Tag Archives: Stanley Kubrick

Untimely Movie Review: Full Metal Jacket

Posted on August 2, 2021 by Tom Garrett

If you saw Full Metal Jacket years ago, or you’ve only watched a few key scenes on YouTube, you probably love the movie.  Or, you think you do, anyway.   If it’s been a while since you’ve seen it, it may come as … Continue reading →

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Untimely Movie Review: The Shining

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Tom Garrett

The genius of Stanley Kubrick is readily apparent in the opening “segment” of The Shining, in which Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) painstakingly drives to, arrives at, and participates in an almost-real-time job interview. The exquisitely slow burn takes the audience … Continue reading →

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Untimely Movie Review: A Clockwork Orange

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Tom Garrett

The next entry in the Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection is the second Stanley Kubrick offering in the set: A Clockwork Orange.  Yet, despite the unmistakably ambitious nature of the film, I found it had more in common thematically with … Continue reading →

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Untimely Movie Review: 2001: A Space Odyssey

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Tom Garrett

For about 25 minutes, there’s not a single line of dialogue in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Yet, Kubrick, using only a phenomenal, classical score (WHOOOO!) and striking, brutal, beautiful, and sometimes alarming visuals produces a remarkably well-told story. As a … Continue reading →

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