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Meet the Wicked Witch in the New Poster for Oz The Great and Powerful
A brand-new, yet quite similar to the first, poster for “Oz The Great and Powerful” has been released. It features the Wicked Witch, and she does make quite the impression against the idyllic landscape. This is the first of three panels of posters, the other two are coming soon. A brand-new, yet quite similar to […]
Film Review: ‘Imagine That’
For a film aimed at children and families, Imagine That is incredibly slow to get started and very short on laughs.
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Encounter With The Unknown’ – Rod Serling Narrates Recycled – But “True” – Urban Legends
As one of the premier voices in the science fiction and horror genres, Rod Serling made his mark in the world as a screenwriter. But, it’s impossible to overlook how effective of a narrator he was. Between “The Twilight Zone” and “Night Gallery,” Serling’s soothing and calm introductions to tales of the mystical and macabre […]
Cinema Fearité presents Terror Train (Dir. Roger Spottiswoode 1980)
By the time the golden age of the slasher movie was in full swing, Jamie Lee Curtis was already a bona-fide scream queen. Her role as the archetypical final girl, Laurie Strode, in 1978’s Halloween put her on the map, and she had parts in no fewer than three horror classics released in 1980. Given […]
‘The DUFF’ Is A Modern Teen Comedy That’s DULL
Synopsis: Bianca (Mae Whitman) is a content high school senior whose world is shattered when she learns the student body knows her as ‘The DUFF’ (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) to her prettier, more popular friends (Skyler Samuels & Bianca Santos). Now, despite the words of caution from her favorite teacher (Ken Jeong), she puts aside the […]
Edinburgh 2015: ‘600 Millas’ Is Perfectly Cruel To Its Character, And Viewer
Simplicity. There a few films made today that act upon the word. They instead feel the need to fill space with the unnecessary, oftentimes to mask the problems that lie within the story being told. Mexican Director Gabriel Ripstein’s 600 Millas (600 Miles) takes the simplistic route to produce a film worthy of the art […]
‘Logan’ Is A Fitting Send-Off, And One Of The Best Comic Book Movies To Date
Synopsis: In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But Logan’s attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are up-ended when a young mutant arrives, being pursued by dark forces. Release Date: March 3, 2017 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Action, […]
AFI FEST 2011 Film Review: Nightmare Alley (Dir. Edmund Goulding, 1947, USA)
A real Hollywood oddity, this is a cracking carnival noir charting the rise and fall of hubristic mentalist Stanton Carlisle – Stanton the Great – from cheap clairvoyant-act barker to quasi-religious swarmi, to.. well, that’d be spoiling it, but by the look on Tyrone Power’s face, he knew it had to be. Power plays […]
‘Crimson Peak’ Tries To Tell A Gothic Ghost Story Without Any Ghosts
Synopsis: In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds…and remembers. Release Date: October 16, 2015 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Drama, […]