Lone Survivor (2013) Pashtunwali in Action
If there was one critique I’m guilty of leveling against Peter Berg, it shall not be complacency nor comfort. Continue reading “Lone Survivor (2013) Pashtunwali in Action”
Author: Pouty Saudi
The Girl on the Train (2016)
There is something about the unreliable narrator that bonds it well with mystery films, that is, until it backfires in the unskilled hands of the handler. Continue reading “The Girl on the Train (2016)”
The Worthy (2016)
While no one here at Cinemaholism HQ can attest for certain what the first Emirati film is, we can definitely assure what the first film from the Emirates to get reviewed here is. Continue reading “The Worthy (2016)”
Elle (2016)
Where Hollywood actresses fear to tread, in comes Isabelle Huppert. And thus why Verhoeven packed his backs, learned French, and moved his story from Chicago to Paris.
Apocalypto (2006)
For Apocalypto, having the billing of a story occurring in the wane of the Mayan civilization just as the Spanish arrived, while not entirely a falsehood, is in essence beside the point. History, and indeed prior exposition, take a backseat to the centerpiece action in a movie bordering on the epic in terms of both scale and stylings. Continue reading “Apocalypto (2006)”
Gerald’s Game (2017)
Quite how or why a Stephen King novel of any renown can go 25 years unadapted perhaps warrants an inquest of sorts, something I do not intend to explore today. Continue reading “Gerald’s Game (2017)”
