Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Hideo Nakata
Starring: Atsuko Maeda | Hiroki Narimiya | Masanobu Katsumara | Naomi Nishida | Satomi Tezuka | Sosei Tanaka
Jason says: “Hideo Nakata’s new one seems to start out with such promise – creepy visuals, a likable lead, the possibility of a whole apartment complex haunted with ghosts, and a knack for building tension out of small, real things
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Akiyoshi Naako | Hiroki Narimiya | Mirei Kiritani | Rei Dan | Ryo Ishibashi | Takumi Saito
Jason says: “I’ve never played the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney video game, but I gather it’s just as deeply silly as Takashi Miike’s adaptation, which I submit must be a good thing. I also suggest that it’s quite possible that
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Rating: 3.2 cats
Director: Masayuki Miyano
Starring: Hiroki Narimiya | Saori Hara | Tomoko Murakami
Jason says: “I suppose I should just get the unfair comparison out of the way – LALAPIPO is not in the same class as KAMIKAZE GIRLS, PACO AND THE MAGIC BOOK, or MEMORIES OF MATSUKO. It’s only in the same
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