
Marlowe
MARLOWE is an adequate entry into that hard world of PIs and makes use of its watered-down cliches. Continue reading Marlowe
MARLOWE is an adequate entry into that hard world of PIs and makes use of its watered-down cliches. Continue reading Marlowe
THE SHARDS is 600 pages of Gen-X angst, teenage infidelity, aimless driving, serial killer hysteria, and gay sex a-go-go. And it is good. Continue reading The Shards
Five Decembers can be summed up in the singular tag: incredible. Continue reading Five Decembers
Friday night in the city. Val and Emily hit up a bookstore and café on Sunset. And see Captain Kirk. Living long and prospering. Continue reading Chapter 14 – Dinner on the Enterprise
The Day of the Locust provides a look into the underbelly of Hollywood society but its cast of reprehensible characters makes it a forgetful read. Continue reading The Day of the Locust
The Little Things is a fascinating neo-noir thriller that is equally tired and haunting; deep and underweight. Continue reading The Little Things
Framed is a straight-minded LA noir drugs-and-murder mystery that has all the feel of a late-90s direct-release indie film. Continue reading Framed
One Day You’ll Burn proves that there is originality in the town that has seen it all. Detective Jarsdel is not a hard-boiled copycat who pounds away at both villainy and Scotch but a hip cat who fights LA traffic and sips rosé. Continue reading One Day You’ll Burn
Nightcrawler was frightening and creepy. In that film, Jake Gyllenhaal plays a rogue videographer who caters his services to network … Continue reading Velvet Buzzsaw