Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Hiroshi Shinagawa
Jason says: “Even the biggest zombie movies tend to be pretty simple things, and I wouldn’t necessarily say DEADMAN INFERNO (aka Z ISLAND) was exactly complicated. It does have a fair amount more going on than is typical for this
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenne
Jason says: “I’m mildly curious how big a part a secondary character had in the original book; after an amusing introduction (and fairly high billing), he gets streamlined right in the background. It’s the right choice – this is a
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Toa Fraser
Kyle says: “THE DEAD LANDS is a tale of an ancient Maori tribe which is virtually wiped out by a band of treacherous, lying, spiritually desolate villains who are pursued by the dead chief’s handsome teenage son seeking revenge. Hongi
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Tom Hooper
Jason says: “There was talk fairly close to its release about THE DANISH GIRL being nearly three hours long, although that turned out to be a working print and the actual finished film is a more standard two. With the
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Spike Lee
Kyle says: “I respectfully disagree with Spike Lee, who claims DA SWEET BLOOD OF JESUS is not a vampire movie. It may lack traditional traits such as fangs and claws, snarling and biting, garlic and mirrors, but Dr. Green subsists
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Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Miguel Llansó
Jason says: “Science fiction films about a man on a quest in a post-collapse wasteland are so far from uncommon that entries in the subgenre need something truly special in order to stand out from a low-budget haze of deserts,
Read the review...Cymbeline (USA; 98 min.) directed by: Michael Almereydastarring: Ethan Hawke, Ed Harris, Milla Jovovich, John Leguizamo, Penn Badgley, Dakota Johnson Kyle says: “This is a contemporary film adaptation of a play by William Shakespeare. Such versions are plentiful and often
Read the review...Cruel (France; 108 min.) directed by: Eric Cherrièrestarring: Jean-Jacques Lelté; Magali Moreau; Maurice Poli; Yves Afonso Jason says: “The almost-banal serial killer isn’t quite a staple of crime fiction but it’s not exactly uncommon, either, likely in part because the
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Park Hye-mi
Jason says: “Two animated features from the Korean Academy of Film Arts played the festival this year, and there’s enough underlying similarities to make a viewer joke about them coming from the same class assignment or, more seriously, ponder how
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Jon Watts
Jason says: “COP CAR opens by dropping enough swearwords that even parents who missed the R rating might consider pulling their kids out, which is both necessary and a bit of a pity. A family-friendly take on the story could
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