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I Am Number Four

Synopsis: John (Alex Pettyfer) is an extraordinary young man. Three like him have already been killed…he is Number Four. Release Date: February 18, 2011     MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Action, Science Fiction Film Review Production Number Four is of an alien race called the Lorien. He, and eight other children, were sent to earth to live […]

Coming Soon: The Three Stooges, from The Farrelly Brothers

The Farrelly Brothers, the directing team behind such movies as Dumb and Dumber, There’s Something About Mary, and Shallow Hal return this Spring with a new take on The Three Stooges, starring Sean Hayes as Larry, Will Sasso as Curly, and Chris Diamantopoulos as Moe.  Taking on the iconic characters ‘The Three Stooges’ is a […]

Cinema Fearité presents The Devil’s Hand (Dir. William J. Hole, Jr. 1962)

Whether they’re on film or in real life, cults are scary things.  A group of people brainwashed to worship a deity and commit heinous acts in its name is a frightening thing, whether it’s the devil worshipping coven in Rosemary’s Baby or the murderous teenagers who pay tribute to He Who Walks Behind the Rows […]

Drew Goddard’s ‘Bad Times At The El Royale’ Is Trashy, Pulpy, And Just Plain Fun

After creating the hit TV series “Lost,” writer/director Drew Goddard jumped into feature filmmaking with both feet in 2012 and made The Cabin in the Woods, which is easily one of the best movies of the twenty-first century. Since then, he’s settled into screenwriting by working on scripts for big budget Hollywood fare like The Martian and World War Z. But now, after four years of writing for others, Goddard makes a triumphant return to the director’s chair with the pulpy Bad Times at the El Royale.

Skyfall is the Best Bond’s Looked in Years

Thus far Daniel Craig’s James Bond films – Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace – have been a mixed bag. While the former was a successful reinvention of agent 007 the latter threw most of those intriguing concepts away in favor of a humdrum story about water being our most precious resource. However, despite the […]

The Near-Noir Of ‘The Two Faces Of January’

Adapted from the best-selling novel of the same by Patricia Highsmith (who also wrote “Strangers on a Train,” the basis for Hitchcock’s classic), and directed by Drive screenwriter Hossein Amini, The Two Faces of January is a brightly painted portrait drenched in noirish tendencies. The Two Faces of January begins in the picturesque city […]