‘Belle’ Feels Too Safe, Like A Hallmark Movie About British Slavery

Synopsis: Belle is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral. Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) and his wife (Emily Watson), Belle’s lineage affords her certain privileges, yet the color of her skin prevents her from fully participating in […]

Beautiful Creatures

Synopsis: Ethan Wate (Alden Ehrenreich), 17, has had the same recurring dream for months. A mysterious young girl is waiting for him on a Civil War battlefield. Ethan desperately wants to be with her, but there is an unknown danger—and each time a lightning bolt cracks like a gunshot, killing Ethan before he ever reaches the […]

Coming Soon: Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter

Update May 24, 2012:  A new red band trailer has been released! Update May 3, 2012:  A brand-new featurette for Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter has been released, ‘Origins Of A Superhero’.  Have a look… It has been quite a week for those eager souls awaiting a trailer for Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter.  […]

Gangster Squad

Synopsis: Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and-if he has his way-every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but […]

Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Chopping Mall’ – A Campy Thriller Full Of Retro-Techno Fun

Whether it’s because of the innovative architecture or the retro nostalgia is anyone’s guess, but horror movies set in malls are fun.  Sometimes, they’re smart indictments of consumerism, like Dawn of the Dead.  Other times, they’re just silly creature features about college co-eds, such as Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama.  And sometimes, they’re both, […]

Touch Of Noir: The Doomed Everyman Of Marcel Carné’s ‘Le Jour Se Lève’

In some regards, film noir was a genre that came full circle, from the darkly brooding French films that inspired American tales of ill-fated, morally corrupt characters and back again to the French who coined the very term “film noir” and celebrated its impact as a genre. Late 1930s French cinema saw an influx of […]