Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.25
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Starring: Eric Mabius | James Purefoy | Michelle Rodriquez | Milla Jovovich
Laura says: “Jovovich shows a lot of presence as the tough zombie warrior with a humanistic streak that may be a cover for prior crimes. GIRLFIGHT’S Michelle Rodriguez is typecasting herself into a corner with her pugilistic pout. The rest
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Adam Larson Broder | Anthony Abrams
Starring: Brenda Blethyn | Christina Ricci | Dominique Swain | Hank Harris
Bob says: “If a film ever had a multiple-personality disorder, this is it. Christina Ricci chucks it all, falling head-over-heels with disabled Pumpkin, although he appears to do little for her except ease her guilty conscience. What exactly were directors
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Elie Chouraqui
Starring: Alun Armstrong | Andie MacDowell | David Straithairn
Laura says: “Chouraqui’s vision of a love story put to the ultimate test is only partially successful. MacDowell, giving her best performance since UNSTRUNG HEROES, is convincing as a woman who’ll stop at nothing to find her husband yet aside
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Alan Taylor
Starring: Ian Holm | Iben Hjejle | Nigel Terry | Tim McInnerny | Tom Watson
Laura says: “In Paris, Napoleon mostly waits for the unveiling of the imposter in order to make his move. The film rouses itself when Napoleon turns around Pumpkin’s (Iben Hjeile, HIGH FIDELITY) fruit business with military strategy, but little else
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Lorene Machado
Michael says: “This follow-up concert film to her terrific I’M THE ONE THAT I WANT, is more outrageous and funny… but a little less well put together. Obviously, if you like Cho, you’ll enjoy her films, if you don’t… stay
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Atom Egoyan
Starring: Arsinée Khanjian | Christopher Plummer | David Alpay
Michael says: “I had no idea what to expect with Atom Egoyan’s new film ARARAT. It has received many negative reviews and scant few good ones. As a big Egoyan fan, I was worried. Would this be the first of
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Clifton Collins | Colin Farrell | Jr. | Matthew Davis | Tom Guiry
Kevin says: “Colin Farrell gave one of my favorite performances in a really long time. Did you notice how bad Matthew Davis was as his side-kick; absolutely terrible! Apparently if you have a pretty face you can do whatever you
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Dan Minahan
Starring: Brooke Smith | Glenn Fitzgerald | Maylouise Burke | Merrit Wever | Tom Gilroy
Michael says: “Director Dan Minahan creates a wonderfully accurate movie version of a reality TV show taken to extremes. In ‘The Contenders,’ contestants picked at random play against each other… kill or be killed. Dawn (Brooke Smith from VANYA ON
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Rating: 3.25
Director: David Mamet
Starring: Danny DeVito | Delroy Lindo | Gene Hackman | Rebecca Pidgeon | Ricky Jay | Sam Rockwell
Esme says: “Want my opinion? Mediocre. Predictable. Hackneyed. Not very entertaining, or interesting. Gene Hackman was not as special as I had heard he would be. Corny performances all around. We were subjected to close up shots of Rebecca’s ass
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Sharon Maguire
Starring: Colin Firth | Gemma Jones | Hugh Grant | Jim Broadbent | Renée Zellweger | Sally Phillips | Shirley Henderson
Michael says: “Caught a sneak preview of BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY on Thursday night and have to say it was sweet. While it does qualify as a Chlotrudis film, it really resembled something geared more toward a mainstream audience. I get
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