It’s a brainless comedy full of objectionable characters and situations that lack a true protagonist, but like that, it succeeds more than it fails.
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Ted
Synopsis: Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane brings his boundary-pushing brand of humor to the big screen for the first time as writer, director and voice star of Ted. In the live action/CG-animated comedy, he tells the story of John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg), a grown man who must deal with the cherished teddy bear who came to […]
AFI FEST 2011 Film Review: Carré Blanc (Dir. Jean-Baptiste Léonetti 2011 France, Luxembourg, Russia, Belgium, Switzerland)
As a feature film directing debut, Jean-Baptiste Léonetti’s Carré Blanc is sure to make a strong impression on the filmmaking community, and the impressionable audience member who wanders into this dystopian view of the world’s future. Shown as part of the World Cinema section at the 2011 AFI FEST, Carré Blanc is a relatively short […]
Rian Johnson’s Looper: Score Preview Featurette with Composer Nathan Johnson
Looper is a time-travel action thriller from Director Rian Johnson (Brick, The Brothers Bloom) that will be released in theatres on September 28, 2012. One of the most important components of a film is the use of the Score to provide cues to the audience, heighten the action on screen, or set the overall tone […]
In ‘The Conjuring 2,’ James Wan Scares The Hell Out Of People
There are plenty of scares in The Conjuring 2, just not as many as viewers have grown accustomed to having in a James Wan horror movie.
James Wan Gives The People What They Want – ‘Annabelle’ Gets Her Own Movie
Synopsis: A pigtailed doll possessed by a demon threatens a young couple with a newborn baby. Release Date: October 3, 2014 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Horror, Thriller Film Review Production For horror movie fans, James Wan’s The Conjuring was one of the high points of last year. As frightening and compelling as the movie was, […]
Jennifer Kent’s Brutal ‘The Nightingale’ Must Be Seen, But Only Once
The Nightingale Review Jennifer Kent’s ‘The Nightingale’ is a must-see treatise on racism and misogyny. Release Date: August 16, 2019 MPAA Rating: R Synopsis Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her […]
Sound Of My Voice
Synopsis: In Sound Of My Voice, Peter (Christopher Denham) and Lorna (Nicole Vicius), a couple and documentary filmmaking team, infiltrate a mysterious group led by an enigmatic young woman named Maggie (Brit Marling). Intent on exposing her as a charlatan and freeing the followers from her grip, Peter and Lorna start to question their objective and […]
Senna
Synopsis: The most exciting driver to ever race Formula One, the handsome, charismatic Ayrton Senna became a Brazilian national hero and an icon to racing fans worldwide. But you don’t need to know the first thing about racing to be thrilled and moved by Asif Kapadia’s high-octane documentary, composed entirely from archival footage. It’s an edge-of […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘The Butterfly Effect’
The Butterfly Effect effectively transports viewers through time and dives into chaos theory. And the hate the movie receives completely unwarranted. Here’s why.