Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Ben Rivers | Ben Russell
Kyle says: “A SPELL TO WARD OFF THE DARKNESS is an experimental documentary that centers on musician Robert A.A. Lowe of ‘Lichens’ and ‘Om’ but investigates in a three-part structure the idea of humanity’s search for utopia. The first section
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Gilles Deroo | Marianne Pistone
Kyle says: “MOUTON is the nickname for the title character; the word means ‘Sheep.’ It could also be taken as a description of audience members (like me) who are willingly dragged to artistic slaughter. The members of the Selection Committee
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Josh C. Waller
Starring: Bailey Anne Borders | Doug Jones | Rebecca Marshall | Sherilyn Fenn | Tracie Thoms | Zoe Bell
Jason says: “The problem with RAZE ultimately, is that it’s boring. It’s got a good cast that executes some good action, but this is a movie that lacks one single moment of surprise in its stupid story. And when a
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Hideo Nakata
Starring: Motoki Ochiai | Satomi Ishihara | Takayuki Yamada | Tatsuya Fujiwara
Jason says: “2011’s HAUNTERS was an excellent Korean movie that established a simple premise – two people with opposite superpowers (mind control and rapid healing) on a collision course – and delivered with entertaining action pieces, a likable cast of
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Helfi C. H. Kardit
Starring: Belinda Camesi | Dominique Agisca Diyose | Sarah Sanguin Carter | Tio Pakusodewo
Jason says: “Keep your eyes on Dominique Agisca Diyose, action fans of the world. She’s a looker from Indonesia, a good enough actress for the sort of material she’s given here, and she certainly looks like she can throw down
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Snow Zou
Starring: Gao Yuanyuan | Lam Suet | Nicholas Tse
Jason says: ““Is it cynical of me to start counting shots between a ‘New York 2001′ caption and the first glimpse of the World Trade Center, or of writer/director Snow Zou for putting the audience in that position? That’s not
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