Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Joseph Mealey | Michael Shoob
Bruce says: “BUSH’S BRAIN is a documentary about Karl Rove. Bush’s two Presidential campaign victories were carefully engineered by Rove. Often quoted that he would stop at nothing to win an election, Rove has been credited with almost every dirty
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Leander Haussmann
Starring: Christien Ulmen | Detliev Buck | Katja Danowski
Bruce says: “Christien Ulmen got his start in show business as a German MTV host. This is his second feature film and he could become a major star. He has the charm and intelligence of Paul Rudd (I happen to
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Barry Barnes | Brenda Fricker | Cate Blanchett | Ciarán Hinds | Colin Farrell | Don Wycherley | Gerard McSorley
Bruce says: “It was a fluke that I saw VERONICA GUERIN immediately after seeing SHATTERED GLASS – two films about journalism based on true stories. Within a few hours I had a glimpse of two journalistic extremes. Veronica Guerin was
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger | Claire Danes | Kristanna Loken | Nick Stahl
Howard says: “A Terminator movie without James Cameron? How could they? Easily, it seems. TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES takes place ten years after TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY. John Connor is in his early teens and has been hiding
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Gary Ross
Starring: Chris Cooper | Jeff Bridges | Tobey Maguire | Valerie Mahaffey
Howard says: “As a docudrama, SEABISCUIT plays wonderfully. Here are reenactments of the most important moments of the horse and the people who loved him. As a piece of cinema it lacks slightly. It’s interesting and even compelling at times,
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Robb Moss
Diane says: “Documaker Rob Moss revisits some of his rafting pals from a Grand Canyon trip in 1978, made into a docu called ‘riverdogs.’ Too bad he doesn’t give newcomers like me enough context for the first trip and what
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: David Zucker
Starring: Jenny McCarthy | Marny Eng | Pamela Anderson
Howard says: “I wondered when I watched the trailer for SCARY MOVIE 3 why I was laughing so hard. Sure I enjoyed the first two films, but they seemed… amateurish. Yeah, I know the entire series is nothing but crass,
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
Starring: Leonid Mozgovoy | Mariya Kuznetsova | Sergei Dontsov
Ivy says: “I watched RUSSIAN ARK a few months ago when Ned and I were deciding if we were brave enough to play a Sukarov film for an entire week. He has been compared to Tarkovsky but doesn’t have the
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Kevin Bacon | Laura Linney | Marcia Gay Harden | Sean Penn | Tim Robbins
Bob says: “I didn’t read the book, but I thought the film was very good. I found Robbins’ performance just as strong as Penn’s (and Penn really was great). Besides, I love depressing films.” Hilary says: “I saw it
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Mike Newell
Starring: Julia Roberts | Julia Stiles | Kirsten Dunst | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Marcia Gay Harden
Bruce says: “Only two names are listed in the writing credits but I would swear that this film was designed by a committee. A lot of ‘stuff’ is going on here and usually the bad stuff is also the good
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