Just last week we lamented the fact that Cinema Fearité was turning into a memorial column for legends who have recently passed away. The bandwidth used to post that article had not even been calculated before another loss was suffered – Miguel Ferrer died of throat cancer at the age of 61. Most recognizable to […]
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#MeToo Era Impacted Movies, TV Shows You Should Watch
The #MeToo movement and Time’s Up initiative continue to impact the entertainment industry, and many movies and TV shows have now become off limits. That’s not right.
Film Review: ‘The Ghost Writer’
Every great mystery should start with a murder because it works so well for The Ghost Writer, directed by Roman Polanski.
TCM Classic Film Festival: ‘Try And Get Me’ (aka ‘The Sound Of Fury’, Dir. Cy Endfield 1950)
Fritz Lang’s Fury is based on the same small-town California news story, but this is the real deal. Instead of an innocent man threatened by a lynch mob, Try and Get Me has returning GI (never saw combat) Frank Lovejoy struggling to make ends meet for his wife and child, falling in with startling sociopath Lloyd […]
Biopic ‘Rocketman’ Gives Elton John A Big Pat On The Back
Elton John biopic Rocketman doesn’t gloss over the negative aspects of the singer’s life, but it does make everything a tad too rosy in the end.
‘Kung Fu Killer’ – Come For The Fighting, Stay For The Fighting
Synopsis: A martial arts instructor from the police force gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom. Release Date: May 22, 2015 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Action, Thriller Film Review Production Kung Fu […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘The Manitou’ – William Girdler’s Craziest – And Final – Masterpiece
During his woefully short six-year career, William Girdler made truly memorable films. A renaissance man who wrote, directed, scored, and produced, Girdler made nine films in the seventies, including the schlock classics Asylum of Satan and Three on a Meathook, his The Exorcist ripoff Abby, and his beasts-gone-wild movies Grizzly and Day of the Animals. […]
‘Ma’ Gives Octavia Spencer Her Turn To Be The Villain
Ma Review Octavia Spencer sinks her teeth into her villain role with ‘Ma.’ Release Date: May 31, 2019 MPAA Rating: R Synopsis A lonely woman befriends a group of teenagers and decides to let them party at her house. Just when the kids think their luck couldn’t get any better, things start happening that make […]
‘Austenland’ Has Charm, Romance, And Humor For Everyone, Plus The Austenphile
Synopsis: Austenland is a romantic comedy about 30-something, single Jane Hayes (Keri Russell), a seemingly normal young woman with a secret: her obsession with all things Jane Austen. But when she decides to spend her life savings on a trip to an English resort catering to Austen-crazed women, Jane’s fantasies of meeting the perfect Regency-era gentleman […]
Michael Bay’s ‘Pain & Gain’ Is All Brawn And No Brain
Synopsis: From acclaimed director Michael Bay comes Pain & Gain, a new action comedy starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie. Based on the unbelievable true story of a group of personal trainers in 1990s Miami who, in pursuit of the American Dream, get caught up in a criminal enterprise that goes horribly wrong. Release […]