Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Terry Zwigoff
Starring: Scarlett Johansson | Steve Buscemi | ThoraBirch
…Nikes and they’re happy’ hits that point home. “The film isn’t making fun of American attitudes (esp. consumerism and general LCD [lowest common denominator] tastes), as much as expressing the…
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Starring: Ewan McGregor | Jim Broadbent | Nicole Kidman
…outfitted, desirable beauty who excels at artifice ” 3.5 cats For Laura’s complete review: “http://www.reelingreviews.com/moulinrouge.htm” Michael says: “I was a mite trepidatious going into this film… it had received…
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Rating: 3.2 cats
Director: Marc Forster
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton | Halle Berry | Heath Ledger | Peter Boyle
…a disappointment. Halle Berry’s terrific, though, and the film’s certainly worthwhile.” 3 cats For Laura’s complete review: “http://www.reelingreviews.com/monstersball.htm” Michael says: “I must agree with Laura, that after his intriguing…
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Cate Blanchett | Giovanni Ribisi | Greg Kinnear | Hilary Swank | Katie Holmes | Keanu Reaves
…complete review: “http://www.reelingreviews.com/thegift.htm” Michael says: “Annie Wilson, played marvelously by Cate Blanchett, lives in a small Southern town, using her psychic gift to do ‘readings’ for her neighbors. But…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Channing Godfrey Peoples
Starring: Akron Watson | Alexis Chikaeze | Kendrick Sampson | Lori Hayes | Nicole Beharie
…her into a position where she can become a surrogate for the success that Turquoise missed out on. It’s never stated, but it’s evident that part of what caused Turquoise…
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Rating: 2.75 | 3.5 cats
Director: Robert Eggers
Starring: Robert Pattison | Valeriia Karaman | Willem Dafoe
…Bucket List is to spend 6 months isolated in a lighthouse, providing I had enough p rovisions to exist. So when it popped up free on PrimeVideo I’d run out…
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: David Lowery
Starring: Casey Affleck | Kesha | Rooney Mara
…you’ve arrived home. “A couple rich in love yet facing their share of conflict is the foundation for a study in existentialism that really takes off when an unexpected visitor…
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Tom Ford
Starring: Colin Firth | Jon Kortajarena | Julianne Moore | Matthew Goode | Nicholas Hoult
…light of Ford’s marvelous ability to infuse Isherwood’s character study with compassion through meticulous attention to detail, whether capturing the look and feel of the period or the often subtle…
Read the review...…state-of-mind study. Vero (Maria Onetto), a successful dentist, climbs in her car and drives along a dirt road a popular shortcut which is next to a canal. Shortly before, we…
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Seth Gordon
…AIR GUITAR NATION, WORDPLAY, and SPELLBOUND all involve real competition while examining the lives of those who are driven to compete. KING OF KONG more closely resembles a TV reality…
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