It seems as if hardly a week goes by when there isn’t a news story about some sort of alleged police misconduct. Unfortunately, much of it ends up with civilians being killed. That’s why Peace Officer is such a timely film. The first feature-length documentary from the filmmaking team of Brad Barber and Scott […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘The Midnight Hour’ – An Eighties Halloween Television Movie That Is More Treat Than Trick
One of the most fun parts of Halloween is seeing all the cool stuff that the holiday brings to television. Annual Halloween programming floods the airwaves each year, from “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” to “Garfield’s Halloween Adventure.” Regular series broadcast their own Halloween specials as well, from the “Treehouse of Terror” episodes of […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Varan The Unbelievable’ – One Of The Toho Avengers’ Minor Characters
A couple of years ago, Cinema Fearité made the observation that the monsters that were made famous by the Toho Co. Ltd. Kaiju movies were like The Avengers, even venturing so far as to say that the mighty Godzilla would be Toho’s Iron Man, and Rodan is like their Captain America. If all of that […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Lisa and the Devil’ – Mario Bava’s Surreal Ghostly Slasher Mashup
Often seen as the godfather of the Italian giallo movie and a pioneer of the modern slasher film, Mario Bava has made movies that deal with both the supernatural (Black Sunday, Kill Baby, Kill) and the evils of humanity (A Bay of Blood, Hatchet for the Honeymoon). And sometimes, he mixed the two with horrifying […]
‘Beasts Of No Nation’ Is A Long-Winded Look At War Through The Eyes Of A Child Soldier
Synopsis: A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country. Release Date: October 16, 2015 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Drama, War Film Review Production In order to give their customers more bang for their buck, subscription movie service Netflix has been producing original […]