Synopsis: Picking up where the first film left off, The Raid 2 follows Rama as he goes undercover and infiltrates the ranks of a ruthless Jakarta crime syndicate in order to protect his family and expose the corruption in his own police force. Release Date: March 28, 2014 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Action, Film Review […]
‘Happy Camp’ Is A Faux-Documentary With Promise, But A Disappointment In The End
Synopsis: In the vast wilderness of the Klamath National Forest lies the small logging community of Happy Camp. With a population consisting of only a few hundred souls, this mysterious mountain town has become world renowned for its staggeringly high number of Missing Persons Cases. Walt and Sandy Tanner adopted a young boy named Michael at […]
Cinema Fearité presents ‘Lifeforce,’ Tobe Hooper’s Vampire Space Opera
In 1974, director Tobe Hooper made The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a film that would change the landscape of horror forever. After following it up with the less-successful but still respected Eaten Alive, Hooper had a run of bad luck. He was fired from two movies, The Dark and Venom, in the middle of production. […]
‘Divergent’ Simply Imitates ‘The Hunger Games’…Badly
Synopsis: Set in a futuristic dystopia where society is divided into five factions that each represent a different virtue, teenagers have to decide if they want to stay in their faction or switch to another – for the rest of their lives. Tris Prior makes a choice that surprises everyone. Then Tris and her fellow faction-members […]
‘Nymphomaniac: Vol. I’ Is Fascinating, Thoughtful, And Provocative…But Not All That Sexy
Synopsis: Nymphomaniac: Volume 1 is the story of Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg), a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac who is discovered badly beaten in an alley by an older bachelor, Seligman (Stellan Skarsgard), who takes her into his home. As he tends to her wounds, she recounts the erotic story of her adolescence and young-adulthood (portrayed in flashback by newcomer […]