Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Cary Fukunaga
Starring: Jamie Bell | Judi Dench | Mia Wasikowska | Michael Fassbender | Sally Hawkins | Tamzin Merchant
Thom says: “This had all the ingredients to be a perfect ‘classic’ film and it very nearly succeeded but for a nagging problem that wouldn’t go away for me. Director Fukunaga had brought us the impressive SIN NOMBRE and he
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Armie Hammer | Dermot Mulroney | Judi Dench | Leonardo DiCaprio | Naomi Watts
Bruce says: “J. EDGAR is a curious film. Had it appeared a decade ago, the story of J. Edgar Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer) would have no doubt been scandalous; today it seems as exciting as tepid
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Rating: 1.25 cats
Director: Rob Marshall
Starring: Daniel Day Lewis | Judi Dench | Kate Hudson | Marion Cotillard | Nicole Kidman | Penélope Cruz
Jason says: “Daniel Day-Lewis being in a movie is genuinely a good sign – since THE BOXER in 1997 he’s done a mere four, only signing on when there seems to be something worth doing. And he’s got a fantastic
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Richard Eyre
Starring: Bill Nighy | Cate Blanchett | Judi Dench | Juno Temple | Max Lewis | Philip Davis
Michael says: “Richard Eyre follows-up IRIS and STAGE BEAUTY with a real romp of a thriller in NOTES ON A SCANDAL. There’s a lot of excess in SCANDAL, and the entire thing really lives and dies by Judi Dench’s performance
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Charles Dance
Starring: Daniel Brühl | Judi Dench | Maggie Smith | Miriam Margoyles | Natascha McElhone
Bruce says: “LADIES IN LAVENDER is the story of two elderly ladies living on the coast of Cornwall. Ursula (Judi Dench) is a spinster and Janet (Maggie Smith) is a widow. One day a body, barely alive, washes up on
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