Character actor Rex Reason passed away last week at the age of 86. Reason primarily worked in television, with appearances on several shows in the fifties and sixties such as “Man Without a Gun” and “The Roaring 20’s,” but he made movies, too, and his two most memorable roles happened to be in science fiction/horror […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Stereo’ – David Cronenberg’s First, And Quite Possibly Weirdest, Feature Film
It’s always fun to look back at an important and influential filmmaker’s early work. Whether it’s revisiting the old films of Hollywood royalty, such as George Lucas’ THX 1138 or Steven Spielberg’s Duel, or checking out the initial projects of genre icons, like John Carpenter’s Dark Star or Wes Craven’s The Last House on the […]
Cinema Fearité Bids Farewell To Gunnar Hansen With ‘Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers’ – His ‘Other’ Chainsaw Movie
The horror world lost another one of its icons this past weekend when Gunnar Hansen passed away at the age of 68 from pancreatic cancer. Hansen is, of course, best known for playing the cannibalistic killer Leatherface in Tobe Hooper’s original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre in 1974. After that, he made one more movie, […]
‘Brooklyn’ Is Saoirse Ronan At Her Tired, Poor, Huddled Best
Synopsis: An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a new romance. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within. Release Date: November 20, 2015 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Drama, Romance Film Review Production Set in the 1950s, Brooklyn […]
‘By the Sea’ Is The Cinematic Equivalent Of Vaguebooking
Synopsis: Set in France during the mid-1970s, Vanessa, a former dancer, and her husband Roland, an American writer, travel the country together. They seem to be growing apart, but when they linger in one quiet, seaside town they begin to draw close to some of its more vibrant inhabitants, such as a local bar/café-keeper and a […]