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Stanley KuBLOG: A Clockwork Orange – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Stanley KuBLOG: A Clockwork Orange – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Posted by on Mar 26, 2020 in All, Books, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

A Clockwork Orange is what happens when a master filmmaker decides to deliberately make an ugly film. Following the ecstatic star journey...

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Stanley KuBLOG – 2001: A Space Odyssey – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Stanley KuBLOG – 2001: A Space Odyssey – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Posted by on Mar 16, 2020 in All, Books, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

I have a relationship with 2001: a Space Odyssey. It was the first film I really booked on TV to see. As a kid, I was going to my uncle...

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Stanley KuBLOG: Dr Strangelove (or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb) – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Stanley KuBLOG: Dr Strangelove (or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb) – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Posted by on Mar 6, 2020 in All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, News, thriller, war | 0 comments

Dr. Strangelove is damned near perfect. Hell, it simply is perfect. From the title with its death wish Nazi sentiment matched with the...

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Stanley KuBLOG: Lolita – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Stanley KuBLOG: Lolita – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Posted by on Mar 1, 2020 in All, Books, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

Lolita is an odd film but is a first for Kubrick. His first non-genre film, the adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov’s 1955 novel, tells...

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Stanley KuBLOG: Spartacus – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Stanley KuBLOG: Spartacus – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Posted by on Feb 19, 2020 in action, All, biopic, drama, Film, Headline, News | 0 comments

The difficulty of Spartacus is that for Kubrick it was definitely a promotion but at the same time also a demotion. The budget was bigger,...

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Stanley KuBLOG: Paths of Glory – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Stanley KuBLOG: Paths of Glory – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Posted by on Feb 6, 2020 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller, war | 0 comments

Stanley Kubrick’s fourth feature film Paths of Glory is his first to establish him as the complete product. This is the first of his...

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Stanley KuBLOG: The Killing – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Stanley KuBLOG: The Killing – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Posted by on Jan 24, 2020 in action, All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

Okay, we can stop mucking about now. After a couple of shaky starts, Kubrick with The Killing finally makes a fantastic film. Released in...

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Stanley KuBLOG: Killer’s Kiss – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Stanley KuBLOG: Killer’s Kiss – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Posted by on Jan 10, 2020 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

Davey Gordon (Jamie Smith) is a 29-year-old welterweight New York boxer at the fag end of his career. Across from his apartment, he...

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Stanley KuBLOG: Fear and Desire – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Stanley KuBLOG: Fear and Desire – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Posted by on Dec 27, 2019 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller, war | 0 comments

Stanley KuBLOG – The Man with a Camera and a Beard Following the completion of the Steven SpielBLOG, it was natural to have a look...

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Review: Doctor Sleep – “A smart, chilling and emotional love letter to the work of both Kubrick and King”

Posted by on Oct 30, 2019 in action, All, Books, drama, Film, Headline, horror, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

Doctor Sleep is not an easy adaptation to make, given the mix of Stephen King’s novel, on which the film is based, and the iconic status...

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