Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
2020-08-07
It figures then that the only film worth squat in the franchise was not tainted first-hand by both parties in the diabolical matrimony of the actor-director couple involved.Continue Reading
Goodfellas (1990): Portrait of a Marriage
2020-07-31
For better or for worse, Henry was married to his own private mob.Continue Reading
Lone Survivor (2013) Pashtunwali in Action
2020-06-19
The Afghan code, Pashtunwali, got me here.Continue Reading
The Girl on the Train (2016)
2020-06-11
A film doomed to withstand comparisons to a more realized predecessor in Fincher’s Gone Girl.Continue Reading
Uncut Gems (2019) – Shit and Colonoscopies
2020-05-25
Uncut Gems begins with a colonoscopy and, though artful, ends with an equally intrusive view of a bullet wound. The implication being that Howard Ratner is full of shit no matter how he dresses up excuses for not ever having the money he owes.Continue Reading
Lost in Translation (2003)
2020-05-20
For the longest, I had been wary of falling for the hype whenever I would come across the name of Sofia Coppola’s sophomore feature. It being Hollywood, and the plaudits emanating in unison from professional circles, my pupils dilated on cue for possible warning sings; my qualms about such worksContinue Reading
The Worthy (2016) Netflix
2020-05-04
While no one here at Cinemaholism HQ can attest for certain what the first Emirati film in history is, we can definitely assure what the first film from the Emirates to get reviewed here is.Continue Reading
Annihilation (2018)
2020-04-30
We can spend the keystrokes refuting its failings or, instead, expend similar resources recounting time spent marveling at the gawk-inducing reels while mesmerized by a scientific premise brimming with the inventive bonafides of a truly curious mind.Continue Reading
