Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.25
Director: Aaron Bear
Chris says: “Microsoft programmer and pioneer Ric Weiland is surely worthy of a documentary, but this isn’t it. Feeling padded at just sixty minutes, it has the requisite tribute interviews and archival images of Weiland, but also a lot of unnecessary
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Rating: 2.25
Director: Daniel Sanchez Lopez
Starring: Alexandros Koutsoulis | Matthew James Morrison
Cheryl says: “Although it can easily been compared to both Andrew Haigh’s WEEKEND and Richard Linklater’s BEFORE series, for me this beautifully shot film felt more like an early Godard meditation on life, love, and sex. Harry, played by Matthew
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Rating: 2.25
Director: C.J. ‘Fiery’ Obasi
Jason says: “OJUJU is a zombie film from Nigeria, and there can be very little doubt that its place of origin is the most notable thing about it. Horror fans have seen this sort of movie a lot, usually done
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Rating: 2.25
Director: Mari Asato
Jason says: “The festival program indicates that this film and the game FATAL FRAME were based upon the same book, although the credits indicate that the book was based upon the game before being adapted into this film, but those
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Rating: 2.25
Director: Chad Archibald
Starring: Annette Wozniak | Barry Birnberg | Denise Yuen | Elma Begovic | Jordan Gray | Lawrene Denkers
Jason says: “BITE is the sort of horror movie that puts just enough effort into its characters and story that it initially seems like there might be something to it beyond the gross-outs. It’s not quite up to that level
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Rating: 2.25
Director: Fedor Bondarchuk
Starring: Aleksey Barabash | Andrey Smolyakov | Mariya Smoinikova | Thomas Kretschmann | Yanina Studilina
Jason says: “Columbia Pictures is releasing Russian blockbuster STALINGRAD almost entirely in 3D on Imax screens, and I only include that ‘almost’ just to cover all bases. This is not a bad strategy, as this is the sort of film
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Rating: 2.25
Director: Don McKellar
Starring: Brendan Gleeson | Gordon Pinsent | Liane Balaban | Taylor Kitsch
Jason says: “The previous version of THE GRAND SEDUCTION, a French-Canadian film, SEDUCING DR. LEWIS, from about ten years ago, seems to have been fairly well regarded along with being popular enough to inspire a remake. That isn’t necessarily surprising;
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Rating: 2.25
Director: Richard Gray
Starring: Jerry O’Connell | John Corbett | John Savage | Justin Long | Luis Guzman | Scottie Thompson | Steven Bauer
Jason says: “To say that THE LOOKALIKE starts out kind of charming overlooks what happens in the first few minutes to set things in motion, but it still does well enough in introducing its cast of characters that it looks
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Rating: 2.25
Director: Soundarya Rajnikanth Ashwin
Starring: Deepika Padukone | Nasser | Rajnikanth; Aadhi | Sarath Kumar
Jason says: “Aside from a cameo in the next year’s RA ONE, Rajnikanth’s last film was 2010’s bonkers but memorable ENDHIRAN, and it appears that the delay in his next starring role can be attributed to both health and script
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Rating: 2.25
Director: Chris Sivertson | Lucky McKee
Starring: Brooke Butler | Caitlin Stasey | Felisha Cooper | Reanin Johannik | Sianoa Smit-McPhee | Tom Williamson
Jason says: “ALL CHEERLEADERS DIE is a notably sub-par exploitation movie, but I will probably end up discussing it more than many of the better films that played the festival because the way it goes about being disappointing is just
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