Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Geoffrey Rush | Johnny Depp | Keira Knightley | Orlando Bloom
Howard says: “Ahoy, me hearties! The pirate movie be back and, blimey, if it be keelhaulin’ the scurvy-ridden bilge that be marooned in yon summer theaters. “PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL is a big, sprawling adventure.
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Starring: Antonio Banderas | Johnny Depp | Mickey Rourke | Salma Hayek
Howard says: “As exciting as the trailer was, the film is not. Robert Rodriguez has attempted to make another Mexican mythology picture in his ‘El Mariachi’ series. Oh, it’s pretty, there are a couple of great action sequences and all
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Rating: 3.2 cats
Director: Sally Potter
Starring: Cate Blanchett | Christina Ricci | John Turturro | Johnny Depp
Kevin says: “An interesting but extremely sporadic film. Ricci’s character is not strongly written, and her performance shows it. Cate Blanchett steals all of her scenes. Beautiful imagery can’t quite make up for a spotty script, and Johnny Depp should
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Julian Schnabel
Starring: Adrea Di Stefano | Javier Bardem | Johnny Depp | Olivier Martinez
Kevin says: “BEFORE NIGHT FALLS (based on the memoirs of the homosexual poet/novelist Reinaldo Arenas, who was born in Cuba in the 50’s and emigrated to America in the early 90’s(?)), was excellent. One of the year’s best. Javier Bardem
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