Fright Fest 2018 Review #6 – Southbound (2015)

October 18, 2018April 11, 2020 Kevin Fentress Movie Reviews 2010s, 2015, Anthology, desert, fright fest, Horror, road trip, southbound

Subgenre: Anthology

Summary: A desolate stretch of desert highway is the setting for five creepy yarns. Continue reading →

The Fast and Fentress Film Discussion Podcast Episode 1: The Invitation

November 29, 2017April 11, 2020 Kevin Fentress Audio, Movie Reviews 2010s, 2015, Horror, karyn kusama, los angeles, podcast, Sean Fentress, the invitation, thriller

Hey all, my podcast is finally up on Soundcloud, so give it a listen below; you can expect more episodes in the coming weeks. For the first episode, my brother Sean and I analyze the 2015 thriller The Invitation. This is an in-depth discussion, so expect major spoilers. Enjoy!

Fright Fest 2017 #2 – They Look Like People (2015)

October 3, 2017April 11, 2020 Kevin Fentress Movie Reviews 2010s, 2015, demon, fright fest, Horror, indie, Netflix, psychological, they look like people

they look like people.jpg — Can you fear me now?

Subgenre: Psychological

Summary: A young man has visions of demons disguised as human beings. Continue reading →

The Fast and Fentress Worst of 2015

February 22, 2016April 11, 2020 Kevin Fentress Lists, Movie Reviews 2010s, 2015, american ultra, avengers, bad movie, channing tatum, chris pratt, eddie redmayne, j-lo, jesse eisenberg, jupiter ascending, jurassic world, kristen stewart, mila kunis, point break, the boy next door, ultron, worst of

You’ve seen the best, now it’s time for the worst. A quick note: the presence of a movie on this list doesn’t necessarily mean I didn’t enjoy it. Continue reading →

The Fast and Fentress Best of 2015

January 30, 2016April 11, 2020 Kevin Fentress Lists, Movie Reviews 2010s, 2015, amy winehouse, best of, ex machina, Fast and Furious, it follows, kingsman, movie review, ranking, room, sicario, spotlight, The Gift, what we do in the shadows

2015 certainly wasn’t the best year for cinema, but it did offer a respectable amount of wheat among its endless supply of chaff. So here it is, my top ten movies of the year. Continue reading →

Movie Review: The Gift

August 14, 2015July 5, 2020 Kevin Fentress Movie Reviews 2010s, 2015, blumhouse, Jason Bateman, Joel Edgerton, Rebecca Hall, The Gift, thriller

How well do any of us remember high school? Like any other period in our lives, time slowly reduces those four years to a handful of moments: football games, prom, graduation. But what about the things we’d like to – and often do – forget: the adolescent discomforts, the cutthroat social ladder, the kids excluded for being different? Continue reading →

Movie Review: Trainwreck

August 4, 2015April 11, 2020 Kevin Fentress Movie Reviews 2010s, 2015, Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, comedy, Judd Apatow, movie review, movies, romantic comedy, Trainwreck

Written by star Amy Schumer and directed by Judd Apatow, Trainwreck tells the story of Amy Townsend, a successful magazine reporter whose love life consists solely of one-night stands and casual flings. Enter Aaron Conners (Bill Hader), a good-guy sports doctor whom Amy is assigned to interview. After an initial meeting followed by drinks and journalistically questionable sex, she stumbles into a relationship with him.

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Movie Review: San Andreas

July 10, 2015April 25, 2020 Kevin Fentress Movie Reviews 2010s, 2015, alexandra daddario, carla gugino, disaster movie, dwayne johnson, earthquake, ioan gruffud, movie review, paul giamatti, san andreas, the rock

San Andreas enjoyed an excellent opening weekend, and it’s easy to see why. The only wide-release movie it went up against was Aloha, a critical failure on its way to becoming a commercial one. Plus, San Andreas is one of the summer’s first big-scale, big-budget movies, a straightforward disaster flick with a likeable cast and visual spectacle in spades. The movie has no problem delivering on these fronts, but the story is shaky at best. Continue reading →