Teaching audiences to view films actively
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Christophe Barrtier
Starring: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu | Clovis Cornillac | Gérard Jugnot | Kad Merad | Nora Amezeder | Pierre Richard
Michael says: “Clearly I have a much lower tolerance for schmaltz when it’s from another country. I couldn’t help think of such films as IL POSTINO, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, and yes, even CINEMA PARADISO while wading through the saccharine, unoriginal,
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Rob Zombie
Starring: Brad Dourif | Chase Wright Vanek | Malcolm McDowell | Margot Kidder | Mary Birdsong | Scout Taylor-Comptona | Sheri Moon Zombie
Thom says: “More than idle curiosity begs me to ask the question: why in the name of all that’s Holy is Rob Zombie continuing to make this done-to-death story. I had a healthy respect for Zombie’s rock group White Zombie,
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Arnaud Larrieu | Jean-Marie Larriue
Starring: Catherine Frot | Clotilde Hesme | Karin Viard | Mathieu Amalric | Sergi Lopez
Thom says: “It’s such a dreadful shame that my last two films at TIFF were not worth seeing. This was another apocalyptic film about a virus that’s killing the entire world population. It’s a road film about a married man
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Jen White
Starring: Anika Kunik | Brent Smiga | Kathryn MaGill | Michael D. Conway | Ryan Wickerham
Thom says: “While this is from the Chlotrudis mailer offerings I get the feeling it hasn’t been seen by many subscribers as it didn’t even have 5 votes on Imdb. (By the way I was thrilled to see that Chlotrudis
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Jennifer Baichwal
Diane says: “Even though it’s only 80 minutes long, I’m giving myself permission to stop watching this screener. ACT OF GOD is a docu about the metaphysical effects of being struck by lightning. Intriguing, no? “Early on, there’s a ten-minute
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Elizabeth Banks | Ellen Burstyn | James Cromwell | Jeffrey Wright | Josh Brolin | Richard Dreyfuss | Scott Glenn
Bruce says: “W. works as a conversation piece; were the film hilarious, educational or consciousness raising in any way, it would have redeeming qualities. There is no apparent reason to make such a film and no reason to see it.
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Pablo Larraín
Starring: Alfredo Castro | Amparo Noguero | Elsa Poblete | Hector Morales | Paola Lattus
Bruce says: “***Disgusting Spoilers*** “Who remembers Tony Romero? He is the character John Travolta immortalized in SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, not high on my list of favorite films. It is not a particular treat to see Tony back on screen in
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Ronald Bronstein
Starring: Carmine Marino | David Sandholm | Dore Mann | Paul Grimstad
Toni says: “At 106 minutes, Ronnie Bronstein’s semi-autobiographical FROWNLAND is a real crowd splitter. He has admitted that he wants his audience to fee much pain during the screening. Therefore, he certainly has accomplished twhat we set out to do
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Caroline Suh
Bruce says: “FRONTRUNNERS is slightly more interesting than watching paint dry, a bit like reading about someone eating sushi while typing their latest entry on Facebook, a more up-to-date version for wasting time. This film follows four couples who are
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Roger Michell
Starring: Jodie Whittaker | Leslie Phillips | Lynn Redgrave | Peter O’Toole | Richard Griffiths
Bruce says: “O’Toole plays Maurice, a well-known actor with a reputation as a womanizer, who is definitely in his twilight years. He and his friend Ian (Leslie Phillips) fret about recurring infirmities and approaching senility. Maurice occasionally stops by to
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