Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Damien Chazelle
Starring: Emma Stone | J.K. Simmons | John Legend | Rosemarie DeWitt | Ryan Gosling | Tom Everett Scott
Thom says: “LA LA LAND is a pleasant film that will probably be ever remembered as the movie that won a Best Film Oscar only to be announced seconds later that it hadn’t received the prize statuette, but rather the
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Rating: 4.2 cats
Director: Derek Cianfrance
Starring: Ben Mendelsohn | Bradley Cooper | Bruce Greenwood | Eva Mendes | Ray Liotta | Rose Byrne | Ryan Gosling
Bruce says: “Some films focus on the inner selves of the characters; others focus more on the relationship of the characters to society as a whole. THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES, certainly one of America’s finest films of this millennium,
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas | Ryan Gosling | Tom Burke | Vithaya Pansringarm | Yayaying Rhatha Phongam
Chris says: “ONLY GOD FORGIVES is similar to DRIVE, only without any redeemable characters, narrative momentum, or moral structure whatsoever. That may sound a little glib, but sadly, it’s not much of an exaggeration. Once again working with director Nicolas
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: George Clooney
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood; Marisa Tomei | George Clooney | Jennifer Ehle | Paul Giamatti | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Ryan Gosling
Thom says: “Governor Mike Morris (Clooney) is running hot & hard for his party’s Presidential candidacy and the latest crucial primary state is Ohio. His closest competitor is Senator Pullman. Morris’ hot-shot campaign manager Paul Zara (Hoffman in another spot-on
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring: Albert Brooks | Bryan Cranston | Carey Mulligan | Oscar Isaac | Ryan Gosling
Diane says: “The good: Ryan Gosling, of course. I was with a dozen or so women friends recently, and Ryan Gosling was the one actor they could all agree on as someone they’d like to sleep with. Albert Brooks. What
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Derek Cianfrance
Starring: Ben Shenkman | John Doman | Michelle Williams | Mike Vogel | Reila Aphrodite | Ryan Gosling
Ibad says: “This is my first review on this board as a new Chlotrudis member, so do forgive me for this. This isn’t the first review I’ve written, but this film was, truly, difficult to write about. I think it’s
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Craig Gillespie
Starring: Emily Mortimer | Kelli Garner | Patricia Clarkson | Paul Schneider | Ryan Gosling
Michael says: “To think this is the second film that I have seen in four years that prominently features a Real Doll (the first being the low-budget, creepy horror flick, LOVE OBJECT.) LARS AND THE REAL GIRL is a whimsical
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ryan Fleck
Starring: Anthony Mackie | Ryan Gosling | Shareeka Epps
Chris says: “Dan Dunne (Ryan Gosling), a young, white history teacher and girls’ basketball coach in a mostly black Brooklyn middle school would seem like the ideal mentor. Eschewing the required curriculum, he genuinely inspires his students to think about
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Director: Matthew Ryan Hoge
Starring: Chris Kline | Don Cheadle | Jena Malone | Ryan Gosling
Hilary says: “Generally interesting actors Don Cheadle, Ryan Gosling, and Jena Malone are wasted in this boring, heavy-handed tale of a teen who murders his ex-girlfriend’s brother.”
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Henry Bean
Starring: Billy Zane | Ryan Gosling | Summer Phoenix | Theresa Russell
Laura says: “Ryan Gosling gives a breakout perf in this film about a conflicted Jew who’s become a Nazi skinhead. Henry Bean’s screenplay is of note as well.” 4 cats For Laura’s complete review: “http://www.reelingreviews.com/thebeliever.htm” Robin says: “This is
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