Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Robert Luketic
Starring: Ali Larter | Holland Taylor | Jennifer Coolidge | Luke Wilson | Matthew Davis | Reese Witherspoon | Selma Blair | Victor Garber
Philip says: “LEGALLY BLONDE is my pass. It’s my one ridiculously pulpy Hollywood comedy I get to swoon over without any flack from friends or family. We all deserve one pass and LEGALLY BLONDE is mine. What starts out as
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Rating: 3.8 cats
Director: Todd Stephens
Starring: Ira Hawkins | Jennifer Coolidge | Linda Evans | Michael Urie | Roshon Thomas | Udo Kier
Chris says: “‘Veteran cult actor Udo Kier in a rare starring role as a flamboyant retired hairdresser in Sandusky, Ohio’ is all you need to know about this film. It doesn’t matter that he breaks out of his nursing home
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Christopher Guest
Starring: Catherine O'Hara | Christopher Guest | Eugene Levy | Fred Willard | Jane Lynch | Jennifer Coolidge | John Michael Higgins | Michael McKean | Parker Posey
Philip says: “Revisited the hysterical mockumentary classic, Christopher Guest’s BEST IN SHOW this past weekend. ‘Pine nut… cashew nut… macadamia nut.’ The laughs never end. Jane Lynch had her breakout performance as dog handler Christy Cummings. I’m sure the Glee
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Chris Weitz | Paul Weitz
Starring: Alyson Hannigan Chris Klein | Jason Biggs | Jennifer Coolidge | Shannon Elizabeth
Janet says: “Rented this from my library yesterday (with bonus scenes!) after years of curiosity. For a film that got so much press, it seemed quite ordinary. It has trouble getting traction between the big jokes, mostly because the lead
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Ash Christian
Starring: Charles Solomon Jr. | Heather Matarazzo | Jennifer Coolidge | Ryan Boggus
Chris says: “Ash Christian’s debut feature FAT GIRLS wasn’t a great film, but it wasn’t bad for being written, directed and produced by a 21-year-old (he starred in it, too). A tad slapdash but often hilarious, it positioned him as
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Rating: 4.8 cats
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Brad Dourif | Eva Mendes | Fairuza Balk | Jennifer Coolidge | Nicolas Cage | Val Kilmer
Thom says: “This film was an absolute blast and Herzog definitely has the last laugh. For months now folks have been moaning and wailing on the Internet about the horrible crime Herzog was committing by ‘remaking’ the Abel Ferrara classic
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