Synopsis
Mild mannered Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) arrives for an interview at the luxurious Overlook Hotel in Colorado. General manager Mr. Ullman (Barry Nelson) explains his duties as caretaker will be to maintain the hotel when it shuts down for six months during the winter. Jack maintains that the isolation will give him […]
Entries Tagged as 'Midlife crisis'
The Shining (1980)
September 3rd, 2008 · 5 Comments
Tags: Ambiguous ending · Based on novel · Dreams and visions · Famous line · Father/son relationship · Midlife crisis · Mother/son relationship · Psycho killer · Woman in jeopardy
Dressed to Kill (1980)
July 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Synopsis
Resorting to a fantasy in which a stranger accosts her in the shower, Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson) gets through a thoroughly unsatisfying round of sex with her husband. Revealing this to her psychiatrist, Dr. Elliott (Michael Caine), she’s advised to think about where her anger is going and […]
Tags: Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Interrogation · Midlife crisis · Mother/son relationship · Murder mystery · Museums and galleries · Prostitute · Psycho killer · Psychoanalysis · Rated X · Train · Woman in jeopardy
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
July 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Synopsis
In present day London, a tin box is opened in a bank vault revealing the personal effects of Dr. John H. Watson. This includes “other adventures, for reasons of discretion, I have decided to withhold from the public until this much later date. They involve matters of a delicate and sometimes scandalous […]
Tags: Brother/brother relationship · Cult favorite · Famous line · Forensic evidence · Master and pupil · Midlife crisis · Train
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
July 17th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Synopsis
Real estate salesman Shelley Levene (Jack Lemmon) begins his evening in a phone booth outside a Chinese restaurant, speaking to his hospitalized daughter and promising to visit her after a sales meeting. Dave Moss (Ed Harris) is furious over the “Mickey Mouse sales conference” and confronts office manager John Williamson (Kevin Spacey) […]
Tags: 24 hour time frame · Based on play · Cult favorite · Famous line · Interrogation · Midlife crisis









