Cinema Fearité presents ’11:14′ Director Greg Marcks plays with traditional narrative structure in the brilliant ’11:14.’ When done right, playing with a non-linear timeline can be an extremely effective cinematic storytelling tool. Pulp Fiction uses the jump around narrative ingeniously. Memento unfolds in reverse, a technique that works wonderfully in the context of a main […]
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Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Fight Club,’ A Movie Better Than Its Book
Cinema Fearité presents ‘Fight Club’ David Fincher’s genius elevates Chuck Palahniuk’s brilliance in ‘Fight Club.’ It’s not uncommon for an author to dislike a cinematic adaptation of their work. When the personal art is projected through someone else’s eyes, the results can go from simple disagreement (Bret Easton Ellis with Mary Harron’s American Psycho) to […]
Cinema Fearité Presents The Hilarious B-Movie Gold Of ‘The Giant Gila Monster’
Cinema Fearité presents ‘The Giant Gila Monster’ More hilarious than horrifying, ‘The Giant Gila Monster’ is the epitome of a fifties science fiction B-movie. With the slick Godzilla: King of the Monsters roaring into theaters last week, Cinema Fearité thought it might be fun to take a look at the other end of the big […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Laserblast,’ With An Emphasis On The ‘Blast’
Cinema Fearité presents ‘Laserblast’ In the post-‘Star Wars’ world, some sci-fi movies are good, and some are bad. And some are ‘Laserblast.’ Science fiction movie history can be neatly divided into two groups: pre-Star Wars and post-Star Wars. In the immediate aftermath of George Lucas’ groundbreaking (and blockbusting) phenomenon, production companies everywhere scrambled to capitalize […]
Cinema Fearité Presents The Prototypical Roger Corman Flick ‘Creature From The Haunted Sea’
Cinema Fearité presents ‘Creature from the Haunted Sea’ The third time’s a charm for Roger Corman with ‘Creature from the Haunted Sea.’ Remakes are almost as old as cinema itself, especially when it comes to horror movies (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, anyone?). Sometimes they’re creative adaptations (Franck Khalfoun’s Maniac, the recent Pet Sematary), and […]