Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Christopher Guest
Starring: Bob Balaban | Catherine O'Hara | Christopher Guest | Eugene Levy | Jane Lynch | Parker Posey
Bruce says: “This sweet film is another offering form the ‘Christopher Guest repertory company.’ It is the story of three musical acts, all has-beens who are brought together to perform…
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Darryl Roberts
…www.BeautifulPeople.net, and then creating a profile where members of the website vote on whether he is beautiful enough to join (the folks who run the website insist that the voting…
Read the review...…and authenticity of an artist whose work was never compromised by his commercial success. Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes After a quick lunch at Gabriel’s I went…
Read the review...…family members with young children and digging myself a bigger hole with everything I say about it. After all, it comes from the director of the earnest but kind of…
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Eric Toledano | Olivier Nakache
Starring: Anne Le Ny | Audrey Fleurot | Christian Ameri | Clotide Mollet | Dorothée Brière | François Cluzet | Omar Sy
…the case of THE INTOUCHABLES, knowing that the film is reality based enhanced my pleasure. Comparisons to THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY Intouchables are unavoidable. Both stories involve men…
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Henrik Ruben Genz
Starring: Anders Hove | Jakob Cedergren | Kim Bodnia | Lars Brygmann | Lene Maria Christensen
…HAPPY: Is it common for Danish films to credit the people who put the teaser and trailer together, or were this particular film’s previews noteworthy, and if so, is it…
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Justin Edwards
Starring: Franco Castan | James Jarrett | Lauren Jennings | Liz Kate | Scottie Knollin | Terri James
…ewwwww before making its major WTH detour. “Amber (Lauren Jennings) is a nice girl. She’s been dating Gavin (Nicholas Tecosky) for four and a half years before he dumps her…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: So Yong Kim
Starring: Chae Gil Byung | Hee-yeon Kim | Jung Gil Ja | Kim Mi Jung | Mi-hyang Kim | Shin Hyun Je
Diane says: “TREELESS MOUNTAIN is a Korean film about two little girls whose mother dumps them with relatives. The seven- and five-year-old leads (no acting experience) are just extraordinary, as…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Hao Ning
Starring: Bo Huang | Cheung Yung | Jack Kao | Kong Jiu | Lifan Dong | Shaohua Ma | Zheng Xu
…meant it as a compliment, which I hope comes through. China’s Ning Hao is clearly trying to curry favor with me, as SILVER MEDALIST (also known as CRAZY RACER) is…
Read the review...By Michael Colford
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Marc Webb
Starring: Chloe Moretz | Clark Gregg | Geoffrey Arend | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Zooey Deschanel
…with him. After she dumps him, Tom goes through a devastating period of heartbreak until the two reach an understanding. It’s a romantic film without being a fairy tale; it’s…
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