‘Get Hard’ Is The Definition Of Lazy Comedic Filmmaking

Synopsis: The prison-bound manager (Will Ferrell) of a hedge fund asks a black businessman (Kevin Hart) — who has never been to jail — to prepare him for life behind bars. Release Date: March 27, 2015     MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Comedy, Action Film Review Production Hey, did you know that in prison there is a […]

Trailer: Disney Goes ‘Into The Woods’ With The Brothers Grimm Fairytales

Disney is taking multiple stories from The Brothers Grimm fairytales and mashing them up into one intertwined story with Into The Woods.  This is of course nothing new for Disney, as they have been reimagining The Brothers Grimm stories for eons.  But it is a new twist on old stories, and with a cast that […]

Playing For Keeps

Synopsis: Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Uma Thurman, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Dennis Quaid star in Playing For Keeps, a romantic comedy about a charming, down-on-his luck former soccer star (Butler) who returns home to put his life back together. Looking for a way to rebuild his relationship with his son, he gets roped into coaching the boy’s […]

House At The End Of The Street

Synopsis: Seeking a fresh start, newly divorced Sarah (Oscar-nominee Elisabeth Shue; Leaving Las Vegas, Piranha 3D) and her daughter Elissa (Oscar-nominee Jennifer Lawrence; The Hunger Games, X-Men: First Class) find the house of their dreams in a small, upscale, rural town. But when startling and unexplainable events begin to happen, Sarah and Elissa learn the town […]

LAFF Film Review: Tomboy

When you look at the photo above do you see a boy or a girl?  Would the child’s name be Michael or Laure?  The role of gender identity in Celine Sciamma’s second feature film Tomboy is front and center as her protagonist, a 10 year-old girl, pretends to be a boy over the course […]

Tron: Legacy

Synopsis: At the epicenter of the adventure is a father-son story that resonates as much on the Grid as it does in the real world: Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), a rebellious 27-year-old, is haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his father, Kevin Flynn (Oscar® and Golden Globe® winner Jeff Bridges), a man once known as the […]

Don’t See ‘Friend Request’ Alone, But Not Because It’s Too Scary

Synopsis: A popular college student graciously accepts a social outcast’s online friend request, but soon finds herself fighting a demonic presence that wants to make her lonely by killing her closest friends. Release Date: September 22. 2017     MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Horror, Thriller Film Review Production With technology advancing at the speed of light and […]

Cinema Fearité presents Martin (Dir. George Romero 1977)

There’s little argument that George Romero is the king of the zombie film.  His Night of the Living Dead and its sequels have completely revolutionized the horror genre while creating a whole sub-genre.  His name is so synonymous with the zombie flick, that it’s easy to forget that he made other kinds of horror movies.  […]

‘Runner Runner’ Is A Surprisingly Bland Waste Of Talent

Synopsis: Princeton grad student Richie (Justin Timberlake), believing he’s been swindled, travels to Costa Rica to confront online gambling tycoon Ivan Block (Ben Affleck). Richie is seduced by Block’s promise of immense wealth, until he learns the disturbing truth about his benefactor. When the FBI tries to coerce Richie to help bring down Block, Richie faces […]