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Back when I worked concessions at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica (2019, a simpler time), I remember chopping it up with a co-worker about <PERSON> prolific 80s and early 90s run. He reminded me of how he hadn’t made a good movie in over twenty years, and I retorted with Flipped being a solid adaptation (the book’s definitely still better because it genuinely spoke to 2000s kids). Now of course I dig the idea of this being a companion piece to The Shining; one tackling writer’s block and the other being an obsessive fan oblivious to their favorite writer ever even having writer’s block (I imagine this is <PERSON> commentating on ridiculous deadlines publishing companies threw at him during his reign). 26
Not the scariest <PERSON> adaptation but maybe the most well paced, you know the thrills are coming and still can’t get enough. I’m not even sure <PERSON> fits the part but I’m so glad he’s here, his hyper masculine energy being subjected to this is what cinema’s made for. Definitely the perfect movie to show to your little cousin who claims that they aren’t scared of anything.
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