![]() I will re-watch the film in a few years and re-access my initial review. I haven't rewarded it with the 5 star rating as The Shining wasn't an initial 5 star rating for me. The version I watched was the DC 1080 cut and I will say it's an incredible film. The filmmaker stays respectful to both King and Kubrick which wouldn't have been an easy feat considering King's dislike for Kubrick's film. ![]() Most sequels would revisit The Overlook with a new family, but not Stephen King. ![]() The book was good as it pushed past the closed doors of the original and managed to stay relevant. I honestly feel this film will grow into a cult gem like its predecessor. The film is close to the books story-line but is also respectful of the Kubrick masterpiece The Shining. ![]() Doctor Sleep is one of those rare sequels that work. ![]()
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Compelled by the pleas of Anders's wife, who refuses to accept that her husband is not coming home, Marina leaves the snowy plains of Minnesota and retraces her friend's steps into the heart of the South American darkness, determined to track down Dr. Now Marina Singh, Anders' colleague and once a student of the mighty Dr Swenson, is their last hope. Anders Eckman, a mild-mannered lab researcher, is sent to investigate.Ī curt letter reporting his untimely death is all that returns. Dr Annick Swenson's work is shrouded in mystery she refuses to report on her progress, especially to her investors, whose patience is fast running out. 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Let’s just say I was not disappointed.Īfter a family tragedy, a young JoAnne Ward makes a life decision that nobody in her small town of River Bend Oregon saw coming. And “Making it Right” was my chance to find out. Since first being introduced to Sheriff JoAnne Ward in “Doing it Over” (book one of the Most Likely To Series) I have been wondering what kind of man it would take to make her go weak in the knees. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Frank Dobie asked him to contribute a tale, "The Devil's Grotto," to the next publication of the Texas Folklore Society. Boatright began his career as a folklorist in 1925, when J. Except for one year, 1934–35, when he was at the College of Mines and Metallurgy (now the University of Texas at El Paso), he remained at the University of Texas until he retired in 1968, rising through the ranks from junior instructor to full professor and chairman of the English department. ![]() He taught at Sul Ross State Teachers College from 1923 until 1926, when he joined the staff of the University of Texas. He received his master's degree at the University of Texas in 1923 and his Ph.D. He finished his high school education at West Texas State Teachers College (now West Texas A&M University), where he earned a delayed bachelor's degree in 1922, after serving two years in the army in 1917–19. In early years he was educated alternately by a governess on the ranch and at school in town. He was the youngest of ten children in a ranching family and the grandnephew of pioneer cattlemen and merchants Mody and Sam Coggin of Brownwood. Mody Boatright, folklorist and educator, the son of Eldon and Frances Ann (McAuley) Boatright, was born in Mitchell County, Texas, on October 16, 1896. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He’s left her a nomination for a summer tryout at the secretive Bureau of Supernatural Affairs. There was far more to Quinton, it seems, than she ever knew. Then Amari discovers a ticking briefcase in her brother’s old closet. Why isn’t his story all over the news? And why do the police automatically assume he was into something illegal? When he mysteriously goes missing, his little sister, 13-year-old Amari Peters, can’t understand why it’s not a bigger deal. Quinton Peters was the golden boy of the Rosewood low-income housing projects, receiving full scholarship offers to two different Ivy League schools. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It's been nearly ten months since Evans set foot in the Octagon, so a big win over Liddell will inject his career with a vital boost of excitement and relevance. Evans' next bout was an uninspiring split decision victory over Michael Bisping at UFC 78 in November 2007. ![]() Back in July 2007, the former Michigan State University wrestler settled for a draw against Tito Ortiz - a match Ortiz would have won had he not lost a point for grabbing the fence. Lately, UFC life has been anything but sweet for Evans. The next bump on Liddell's road back to prominence is in the form of Ultimate Fighter season 2 winner "Sugar" Rashad Evans (16-0-1). While visiting TAGG Radio Network's "The Lights Out Show," Liddell admitted he had approximately two to four years left "depending on how my body's feeling." Doesn't seem like a short amount of time to secure another title run, but when you give (and receive) beatings for a living, two years goes by like two weeks. Hungry and determined to reclaim light heavyweight gold, Liddell (21-5-0) realizes that with his 39th birthday approaching this December, time is not an ally. ![]() The UFC's deep and extremely competitive light heavyweight division sees two of its top contenders set to clash in a bout that'll launch the winner into immediate title contention.Ĭhuck Liddell's rousing victory over Wanderlei Silva at UFC 79 put "The Iceman" back in the title hunt. ![]() ![]() Peter Bunzl’s 19th-century London isn’t just filled with air-powered machines and clockwork robots, but also with the first Underground system and mysterious theatre- and psychic shows. The story has a similar great mix of mystery and adventure, a fast pace, and creative steampunk world-building. This novel is a great continuation of the first Cogheart Adventure. During their search for answers however, Lily, Robert and Malkin don’t only find the mysterious Moonlocket, but also cross paths with Jack Door, who appears to be very interested in the locket…and in Robert. Meanwhile, young Robert tries to find information about his mother, who abandoned Robert when he was only a baby. This story takes place in the year 1897, eight months after the events of "Cogheart." While London prepares for Queen Victoria’s Jubilee, the city gets shaken up by the break-out of England’s most wanted criminal, the famous escapologist Jack Door. ![]() What an enchanting read! Moonlocket is the wonderful sequel to Cogheart, and again we follow Lily and Robert as they run through steampunk-Victorian London, this time to catch a truly treacherous villain. ![]() ![]() But the whole time they are plotting was just so unsettling for me to read because I read it from the perspective of the girl who goes walking along the same route, feeling perfectly safe, having no idea that the boys in her village are watching and plotting and think nothing about her. Some people think this is kind of humorous because the girl simply slaps the boys and they all run away like big scaredy-cats. I could then medium enjoy the vignettes contained within until.late in the book a group of boys plan to gang rape a local girl. But eventually I got used to the gravelly old man voice and even if I didn't grow to like it, at least it didn't bother me as much. ![]() Oh what a lovely description of growing up in a small Cotswold village after WWI, where times were simpler and-SCREECH-Hey lads, who wants to plan a gang rape! When I started this I thought the worst thing I would have to say about it was that "authors shouldn't automatically be allowed to read their own works." And how. ![]() |