Remember all of the fuss that was made when Zach Braff (“Scrubs,” Garden State) used Kickstarter to fund a movie project? I’ll bet you do. Many people cried out that is was unfair for a “celebrity” with access to money in the “Industry” to use a medium such as Kickstarter, notorious for being the method […]
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Buddy Cop Life Looks Good In ’21 Jump Street’
Synopsis: In the action-comedy 21 Jump Street, Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) are more than ready to leave their adolescent problems behind. Joining the police force and the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover in a local high school. As they trade in their guns and badges for […]
Tyler Perry’s Temptation: Confessions Of A Marriage Counselor Red Hot Poster Released
Tyler Perry is known for comedy thanks to his character Madea, and the handful of films devoted to the character. After a less than memorable turn as an action-star in this year’s Alex Cross, Perry returns to the directing chair for next year’s Temptation: Confessions Of A Marriage Counselor, and is quoted as calling the […]
‘Official Secrets’ Is As Tense As A Movie About Whistleblowers Can Be
Official Secrets Review Writer/director Gavin Hood tells the true story of whistleblower Katharine Gun in ‘Official Secrets.’ Release Date: September 13, 2019 MPAA Rating: R Synopsis The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the […]
AFI FEST 2012 Film Review: Laurence Anyways (Dir. Xavier Dolan Canada/France 2012)
Xavier Dolan stretches out with his third feature, not just in budget and length, but in matching his emotionally high-pitched material with an equally bravura style, and in tackling a subject less frequently seen on screen even than the tortured mother-son relationship of his début éclatant, I Killed My Mother [2009], or the MMF love […]
‘My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea’ – Corny As Hell, But You’ll Like It
Synopsis: An earthquake causes a high school to float into the sea, where it slowly sinks like a shipwreck. Release Date: April 28, 2017 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Animation, Comedy Film Review Production As a writer and illustrator, Dash Shaw has had several successful graphic novels. Now, following in the footsteps of Daniel Clowes and […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Tourist Trap’ – A Mannequin Filled Nightmare Inspiring Early Slasher
Places like amusement parks and circuses have been captivating settings for horror movies for years. From Tod Browning’s 1932 circus creepfest Freaks, through Tobe Hooper’s carnival slasher The Funhouse, right up to guerilla filmmaker Randy Moore’s surreal Disney freakout Escape from Tomorrow, fun places seem to get spooky when the light hits them just right. […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Swamp Thing’ – A Fond Farewell To Louis Jourdan, The Quintessential Moustache-Twirling Villain
Hollywood lost another one of its shining stars this last weekend when Louis Jourdan, the debonair French character actor, passed away at the age of 93. Throughout his long and storied career, Jourdan worked with Hitchcock, played Count Dracula, and lent his voice talents to Scooby-Doo cartoons. He is best known to movie fans as […]
A ‘Bumblebee’ Sequel Could Happen, Here’s Why
Is a Bumblebee sequel in our future? All signs point to yes. Read on to learn why you may find a Bumblebee sequel hit theaters.
Touch Of Noir: Fritz Lang’s Noir Nightmares ‘Scarlet Street’ and ‘The Woman In The Window’
Film noir was born from the evocative shadow play of German Expressionism. As one of the greats of Expressionist cinema, it is only fitting that after fleeing the Nazis Fritz Lang would reinvent himself by making highly stylized noir films in Hollywood. Fritz Lang is best remembered for his classics Metropolis and M, but […]