Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.25
Director: Jérôme Salle
Starring: Conrad Kemp | Forest Whitaker | Orlando Bloom | Tinarie van Wyk Loots
Jason says: “That ZULU Is basically a mismatched-cop movie is not something that should be held against it; that’s a field-tested template which could prove a little more interesting than usual given this film’s South African setting. There’s usually something
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Xu Zheng
Starring: Huang Bo | Tao Hong | Wang Baoqiang | Xu Zheng
Jason says: “Comedies are tough imports; wordplay gets lost in translation and different cultures find different things odd enough to be considered funny. So, it’s the big, unmistakable gags that cross borders best, but they’re not usually in the best
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Xan Cassavetes
Starring: Anna Mouglalis | Michael Rapaport | Milo Ventimiglia | oséphine de La Baume | Roxane Mesquida
Jason says: “Sexy vampires are a problematic sort of monster; it’s very easy for someone telling a story of these creatures to forget that they are monsters at all, getting lost in the beauty and grandeur of these eternally young
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Alec Baldwin | Andrew Dice Clay | Bobby Cannavale | Cate Blanchett | Peter Sarsgaard | Sally Hawkins | Tammy Blanchard
Thom says: “I feel so lucky to be still living during Woody Allen’s marvelous renaissance and this latest effort is truly one of his best that totally transforms his usually recognizable dialogue into an entirely new aura of intelligence. Most
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Luo Li
Starring: Dian Mai | Hai Zhang | Jia Liu | Jie Zi | Juchuan Li | Li Wen | Wei Wu | Yi Zuo
Kyle says: “The awkwardly but amusingly Anglicized title EMPEROR VISITS THE HELL is based upon three chapters from the 16th century Chinese novel, Journey to the West” — not to be confused with Hong Kong actor-director Stephen Chow’s recent film
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Michael Polish
Starring: Anthony Edwards | Balthazar Getty | Jean-Marc Barr | Josh Lucas | Kate Bosworth | Radha Mitchell
Jason says: “Mock me for my lack of appreciation for great literature, but my interest in BIG SUR didn’t come from it being an adaptation of a Jack Kerouac work. Instead, it was Michael Polish’s presence as screenwriter and director
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Jacob Vaughn
Starring: Gillian Jacobs | Ken Marino | Kumail Nanjiani | Mary Kay Place | Patrick Warburton | Peter Stormare | Toby Huss
Jason says: “You see enough horror movies, and eventually ‘ridiculous puppet monster ‘ can seem like a genre. You can break it down further and make the distinction between whether it’s a movie based upon puppets being creepy or one
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Kareem Gray
Starring: Heather Okun | Jay Pricard | Jeff Hoferer | Joe Thackery | Jordan Spradley | Monica Peña | Tom Young
Jason says: “Nerds are, like most of the rest of humanity, kind of hypocrites. This movie’s main character probably tells anybody who ask him for computer advice not to open attachments from an unknown source, but you know what happens
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Oh Young-doo
Starring: Bae Yong-geun | Choi Song-hyeon | Ha Eun-jeong | Hong Young-geun
Jason says: “I must admit that I wasn’t a fan of Oh Young-doo’s first feature, INVASION OF ALIEN BIKINI, but it showed enough promise to make me curious about what he came up with next; it also won a bit
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Yûya Ishii
Starring: Aoi Nakamura | Keiko Saito | Miyoko Inagawa | Riisa Naka | Ryo Ishibashi
Jason says: “The previous film by Yuya Ishii to play Fantasia was called ‘SAWAKO DECIDES’, and to be completely honest, this one could do with a little more deciding and acting on those decisions. As nice as this movie and
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