Anthony Lane reviews James Mangold’s “Ford v Ferrari,” starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon, and Mike Flanagan’s “Doctor Sleep,” starring Ewan McGregor.

Not overlooking Kubrick is well-intentioned, but the film undercuts its own compelling new story

While one can sometimes feel Flanagan struggling to satisfy both King and Kubrick fans when he really should be trusting his own vision, he’s talented enough to pull off this difficult blend of legacies.

Mike Flanagan's new Stephen King adaption, starring Ian McEwan, is satisfyingly chock-full of dread—and bogged down by too many nods to The Shining.

The satisfying follow-up nods to both King’s novel and Stanley Kubrick’s movie

Watching a sequel can sometimes feel like wandering down the carpeted hallways of an old familiar place. 'Doctor Sleep', an unearned and cringeworthy follow-up

Finding the right way to approach Doctor Sleep requires a bizarre amount of extra-textual introspection. Here we have a film that is a sequel to The Shining (an all-time classic of the horror genre) while also being an adaptation of a book that was itself a sequel to the book upon which the original film

Ewan McGregor plays an all-grown-up Danny Torrance in an inspired horror-fantasy that seeks to reconcile Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick.

When Mike Flanagan signed on to write, direct, and edit “Doctor Sleep,” he took on a complicated legacy. How do you adapt a best-selling novel (Stephen King’s 2013 book) that is the sequel to another celebrated novel (“The Shining”) for the screen when the film adaptation of that first novel is a) one of the greatest icons of […]

In retrospect, my first mistake was probably re-watching Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining the night before my press screening of Doctor Sleep, Mike Flanagan’s new film adaptation of Stephen King’s follow-up novel. I was explicitly encouraged to by the…

As a grownup Danny Torrance, Ewan McGregor fights psychic vampires and returns to the Overlook in Stephen King's 'The Shining' sequel 'Doctor Sleep.'

‘Doctor Sleep’ owes a bigger debt to the Stanley Kubrick film than the books, with Ewan McGregor as Dan Torrance in a movie that flames out down the stretch

Both Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick fans should be happy with Mike Flanagan’s adaptation.

Ewan McGregor as grownup Danny Torrance fights his own demons and others in this meandering follow-up to The Shining

Like a traumatized psyche, it remains uncomfortably stuck in the past, replaying familiar events in an effort to empty them of terror.

'Doctor Sleep' is way too long, clashing somber sobriety with loony cheap thrills, and its homages to 'The Shining' turn shameless and cheap.

Ewan McGregor is the grown up Danny Torrance struggling to control his demons in this sequel to The Shining

Mike Flanagan’s jaw-dropping adaptation of Stephen King’s novel “Doctor Sleep,” the sequel to "The Shining," is a monumental achievement of tension, suspense, forgiveness and sacrifice. Rating: 4 stars out of...

Ewan McGregor retreads familiar ground in this sequel to Stephen King’s (and Stanley Kubrick’s) The Shining, from director Mike Flanagan.

Stephen King hated Stanley Kubrick’s screen adaptation of his 1977 novel The Shining. Now the screen version of King’s sequel, Doctor Sleep, has a painfully literal film adaptation that should make King happier. It stars Ewan McGregor as the adult Danny Torrance, and Rebecca Ferguson as a child-vaping baddie.

Mike Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep serves mostly as a reminder of just how potent Stanley Kubrick’s film was. Or Stephen King’s original novel

Doctor Sleep is a conflicted and unwieldy sequel attempting to unite worlds (King and Kubrick) while telling an original story from yet another filmmaker's viewpoint (Flanagan) that never blends together.

Ewan McGregor stars in a sequel to the 1980 horror film "The Shining." The film is also based on a Stephen King book.

Back to the cinematic hallowed ground of the Overlook Hotel

Mike Flanagan’s spiritual sequel to The Shining, Doctor Sleep, is elevated by great performances by Rebecca Ferguson, Ewan McGregor, and Kyleigh Curran. But Stephen King’s and Stanley Kubrick’s legacies loom large over the horror film.

The Shining is pretty high up on the list of iconic movies that don’t need a sequel, remake, or reboot. Doctor Sleep is a movie literally no one asked for, but I’m really surprised to say that I’m damned happy it exists. Part-sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s horror classic, part-sequel to Stephen King’s beloved tome, Doctor

The movie simultaneously attempts to honor both Stephen King’s writing and Stanley Kubrick's iconic film, "The Shining."

Mike Flanagan's adaptation of King's novel is an ambitious homage to the movie and the book that proves why they never clicked.

If you've ever sat up at night thinking, "What happened to Shelley Duvall and the creepy kid in 'The Shining?'" your question is answered by the new screen sequel to Stephen King's story "Doctor Sleep".