Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Rakesh Roshan
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan | Hrithik Roshan | Kangana Ranaut | Priyanka Chopra | Vivek Oberoi
Jason says: “Here’s a funny coincidence – Bollywood superhero movie KRRISH came out the same summer as SUPERMAN RETURNS and its sequel KRRISH 3 (I’ll explain later) is hitting theaters the Diwali after Warner Brothers delivered a Superman movie franchise
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Chad Crawford Kinkle
Starring: Daniel Manche | Kaitlin Cullum | Larry Fessenden | Lauren Ashley Carte | Sean Bridgers | Sean Young
Jason says: “JUG FACE is the sort of horror movie that I often have trouble with, where any hint of supernatural activity actually seems somewhat deflating, as there’s plenty of real-world unpleasantness at work. It’s done well enough to overcome
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Chris James Thompson
Chris says: “As a teenaged Milwaukee native/resident, the Jeffrey Dahmer case obviously hit close to home for me, as it would for anyone to have something so high profile and extremely grotesque occur in your backyard. This documentary is both
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Yuichi Fukuda
Starring: Fumika Shimizu | Ken Yasuda | Nana Katase | Ryohei Suzuki | Tsuyoshi Muro
Jason says: “Look, I’m not going to make HENTAI KAMEN out to be anything other than it is: It is a deeply silly, tacky, crude spoof of the superhero genre that takes Warren Ellis’s description of their outfits as ‘underwear
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jeremy Kipp Mitchell | John Mitchell
Jason says: “It’s odd but true: These days, an act like Future Folk can be both a local secret and have a national (or international) cult following. Even if both cases are true, a movie centered around such a band
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Vincenzo Natali
Starring: Abigail Breslin | David Hewlett | Michelle Nolden | Peter DaCunha | Peter Outerbridge | Stephen McHattie
Jason says: “HAUNTER is the kind of horror movie that is in many ways so well-built that it almost gets in its own way when someone sees it, likes it, and wants to recommend it: The film has a hook
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Sion Somo
Starring: Chika Uchida | Kanji Tsuda | Kazuya Kojim | Makoto Togashi | Megumi Kagurazaka | Miki Mizuno | Ryuju Kobayashi
Jason says: “I’m not quite sure what the rationale is for cutting a half hour out of GUILTY OF ROMANCE for non-Japanese audiences; Sion Sono’s fans have proven quite willing to sit through a long movie over the past few
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Sebastian Hofmann
Starring: Alberto Trujillo | Hugo Albores | Lourdes Trueba
Jason says: “HALLEY will be classified a horror movie by many, what with it centering on a representative of the living dead, but in some ways its hold on that genre is just a couple of fingertips at the end
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Kim Loo-ho
Starring: Cha Tae-hyun | Ko Chang-seok | Lee Chae-young | Min Hyo-rin | Oh Ji-ho | Shin Jung-keun
Jason says: “For all the noir, caper, and pulp material I’ve consumed in my life, I don’t know how many times I’ve ever actually heard someone refer to the jewels they were looking to steal as ‘ice’, and I don’t
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Vlad Yudin
Thom says: “This Chlotrudis offering far out-met my expectations which is always a thrill for this inveterate viewer. Of course I’d seen PUMPING IRON (1977) back in the day, & was surprised probably as anyone at the continued career &
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