Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Amit Sharma
Starring: Arjun Kapoor | Deepti Naval | Manoj Bajbayee | Raj Babbar | Shruti K. Haasan | Sonakshi Sinha
Jason says: “There is a lot of bloat in TEVAR, a 157-minute Bollywood ‘thriller’ that could be remade as a direct-to-video action flick roughly half that length without particularly suffering for the revision. It’s all well and good to have
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Benjamin Carland
Jason says: “There’s a vibe to SHADOWS ON THE WALL that suggests filmmaker Benjamin Carland is trying to make a PRIMER not just something with big ideas but a small cast and budget, but a tactile feel. Something where all
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Lluís Quílez
Kyle says: “OUT OF THE DARK starts with a thunderstorm, as a man hurriedly packs a suitcase, interrupted on his way out first by a phone call instructing him to burn what look like medical files, then by persistent pounding
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Daniel Alfredson
Kyle says: “KIDNAPPING MR. HEINEKEN is an entirely forgettable ersatz crime film whose plot is contained in the title, and yes, it’s about THAT Mr. Heineken, played by Anthony Hopkins. The trivia section on the IMDB listing is more interesting
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Nathan Ambrosioni
Jason says: “HOSTILE is probably the ultimate example of the dilemma one faces when reviewing the independent/amateur films that play festivals, where on the one hand the critic wants to tell potential viewers that they’ve probably got better options in
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Pierre Morel
Kyle says: “The most interesting feature of the indispensable Internet Movie Database has become ‘Plot Keywords’, a virtual ‘CliffsNotes’ of movie plots so spot on that in most cases, you can read the list and skip the movie. Which increasingly
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Tony Chan
Jason says: “Do you ever feel frustrated watching a movie and think, come on, this shouldn’t be so hard – you’ve got a couple attractive young stars, a decent hook, and ninety minutes to play it out; how hard can
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu
Thom says: “If I hadn’t gotten a chance to see this gratis I might have passed as the director has a rather poor track record with me. 12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST (2006) (3 CATS) & POLICE, ADJECTIVE (2009) (2 CATS).
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Basel Owies
Kyle says: “THE BARBER is another tiresome entry in the ‘All hope abandon, ye who enter here’ genre, save possibly for those who pursue pointless female degradation for research purposes. This one seems to be about a serial killer who
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Zhang Yibai
Jason says: “It can be kind of interesting to watch a movie like BACK IN TIME (CONG CONG NA NIAN’ in the original Mandarin, translated onscreen as FLEET OF TIME) which comes from another culture, though often kind of puzzling:
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