(MOVIE FREAK) Re-views of Tomorrowland; Good Kill; Poltergeist!

Walt Disney Pictures

by Sara Michelle Fetters

Tomorrowland

Rating: PG
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures

Imaginative Tomorrowland Reawakens the Inner Child!

IFC Films

Good Kill

Rating: R
Distributor: IFC Films

Drone Drama Good Kill Searches for Truth!

(MOVIE FREAK) RE-views of Pitch Perfect 2; Mad Max: Fury Road; Hot Pursuit!

 

by Sara Michelle Fetters

Pitch Perfect 2

Rating: PG-13
Distributor: Universal Pictures

Pitch Perfect 2 Sings a Happy Tune!

Mad Max: Fury Road

Rating: R
Distributor: Warner Bros

Max Returns with Furiously Brilliant Savagery!


 



Hot Pursuit

Rating: PG-13
Distributor: Warner Bros / New Line

Energetic Witherspoon Enlivens an Otherwise Leaden Pursuit!

(MOVIE FREAK) RE-views of Furious 7; Unfriended; Ex Machina; 5 to 7!

Universal Pictures

by Sara Michelle Fetters

Furious 7

Rating: PG-13
Distributor: Universal Pictures

Energetic Furious 7 a Suitably Wild Ride!

Universal Pictures

Unfriended

Rating: R
Distributor: Universal Pictures

Generic Unfriended Afraid to Take Risks!

(MOVIE FREAK) RE-views of While We're Young and Backcountry!

A24

by Sara Michelle Fetters

While We're Young

Rating: R
Distributor: A24

Charming Young a Middle-Aged Coming of Age Adventure!

IFC Midnight

Backcountry

Rating: NR
Distributor: IFC Midnight

Deep Woods Thriller Backcountry a Terrifying Trip!

(MOVIE FREAK) RE-views of Furious 7; Woman in Gold; Ejecta!

Universal Pictures

by Sara Michelle Fetters

Furious 7

Rating: PG-13
Distributor: Universal Pictures

Energetic Furious 7 a Suitably Wild Ride!

The Weinstein Company

Woman in Gold

Rating: PG-13
Distributor: The Weinstein Company

Woman in Gold a Beautiful if Aloof History Lesson!

IFC Midnight

Ejecta

Rating: NR
Distributor: IFC Midnight

Thriller Ejecta Ponderously Hackneyed Sci-Fi Gibberish!

(MOVIE FREAK) RE-views of Cinderella; Run All Night; It Follows!

Walt Disney Pictures

by Sara Michelle Fetters

Cinderella

Rating: PG
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures

Disney’s New Cinderella a Bibbity Bobbity Beauty!

Warner Bros

Run All Night

Rating: R
Distributor: Warner Bros

Heavy-Handed Run a Melodramatic Insult!






  

Radius TWC

It Follows

Rating: R

Distributor: Radius TWC

Insightful It Follows an Elegantly Disquieting Terror!

(MOVIE FREAK) RE-views of Chappie, Salvation, and Everly!

 

by Sara Michelle Fetters

Chappie

Rating: R
Distributor: Columbia Pictures

Ambitious Chappie a Robotic Misfire!

 
The Salvation

Rating: R
Distributor: IFC Films

Salvation a Powerfully Austere Western!





 
Everly

Rating: R
Distributor: Radius TWC

Messy Everly Expertly Crafted Exploitation Cinema!

(MOVIE FREAK) RE-views of Focus and Lazarus Effect!

Warner Bros

by Sara Michelle Fetters

Focus

Rating: R
Distributor: Warner Bros

Dispiriting Focus Lacking Its Titular Trait!

Relativity Media

The Lazarus Effect

Rating: PG-13
Distributor: Relativity Media

Deathly Bland Lazarus Beyond Resuscitation!

(MOVIE FREAK) RE-views of McFarland, USA; The DUFF; Hot Tub Time Machine 2!

by Sara Michelle Fetters

McFarland, USA

Rating: PG
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures

Powerful McFarland Wins a Hard-Fought Victory!

The DUFF

Rating: PG-13
Distributor: CBS Films

Charming DUFF a Funny High School Jaunt!

(MOVIE FREAK) RE-views of Fifty Shades of Grey and Kingsman: The Secret Service!

by Sara Michelle Fetters

Fifty Shades of Grey

Rating: R
Distributor: Focus Features

Timid Grey Fifty Shades of Terrible!

Kingsman: The Secret Service

Rating: R
Distributor: 20th Century Fox

Gleefully Anarchic Kingsman Confidently Subversive!

(MOVIE FREAK) RE-views of Jupiter Ascending and SpongeBob!

by Sara Michelle Fetters


Jupiter Ascending

Rating: PG-13
Distributor: Warner Bros

High-Flying Jupiter an Ambitious, Imaginative Mess!

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

Rating: PG
Distributor: Paramount Pictures

SpongeBob’s Return Strictly for Fans!

(MOVIE FREAK) RE-views of Still Alice and Match!

by Sara Michelle Fetters

Still Alice

Rating: PG-13
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics

Moore’s Star Turn Allows Alice to Resonate!

Match

Rating: R
Distributor: IFC Films

Stewart’s Brilliance Makes Match Worth Celebrating!

(MOVIE FREAK) RE-views of A Most Violent Year and The Boy Next Door!

by Sara Michelle Fetters

A Most Violent Year

Rating: R
Distributor: A24

Violent Year a Most Excellent Motion Picture!

(SLGFF 2014) WRAP UP: The Best, Good, Fair and Worst Films, according to MK!

by MK Scott

Now that the 2014 Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival is over I could now reveal my Picks for the Best, Good, Fair, and Bad films coming to a Film Fest, Theater or DVD in the coming year.

The Circle is a Oscar Pre--Nominee

BEST
Narrative: 
The CIRCLE (Switzerland)-Part Narrative and Part Documentary you get full story of 2 lovers that met in a secret society in 1950's Switzerland and are treated like Criminals during a Murder Investigation. BEAUTIFUL!

Pride (Special Event)-Not Part of the Fest, this was a Preview a week before the Opening and one of the Best films regarding 1980's Britain, since Kinky Boots and Billy Elliott. Watch this will be adapted into a Broadway Musical at some point. This film will make you jump for JOY!

DOC: 
Limited Partnership (USA)- Back in 1975, Colorado started issuing Marriage Licenses to same sex couples and  Tony Sullivan (native from Australia) marries (Filipino-American) Richard Adams, but as the First Bi-National Couple, they are called the F-Word by INS and are forced to leave the country together or apart. They choose to fight and were only parted by death, Bring the tissues, It is EMOTIONAL!

Regarding Susan Sontag (USA) -The Lesbian version of last year's hit, BIG JOY: The James Boughton Story.

Back on Board (USA)- Olympic Legend, Greg Louganis is about ready to lose his house and live in a trailer, when he is called upon to be a mentor  for the Olympics to meeting and marrying his true Love and as we see his story unfold during the good and rough times, Louganis shows he is a survivor and a true Hero. Yes, There was a standing ovation. 

SHORTS:
If we Took a Holiday (USA)- Brilliant!
The Disgustings (USA)-Bitchy FUN!
Squared (USA)-Burning down Gaysian Stereotypes!
Cruising Electric (USA)-Nostalgic Fun!
Dinner at 40 (USA)-All Star Fun!
Sex Date (USA)-Unexpected LOVE!
Good Morning (USA)- Too Young to Bang!
Barrio Boy (USA)-A Barber shop Fantasy!

(MOVIE FREAK) Re-views of Gone Girl; Annabelle; Boxtrolls!

by Sara Michelle Fetters

Gone Girl

Rating: R
Distributor: 20th Century Fox

Bleakly Satirical Girl Speaks Unsettling Marital Truth!

(SIFF 2014) Wrap Up: The Best, Good, Average, Below Average and BAD Films according to MK!

by MK Scott

After 25 Days, I managed to see only 37 out of the 440 films at the 40th Annual Seattle International Film Festival. I saw  28 Features and 9 Shorts, Mostly Gay and Doc oriented. The List below is what I thought was the BEST, GOOD, Above Average, AVERAGE, and Below Average. Be sure to catch these at a Film Festival or theater in the coming year.

(MOVIE FREAK) RE-views of Spider-man 2; Brick Mansions!

by Sara Michelle Fetters

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Rating: PG-13
Distributor: Columbia Pictures / Sony

Little Amazing About Latest Spider-Man!

(MOVIE FREAK) RE-views of Other Woman and Quiet Ones!

by Sara Michelle Fetters

The Other Woman

Rating: PG-13
Distributor: 20th Century Fox

Mann, Diaz Shine in Otherwise Unflattering Woman!

(MOVIE FREAK) RE-views of Capt America 2; Transcendence; Rio 2!

by Sara Michelle Fetters

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Rating: PG-13
Distributor: Marvel Studios / Buena Vista

Commanding Winter Soldier Fights the Good Fight!

(MOVIE FREAK) RE-views of Awkward Moment; I, Frankenstein, Labor Day, Like Father/Son!

© Focus

by Sara Michelle Fetters

That Awkward Moment

Cliché Moment Awkwardly Dispiriting!

* 1/2