Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Derick Martini
Starring: Alec Baldwin | Cynthia Nixon | Jill Hennessey | Kieran Culkin | Rory Culkin | Timothy Hutton
Diane says: “Saw LYMELIFE on the strength of the trailer, plus the appeal of two elements: Lyme disease and Long Island in the ’70s. “Variety says, ‘Startling performances, searing dialogue and an archaeologist’s sense of late ’70s period detail power
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Nancy Meyer
Starring: Alec Baldwin | eryl Streep | John Krasinski | Mary Kay Place | Steve Martin | Zoe Kazan Rita Wilson
Bruce says: “After seeing only two of her films, I’m thinking that Nancy Meyers may be my guilty pleasure. In spite of Meyers concentrating on the ‘upper’ in the upper middle class IT’S COMPLICATED and SOMETHING’S GOT TO GIVE both
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Adam Scott | Alan Alda | Alec Baldwin | Cate Blanchett | Danny Huston | France Conroy | Gwen Stefani | Ian Holm | John C. Reilly | Jude Law | Kate Beckinsale | Leonardo DiCaprio
Bruce says: “Similar to the childhood flashbacks in RAY, THE AVIATOR attempts to explain away Howard Hughes’ drive and craziness by presenting a telltale scene from his childhood. Scorsese has chosen a moment in 1927 where Howard’s mother is washing
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Director: Wayne Kramer
Starring: Alec Baldwin | Joey Fatone | Maria Bello | Paul Sorvino | William H. Macy
Hilary says: “In this formulaic yarn William H. Macy plays Bernie Lootz, the unluckiest fella ever. Lootz is a ‘cooler’ working to spread his bad luck to the patrons of The Golden Shangri-La, an old-school Las Vegas casino run by
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