Synopsis: A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early. Release Date: December 21, 2016 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Adventure, Drama Film Review Production On paper, Passengers looks like it can’t fail. It’s anchored […]
‘Personal Shopper’ Sends Kristen Stewart Back To The Realm Of The Supernatural
Synopsis: Revolves around a ghost story that takes place in the fashion underworld of Paris. Release Date: March 10, 2017 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Drama, Mystery Film Review Production Trying to shake the stigma of being Bella Swan from the Twilight movies, Kristen Stewart has made some great role choices in recent years, from Still […]
‘Silence’ Has A Story And A Message, If You Can Sit Still Long Enough To Find It
Synopsis: In the seventeenth century, two Jesuit priests face violence and persecution when they travel to Japan to locate their mentor and propagate Catholicism. Release Date: January 6, 2017 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Drama, History Film Review Production It seems like every talented filmmaker who finds a bit of success tends to get overly indulgent […]
‘Hidden Figures’ Is Safe, Predictable…and Enjoyable
Synopsis: Based on a true story. A team of African-American women provide NASA with important mathematical data needed to launch the program’s first successful space missions. Release Date: January 6, 2017 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Drama, Film Review Production Unconscious or not, there seems to be a proliferation of quality roles for African American actors […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Cat People’ – Val Lewton’s B-Movie Masterpiece
When people think about B-movie producers, the names that come to mind are usually Roger Corman, William Castle, maybe even Ed Wood. A good decade before those guys, however, there was Val Lewton, who owned the 1940s with movies like I Walked with a Zombie and The Ghost Ship, as well as his trio of […]