Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Lee Won-seok
Starring: Kim Jeong-tae | Kim Joon-seong | Lee Si-yeong | Lee Won-jong | Oh Jeong-se | Park Yeong-gyoo
Kyle says: “The title, seen at the New York Asian FIlm Festival in its North American premiere, refers to a series of idiotic but highly successful self-help videotapes on how to meet, influence and win over guys. It is a
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Christian Vincent
Starring: Arthur Dupont | Catherine Frot | Hervé Pierre | Hippolyte Girardot | Jean d’Romesson | Jean-Marc Roulot | Laurent Poitrenaux | Philippe Uchan
Bruce says: “Catherine Frot (AN AMAZING COUPLE, ON THE RUN, AFTER THE LIFE, THE DINNER GAME, THE PAGE TURNER) has been around a long time. Chlotrudis members may recall her in the Lucas Belvaux Trilogy consisting of the first three
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Ryan White
Chris says: “A half-century on, there’s not much about The Beatles that hasn’t already been revealed, explored or analyzed to death. The idea of a documentary centered on the band’s secretary and fan club president initially smacks of clutching at
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Cory James Krueckeber
Bruce says: “What do you do when you are between projects and the financing for your next project just fell through? If you are writer/director/editor Cory James Krueckeberg and producer Tom Gustafson you raise $10,000 on Kickstarter, pull together a
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Richie Mehta
Starring: Gillian Anderson | Haley Joel Osment | Rufus Sewell | Susanna Fournier | Victor Garber
Jason says: “Science fiction writers have come up with dozens of ways for time travel to be a terrible idea, from rifts that can collapse the entire structure of the Universe to far-future AIs who will eradicate anything that might
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Starring: Alison Brie | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Julianne Moore | Scarlett Johansson | Tony Danza
Chris says: “Joseph Gordon-Levitt is the rare child actor who, as an adult has sculpted a markedly distinct career and identity. He’s also difficult to pin down, having convincingly played everything from a gay hustler (MYSTERIOUS SKIN) to a lovesick
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Henry Alex Rubin
Starring: 357 Magnumm | Alexander Skarsgård | Hope Davis | Jason Bateman | Jonah Bobo | Max Thieriot
Thom says: “This film has received lots of top, glowing reviews so I went with huge expectations but I was underwhelmed. It could be considered CRASH for the Internet Age except the three stories told here, aren’t interconnected. While not
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Vijay Krishna Acharya
Starring: Aamir Khan | Abhishek Bachchan | Katrina Kaif | Kim DeJesus | Riya Ray | Tabrett Bethell
Jason says: “No prior experience with Bollywood’s biggest action franchise is necessary to enjoy DHOOM: 3, and that appears to be very much by design – the heroes carried over from the previous two installments are very much secondary to
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Byung-gil Jung
Starring: Jung Hae-kyun | Jung Jae-young | Kim Young-ae | Park Si-hoo
Jason says: “If movies were graded on a strict plus-minus system, CONFESSION OF MURDER would grade out as average; it’s packed full of silly and unbelievable plotting and twists along with a feeling of missed opportunities with its media satire,
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Ramaa Mosely
Starring: Alexis Bledel | Alia Shawkat | Ben Rappaport | Billy Magnussen | Juno Temple | Lucy Walters | Michael Angarano | Steve Park
Bruce says: “Ramaa Mosely describes THE BRASS TEAPOT as a film about consumerism, love, relationships, shifting values and magical realism. That pretty much covers it, except for the violence. More about that later. “John (Michael Angarano) and Alice (Juno Temple)
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