Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: John Crowley
Starring: Ansel Elgort | Jeffrey Wright | Nicole Kidman | Oakes Fegley
Thom says: “This film was adapted from the gigantic best-seller of the same name by Donna Tartt. When my brother Chuk and I had taken our previous cat Mandy in for a check-up I remember the lady veterinarian and Chuk
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Chris Weitz | Paul Weitz
Starring: Alyson Hannigan Chris Klein | Jason Biggs | Jennifer Coolidge | Shannon Elizabeth
Janet says: “Rented this from my library yesterday (with bonus scenes!) after years of curiosity. For a film that got so much press, it seemed quite ordinary. It has trouble getting traction between the big jokes, mostly because the lead
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Chris Foggin
Starring: David Hayman | James Purefoy | Maggie Steed | Meadow Nobrega
Chris says: “Yet another variation on THE FULL MONTY formula, but a mostly likable one thanks to James Purefoy’s sturdy presence and Cornwall-as-character, which is at least striving to do for the southwestern tip of England what LOCAL HERO did
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Joan Tosoni | Martha Kehoe
Chris says: “Enjoyable if average overview of the ’60s/’70s Canadian singer with an ultra-distinctive voice. Nearing 80, Lightfoot now looks like a shell of his former self, but he remains lucid and approachable about his career (and can still hit
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Ellise Chappell | Himesh Patel | Lily James | Sophia Di Martino
Thom says: “Oh dear, amidst Danny Boyle’s really great films including SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, TRAINSPOTTING, 127 HOURS, & SUNSHINE there was always the stench of mediocrity in THE BEACH, A LIFE LESS ORDINARY, & TRANCE, & while YESTERDAY isn’t as bad
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Marta Barrio | Michael Towns | Rob Brydon | Steve Coogan
Chris says: “I’ll keep watching each one of these they make, knowing full well that the original remains the only essential entry. The attempt at pathos here renders it less satisfying than THE TRIP TO SPAIN, though Coogan’s bitchy summation
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Amy Jo Johnson
Starring: Anastasia Phillips | Clark Johnson | Felicity Huffman | Lauren Holly
Michael says: “TAMMY’S ALWAYS DYING isn’t very original, but that doesn’t mean it’s bad. Catherine MacDonald doesn’t live the most glamorous life. She works as a bartender at her father’s hole in the wall; her mother is an alcoholic who
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Gan Bi
Starring: Hong-Chee Li | Jue Huang | Sylvia Chang | Wei Tang
Diane says: “I watched this BI Gan film from 2018 in prep for his RESURRECTION, which won the Jury Prize at Cannes last month. “Luo Hongwu keeps dreaming of a woman from his younger days, and follows clues in search
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Alma Har'el
Starring: Byron Bowers | Laura San Giacomo | Lucas Hedges | Noah Jupe | Shia LaBeouf
Chris says: “Your mileage will vary depending on what you think of therapy sessions turned into autobiographical feature films. Actor/writer Shia LeBeouf does a damning but compelling impersonation of his own father, while Noah Jupe, who plays a version of
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Chinonye Chukwu
Starring: Aldis Hodge | Alfre Woodard | LaMonica Garrett | Wendell Pierce
Michael says: “CLEMENCY is a powerful film with some great acting, but even the best of acting couldn’t quite give this film the spark it needed and honestly, deserved, to make it stand out. Alfre Woodard, always amazing, and top
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