Almost 40 years after the film adaptation of The Shining, we get a bit of a sequel/bridge between the Kubrick vision and Stephen King's novel. This 2019 adaptation of King's Shining sequel catches us up on how Danny Torrance's life has unfolded following the events at the Overlook Hotel. Dan must connect with a gifted child named Abra to help stave off a band of roaming vampires who feast of children that shine.

Our true first episode of 2026, we are going into the world of Stephen King... Kinda. This 1980 adaptation of classic novel definitely changes the story of the work it is based on. Stanley Kubrick's horror masterpiece tells the story of Jack Torrance (played by Jack Nicholson) who takes a new job as the caretaker for The Overlook, a beautiful hotel in the Colorado mountains where he, his wife Wendy, and son Danny will be left alone in for the winter.

This week we are talking the Jon M Chu's adaptation of the famed Broadway play, Wicked is itself an adaptation of Gregory Maguire novel. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande anchor this retelling of the classic Wizard of Oz tale revolving around the life and times of Elphaba Thropp (the Wicked Witch of the West) and Glinda the Good while attending Shiz academy as well as their first visit to the Emerald City of Oz.