Does the Dog Die?

            It is no secret that I am a fan of horror movies. To me, they are the highest form of storytelling. In any story, there must be an obstacle to overcome that conveys a sense of worry or dread in the audience. From the bachelor party searching for the missing groom in The Hangover to Barbie undoing …

The Happy Endings of Stanley Kubrick

Darkness looms over the filmography of Stanley Kubrick. From the spacecraft run by the murderous artificial intelligence; dystopian London seeking to eradicate ultraviolence; the ruins of Vietnam; the isolated Overlook Hotel; or the War Room of the Pentagon; Kubrick was willing to explore what terrified others and has led many to despair about the future …