The Gift (2015)
2022-08-08
It elevates dialog above overt confrontation and cheap twists, and features everyday encounters packaged as the horror next door.Continue Reading
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
2018-01-03
Childish Gambino, James Franco, take note; the Renaissance man you want to emulate is Tom Ford. And I suppose for it to fly under the radar for one cinephile is one thing. For one married to a brand-savvy consumer of all things constitutes a double dosage of shame. Ah, itContinue Reading
The Lobster (2015)
2017-08-11
Depending on whether one were to anoint Yorgos Lanthimos as the preeminent satirist du jour, and in effect acquiesce to the gatekeepers of cinema, consider the alternative. Fascism comes to England in a middling, alarmist, masturbatory affair that in my struggle to brainstorm areas of improvement for I’ve come upContinue Reading
Days of Grace (2011)
2017-08-11
The oft-imitated Pulp Fiction endures to the tune of two decades at a minimum when taking in Days of Grace. It's not an imitation but the influence looms nonetheless. Of this charge, it is absolved. adminwww.cinemaholism.comContinue Reading
Miami Vice (2005)
2017-07-13
Somewhere between the speed boats, standard-issue supercars, and deep cover meet-ups, Miami Vice demands an increasing threshold of incredulity. By no means is this a flaw except while on the one hand you have to contest with suspension of disbelief to a point, you also end up struggling to keepContinue Reading