Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Rupert Wyatt
Starring: Brian Cox | Damian Lewis | Dominic Cooper | Joseph Fiennes | Liam Cunningham | Seu Jorge
Jason says: “It’s a terrible pun with which to lead off a review of a jailbreak movie, but in this case it is literally true: THE ESCAPIST hits the ground running. “The movie kicks off with the sound of alarms
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Lucky McKee | Trygve Allister Diesen
Starring: Brian Cox | Kyle Gallner | Noel Fisher | Tom Sizemore
Jason says: “One of the few things I miss about living in the suburbs versus the city is that it’s difficult for me to keep a dog. My family had them while I was growing up, and I envy my
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Bryan Singer
Starring: Alan Cumming | Anna Paquin | Brian Cox | Famke Janssen | Halle Berry | Hugh Jackman | Ian McKellen | James Marsters | Patrick Stewart | Rebecca Romijn
Howard says: “Here we are again at the beginning of another summer season of blockbusters and, to start it all off, Hollywood has delivered unto us X2 (or X-MEN 2 if you prefer). And a little blessing it is. Especially
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Anna Paquin | Barry Pepper | Brian Cox | Edward Norton | Levani | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Rosario Dawson | Tony Siragusa
Phred says: “I just saw the 25TH HOUR, and read a bunch of reviews. Opinions are extremely mixed, with some people loving and others hating it. I loved it. It has many many faults. The dialog is sometimes embarrassing, the
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Michael Cuesta
Starring: Adam LeFevre | Billy Kay | Brian Cox | Bruce Altman | James Costa | Marcia DeBonis | Paul Franklin Dano | Tony Donnelly | Walter Masterson
Bob says: “L.I.E., at its base, is a pretty standard rites of passage story: a young boy considers his life and what he wants to become, or senses himself becoming, within a context that involves one absent parent, another who
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