Stanley Kubrick

Dr Strangelove or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Dr Strangelove or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Rating: ★★★★★
Nov 16, 2001Nuclear War Black Comedy
Stanley Kubrick decided the only way to make a film about nuclear war was to resort to black comedy. Aided by three sidesplitting performances from Peter Sellers, the result are mercilessly funny
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rating: ★★★★★
Apr 26, 2001Stargate/Amok AI/Human Evolution/Space Mission
The greatest science-fiction film ever made? Stanley Kubrick goes against all convention – the film is slow, has no clear story and reaches an enigmatic ending and yet it is a work of brilliance, both visually and in terms of effects technology, groundbreaking in a number of ways,
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A Clockwork Orange (1971)

A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Rating: ★★★★½
May 3, 2001Future Thugs/Brainwashing
One of the key films by Stanley Kubrick, centred around ultra-violent thugs in a near-future setting. Everybody was outraged at Kubrick choreographing scenes of violence to classical music but the film has a considerable brilliance and very dark sense of humour
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The Shining (1980)

The Shining (1980)
Rating: ★★★★
Mar 18, 2001Haunted Hotel/Cabin Fever/Stephen King Adaptation
Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Stephen King's novel throws much of the book out but has duly become a classic. Jack Nicholson goes grandly mad amid Kubrick's stupendous production and unsettling set-pieces
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