Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Beth says: “Paul Gross wrote, directed, co-produced and co-starred in a movie inspired by stories told to him by his grandfather about serving in the Canadian army during WWI and experiencing the horrors of trench warfare and the battle at
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Jon Favreau
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow | Jeff Bridges | Leslie Bibb | Robert Downey Jr | Terrence Howard
Michael says: “IRON MAN was big, loud and waaaay overrated. Surprisingly enough, my favorite part was Gwyneth Paltrow’s dignified, slightly goofy (just like the comic book character) portrayal of Pepper Potts. 2 ½ cats.”
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Clark Gregg
Starring: Anjelica Houston | Brad William Henke | Kelly Macdonald | Sam Rockwell
Michael says: “I’m not sure why, but I had high hopes for CHOKE, Clark Gregg’s adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s novel. Victor Mancini is a sex addict attending, but not really involved with, other than physically, a recovery program. His mother
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Olivier Dahan
Starring: Emmanuelle Seigner | Gerard Depardieu | Marion Cotillard | Pascal Gregory | Sylvie Testud
Bruce says: “Edith Piaf remains one of the all time great vocal stylists – a voice filled with great character and emotion, a voice that simultaneously reflects personal heartbreak and resilience. I became a big Piaf fan while still in
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Francis Veber
Starring: Alice Taglioni | Daniel Auteuil | Gad Elmaleh | Kristin Scott Thomas | Virginie Ledoyen
Bruce says: “After the screening of THE VALET it was announced that Dreamworks had purchased the film for a Hollywood remake. Adam Sandler is my guess for the title role which is played by Gad Elmaleh. Like Jamel Debbouze (AMELIE,
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Starring: Kseniya Rappoport | Margherita Buy | Michele Placido | Pierfrancesco Favino
Bruce says: “**SPOILERS** “As the film begins we see Irena (Kseniya Rappoport) talking to the doorman of a luxury apartment building. She talks her way into becoming the charwoman for the public areas and soon she finagles her way into
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Marc Evans
Starring: Alan Rickman | Calllum Keith Rennie | Carrie-Ann Moss | Emily Hampshire | James Allodi | Janet van de Graaf | Sigourney Weaver | Susan Coyne
Jay says: “Alan Rickman is an underappreciated treasure. It sounds like an odd thing to say, because he’s been a quite memorable part of some huge hits, but movies where he’s the feature attraction appear and disappear quickly and quietly
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Cate Shortland
Starring: Alice McConnell | Emily Barclay | Essie Davis | Richard Roxburgh
Bruce says: “This psychological thriller was made for Australian TV and although it has some excellent performances, the overall effect is weakened by a slightly preposterous script and some overwrought dialogue. “Richard Treloar (Richard Roxburgh) has had a meltdown. During
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Davide Ferrario
Bruce says: “In January, Primo Levi was released from Auchowitz where he had been incarcerated since February 1944. His journey home to Turin, Italy, took him almost a year. He and other freed Italian prisoners travelled through Poland, the Ukaraine,
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Hector Babenco
Starring: Ana Celentano | Analía Couceyro | Gael García Bernal | Marta Lubos | Mimí Ardú | Moro Anghileri
Bruce says: “Based on a novel by Alan Pauls, THE PAST is a story with many themes: separation, jealousy, tragedy, and loss of love. At a party, Frida (Marta Lubos) toasts Rimini (Gael Garcia Bernal) and Sofia (Analía Couceyro) who
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