Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.75
Director: David Wu
Starring: Mickey He | Peter Ho | Rongguang Yu | Song Jia | Tony Leung Ka Fai | Victor Chen
Jason says: “’Do you like guns?’ is a line that appears in more or less every action movie of this type, where the heroes’ skill set is specifically tied to how well he can shoot, and the answer usually changes
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Rating: 2.75
Director: Julian Schnabel
Starring: Alexander Siddig | Freida Pinto | Hiam Abbass | Vanessa Redgrave | Willem Defoe
Michael says: “Julian Schnabel, director of the acclaimed THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY, tackles the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in this ambitious historical tale told from the point-of-view of an idealistic, but naive young Arab woman named Miral. In 1948, Hind
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Rating: 2.75
Director: Adam Mason
Starring: Andrew Howard | Ian Duncan | Matthew Rhys | Tess Panzer | Xander Berkeley
Jason says: “I’m not saying that it should be an ironclad rule that a movie by the name of LUSTER, with a sort of Jekyll-and Hyde theme, should go a little more heavy on the sex, but that would have
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Rating: 2.75
Director: Wai Keung Lau
Starring: Anthony Wong Chau-sang | Donnie Yen | Qi Shu | Shawn Yue | Yasuaki Kurata
Jason says: “LEGEND OF THE FIST: THE RETURN OF CHEN ZHEN starts off in a familiar way, with text explaining a bit of Chinese history, this time involving how Chinese laborers served in Europe during World War I. Most aren’t
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Rating: 2.75
Director: Philip Cox
Jason says: “Often, a good documentary will seem like the result of as much good fortune as anything; after all, it’s entirely possible to have a compelling topic, an interesting subject to follow around, and a good crew, but that’s
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Rating: 2.75
Director: Steve Balderson
Starring: Jane Wiedlin | Karen Black | Mink Stole | Stacy Cunningham | Starina Johnson | Susan Traylor
Jason says: “The thing to realize about STUCK! is that, despite the exclamation point in the title and the meticulous recreation of a genre and style that has fallen out of favor, it is not a parody. Or at least,
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Rating: 2.75
Director: Tim Disney
Starring: Alfre Woodard | Michael O'Keefe | Nicole Beharie | Tim Blake Nelson | Will Patton
Julie says: “Docudrama of a young mother’s fight after being unfairly accused in drug raid of a predominantly black housing project in Arlington Texas. Will Patton was excellent. Nicole Beharie did do a good job as of course did Alfre
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Rating: 2.75
Director: Leslie Cockburn
Bruce says: “AMERICAN CASINO begins with Blossom Dearie singing ‘The Party’s Over’ while a talking head from Bloomberg tells the audience that ‘people didn’t know they were in a casino,’ referring to the mortgage crisis that has forced a $12
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Rating: 2.75
Director: Ari Folman
Michael says: “Just because a film’s subject matter is powerful doesn’t mean it will be well-executed. That was the situation I found with WALTZ WITH BASHIR, Ari Folman’s acclaimed, animated documentary that details the director’s quest to uncover his repressed
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Rating: 2.75
Director: Adam Green | Joel Moore
Starring: Amber Tamblyn | Joel Moore | Zachary Levi
Jason says: “SPIRAL is about as thin as a feature film can be, to the point where I think that maybe there’s not a feature’s worth of material to it. I wonder if it wouldn’t drift into obscurity, even by festival-circuit
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