Category Archives: Cinevision

The Geek Genuflects

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Kiki Malone

4:52 PM – I’ve drank twice as much coffee as two days ago but half as much as yesterday. Glory. *** “I never make such big decisions so long after sunset and so far from dawn.” – Francis ‘Frank’ Underwood, from … Continue reading →

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Doing What Audiences Are Meant To Do : A Film Review of The Purge

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Kiki Malone

7:50 AM – It’s official: the gnats and mosquitos in Texas are racist. LT and I were less than two feet apart all night, but only one of us, in lieu of sleep, swatted and scratched bites and cursed God … Continue reading →

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(Bitter) Notes On Critics and Professional Criticism

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Kiki Malone

8:28 AM – Morning coffee with Lana Del Rey. Raisins aplenty from a 20 ounce bomber. Chicken chewing bones, wife whittling through the wi-fi on her new iPad, my new Old Navy athletic shorts got me feeling more like Mr. … Continue reading →

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THE GREAT GATSBY – F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Fiction and Baz Lurhmann’s Film in Dual Review

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Kiki Malone

8:26 AM – Talking to moms. Drinking coffees. Listening to Coltrane. Prepping for road trip with my pug-dog. There is only Sabbath here. *** “And I had the intentions of reading many other books besides.” – Nick Carraway, narrator of … Continue reading →

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Scary Rants Vol. 7 – Zombies Vs. Contagions Parts 5&6/6 – Kiki’s Zombie Choice Awards

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Kiki Malone

9:51 AM – Last night at our college’s commencement celebration, I wrote the word “Scholarships” at the top of a Moleskin page, propped on my leg sheathed in a cheap regalia gown, and I began jotting down words found within … Continue reading →

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Scary Rants Vol. 6 : Zombies Vs. Contagions Part 4/6 – Can’t We All Just Stop Biting Our Brothers?

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Kiki Malone

8:29 AM – Yesterday I took the car back to Aggieland Automotive. The Aggie allergy girl attending the counter said my name as I entered the door. Enjoying the warm service, I said, “Oh, good memory.” And she said, “No, it … Continue reading →

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Blending Truth and Lies Between Writers And Narrators : How I Lost It All Over Dead Batteries And Dead Brothers In A (non)Fictional Parking Lot

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Kiki Malone

8:08 AM – Late night. Ate sea bass for the first time. It’s a fish you eat without a knife. Then stayed up watching premiere of the new Netflix series, Hemlock Grove, which wasn’t good until I turned it off … Continue reading →

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Kiki Ain’t No Critic : Cinephile’s Log, Vol. 1

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Kiki Malone

6:41 AM – After spending far too much caffeine and time reading Ebert archives *** Film log – April 5, 2013: “That’s just what we call ‘pillow talk’, baby.” – Ash 1.) Watched Army of Darkness while folding laundry and cleaning … Continue reading →

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War Is Hellishly Kind

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Kiki Malone

5:26 AM “I told him I hoped we would die at the same time in the mouth of a lion.” – Lena Dunham I’m late. I should have been here an hour ago. That was the plan. At least, according … Continue reading →

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