While in St. Charles, we went to the Cinema 18. 1408 was a very good flick, and we love John Cusack. Here's more about the story, written by Stephen King:
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1408 is the second short story in the audiobook collection titled Blood and Smoke, by Stephen King, released in 1999. In 2002, it was reprinted in written form as the twelfth story in the compilation Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales.
In the introduction to the story, King says that 1408 is his version of what he calls the "Ghostly Room at the Inn", his term for the theme of haunted hotel or motel rooms in horror fiction. He originally wrote the first few pages as part of an appendix for his non-fiction book, On Writing, to be used as an example of how a story changes from one Draft document to the next. King also noted how the numbers of the title add up to the unlucky number 13.
Ocean's 13 was much like Ocean's 12, although I think a little better--very low-key direction, almost flat, in that Soderberghian way. There's a questionable subplot of two of the white Ocean boys going down to the Mexican dice factory and leading a strike for a few more dollars a week...while the Ocean gang are trying to steal over $72 million dollars from (an over-tanned) Al Pacino.
Ellen Barkin was great! It's worth seeing just to see her again--where has she been?
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