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Tag Archives: Addiction
Amy (2015) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : A painful look into Winehouse’s downward spiral
Amy Winehouse’s tragically short life is a cautionary show business tale to say the least. She was young and talented with undeniable star quality, and she was lucky enough to be elevated to stardom within a few years, but, sadly, … Continue reading
Cake (2014) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : Broken Body, Broken Mind, and Cake
There are good parts in “Cake” which almost make it look like a film worthwhile to watch, and then there are also bad parts which could have been discarded or modified without any serious problem. The movie wants to … Continue reading
Owning Mahowny (2003) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : His eyes are fixed on his next gamble
If I have to choose one definite moment in “Owning Mahowny”(2003), it is the one which shows its hero’s face in a close-up shot when he is going through his another gambling. His face looks blank on the surface, … Continue reading
Don Jon (2013) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : He has a problem… with Internet porn
“Don Jon” wants to talk about an interesting subject, but it only keeps scratching its surface. As a more humorous cousin of Steven McQueen’s “Shame”(2011), the movie tries to look cheerfully at a certain form of sex addiction and its … Continue reading
Flight (2012) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : The crash is not over for him yet
He survives, but the crash is not over for him yet. After striking us with a gut-chilling sequence at the start, Robert Zemeckis’ “Flight” switches its gear into a slow but compelling character drama about a long personal crash of … Continue reading
Oslo, August 31st (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : One summer day of a young addict
Sometimes movies provide the moments I understand well with empathy even though I am completely different from their characters. I remember how I sympathetically reacted to one particular scene around the finale of “The Hurt Locker”(2008) because I would also … Continue reading
Keep the Lights on (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Scenes from a gay relationship
They love each other, and they like to be with each other, but they admit in the end that their relationship does not work. “Keep the Lights On” tells an bittersweet romance tale about two gay men struggling with the … Continue reading
Shame (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Orgasm is drug for this lonely man
Whatever you think about sex addiction, you will not laugh about it after you watch “Shame”, an unforgettably harrowing film about one desolate human condition driven by sex addiction. Like the other types of addicts, the life of its hero … Continue reading
