‘Doctor Sleep’ Is Stephen King’s ‘X-Men’ with a Dash of ‘The Shining’ | Review

I wondered why Warner Bros. didn’t release Doctor Sleep before Halloween. It seemed pretty obvious to release a sequel to one of the greatest horror films of all-time at a time when people are craving horror movies. But after seeing Doctor Sleep, the decision makes sense because Mike Flanagan’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel isn’t really a horror movie. It...

How Stephen King’s ‘Doctor Sleep’ Connects to ‘The Shining’

Doctor Sleep comes out this weekend – tonight, to be precise, if you’re the type of person who rushes out to see new movies as soon as you legally can. I am such a person, and rest assured I will be elbowing fellow opening-nighters aside, possibly while you’re reading this, to sit in a reclining leather seat...