the so-called horror films currently being churned out. Instead we get an amazing lead performance from Nicholson that shows a descent into the hell of insanity and the visual genius that was Kubrick behind the…

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