@JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @Bix @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

Poor bastards. 😆

@JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @Bix @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

No J Lo, tho.

Depending on your preference, that's either a good thing or no. 😀

Imagining how the talk went --

"Hey kid, let's make a movie. Me n' yer bro will produce it. Liman ain't doin' nuthin.'"

Eh, we haven't had a good Boston gothic crime flick in a while.

@InUnfunky @CinnamonGirlE @Bix @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

J Lo can stay home with Ben.

I LOVE The Departed. 😊

@JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @Bix @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

Hey, where did the "Shining" clip go?

I just watched it; had forgotten what a tour de force of acting that scene was.

As for "Tha Depahted" -- well, you might put me back on the couch vis a vis my opinion of that one, lol.

😆

@InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

"The Shining" is a great movie.
It is interesting to see how much Stanley Kubrick changed the story from the book.

@Bix @InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie
Love SK. The Stand is the best book imo.

@CinnamonGirlE @InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie
Read every Stephen King book, then read the Dark Tower series. He ties The Stand and many books together.

Is the evil from The Stand (Randal Flagg) connected to other things in "Insomnia" & "The Shining?" Find out.

@Bix @InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie
Started reading "The Dark Tower series last year and have only made it to the second book so far. #1sons fav series, so he pushes me with it. It's good, but for me, less so than "The Stand". I love how he ties things together in his books. Read most of what he has written. He is a genius, no doubt.

@CinnamonGirlE @InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie
I have read a boatload of fantasy novels, The Dark Tower is my favorite.

The last 2 books have some of the best action that King has written, think of the action scenes in Thinner when the protagonist's mobster friend fights the gypsies, @peeppeepcircus

@Bix

a pretty smelly movie with Matthew McConaughey & Idris Elba though

@tgraph52
Yes, I couldn't watch it.

@Bix
I made it through once cuz I like both those movie stars but once was enough

@Bix @InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus
I have always been an avid reader. An unexpected side effect of grief has been the loss of ability to read as I did. The brain fog kind of took over my brain. It has gotten better, but has sure sidelined my reading.

@CinnamonGirlE grief did that? 😳 @Bix @InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

@peeppeepcircus @Bix @InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie
It really did. I just can't concentrate the way I did. It literally changed every aspect of my life.

@CinnamonGirlE 🫂 @Bix @InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

@peeppeepcircus @Bix @InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie 💙

@CinnamonGirlE @peeppeepcircus @Bix @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

I'm sorry, Cinni.

💔 ❤️

@InUnfunky @CinnamonGirlE @peeppeepcircus @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

Same here Cin. I lost a loved one and it feels better, but the 1st 3 years was a fog of pain.

@Bix @CinnamonGirlE @peeppeepcircus @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

Same to you, Bixie.

💔 ❤️

@Bix @InUnfunky @peeppeepcircus @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie
I had no idea how grief could take over your life and for so long. Thanking goodness it is better now for me as well. Thanks Bix 💙

@InUnfunky @peeppeepcircus @Bix @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie
Thanks Trey. I am much better now.

@CinnamonGirlE @peeppeepcircus @Bix @InUnfunky @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

Sending you a hug, Cinny. That must be very difficult. 💞

@JoyfullyDazed @peeppeepcircus @Bix @InUnfunky @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie
Thanks Lisa 💙

@CinnamonGirlE @InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus
I have read a metric ton of murder mysteries, TY Lawrence Block. "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" is my favorite one. Clear your mind of the movie, because the #Comeuppance bites harder.

@Bix @InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus
I haven't even heard of this one. I will add it to my list. 📚

@CinnamonGirlE @InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus
The "Shawshank Redemption" is the movie of the novella.

@Bix @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus

Clancy Brown!

And this scene —

@Bix

my grandma got me started early with her shelves of Agatha Christie and Erel Stanley Gardner

@Bix
*Erle*

@tgraph52
You can't go wrong with those ones.
Over all, I find Agatha Christie's characters in her books a bit cold, but I do love Miss Marple.

@Bix

We had a new/used bookstore in Mpls that only dealt in mysteries... Uncle Edgar's. I found all kinds of different authors there, in my 20s and up. Lots of foreign writers and people who never came out from under the radar. It was so great to have a resource like that...

You had to go thru Uncle Hugo's Sci Fi bookstore to get there... and I spent a lot of time and $$$ in that one too.

@Bix @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus

Weren’t they combined as “Different Seasons”? 🤔

@InUnfunky @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus
Yes, that is how the 4 short novels were 1st released.

@InUnfunky @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus @tgraph52

Salem's Lot is one the greatest horror books of all-time. The vampire is not inducted until we are more than half way through the book! Rock star writing.

@Bix @InUnfunky @CinnamonGirlE @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus @tgraph52

Salem's Lot was the first King book I read. We were living in NH with several acres of woods separating us from our neighbors. I was a little scared...lol.

@InUnfunky @Bix @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus

The first three stories from Different Seasons have been turned into movies.

Shawshank Redemption
Apt Pupil
Stand By Me (The Body, in story form)

A movie has never been done for the "Winter" story, The Breathing Method. I can sort of see why, with that one. Not sure it'd translate well to the big screen.

@Tarnagh @InUnfunky @Bix @CinnamonGirlE @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus

Stand By Me was awesome.

@JoyfullyDazed @Tarnagh @Bix @CinnamonGirlE @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus

In my "6x Or More In The Theater" movie club. 👍

@InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @Tarnagh @Bix @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus
Same. Excellent book. Excellent movie.

@InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @Tarnagh @CinnamonGirlE @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus

Now, read the story, Trey-a-licous

@Bix @JoyfullyDazed @Tarnagh @CinnamonGirlE @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus

See my response for "Apt Pupil" GEEEEZE

@InUnfunky @Tarnagh @Bix @CinnamonGirlE @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus

Why am I not surprised? 😊

@Tarnagh @InUnfunky @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus
The weakest story in my opinion, The Breathing Method.

The movie Apt Pupil didn't live up to book, IMO too.

@Bix @Tarnagh @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus

Just gonna ask about that one. Need to re-read it and watch the flick.

@InUnfunky @Tarnagh @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus

Read Apt Pupil, and think about the Nazi evil being transferred.

@Bix @Tarnagh @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus

I need to RE-READ it, Bixie Bixie Bo Bixie. I read it when the hardcover collection first came out -- '82?

@InUnfunky @Tarnagh @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus
Lucky, it has been so long, it will be like to you.

@Bix @InUnfunky @Tarnagh @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

i have a theory that no one but me has actually seen the Doctor Sleep movie.

https://screenrant.com/doctor-sleep-movie-shining-sequel-release-date-trailer/

@peeppeepcircus @InUnfunky @Tarnagh @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

I very much liked the book..

@peeppeepcircus @Bix @InUnfunky @Tarnagh @CinnamonGirlE @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Doctor Sleep movie. I wasn't a big fan of the book, but I'll watch the movie on a loop...lol.

@peeppeepcircus @Bix @InUnfunky @Tarnagh @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

I saw it. I was amazed at the stuff they did recreating the old sets.

@Bix @CinnamonGirlE @InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

This is the only Stephen King book I can read now. After the Shining, it was too frightening to continue.

@LnzyHou @CinnamonGirlE @InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

It is a damn great book, all writers should read it.