Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Graham McTavish | Ian McKellen | James Nesbitt | Ken Stott | Martin Freeman | Richard Armitage
Thom says: “No special reason to review this blockbuster, other than to say I was thrilled while watching it other than the too long beginning when trying to persuade Bilbo Baggins to join the quest of 13 dwarves along with
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Rating: 3.2 cats
Director: Sacha Gervasi
Starring: Anthony Hopkins | Danny Huston | Helen Mirren | James D'Arcy | Jessica Biel | Michael Stuhlbarg | Michael Wincott | Scarlett Johansson | Toni Collette
Julie says: “What bad things can you say about a movie with Helen Mirren and Anthony Hopkins ? Well worth seeing for their acting alone. Scarlet Johansson did a nice job as did the guy who played Anthony Perkins (James
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Rating: 4.125 cats
Director: Valeriy Todorovskiy
Starring: Anton Shagin | Evgeniya Khirivskaya | Igor Voynarovskiy | Maksim Matveev | Oksana Akinshina
Jason says: “It seems like every time I’ve seen western culture sneaking behind the iron curtain, it’s been about The Beatles. Of course, youth chafing at authority existed well before the Fab Four, and represents more than mere fandom. So
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: P. David Ebersole
Thom says: “I’m hoping for better luck soon at the flickers. This is about the rise and descent of Hole drummer and her final rise from the ashes of a terrible drug addiction. She seem memorable enough with some definite
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Asoka Handagama
Starring: Dharshan Dharmraj | Gregory Philip Ferminus | Raja Ganeshan | Subashini Balasubramaniyam
Thom says: “A young, big, burly man returns after a long stint in the army to his village and is either ignored or reproached by his old neighbors and acquaintances. His betrothed has married another man who died on the
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Braden Croft
Starring: Cara Uchida | Kanna Hashimoto; Rento Isobe | Koki Maeda | Ohshirô Maeda | Ryôga Hayashi
Jason says: “We’re probably healthier as a society for not throwing terms like ‘insane’ or ‘crazy’ around quite so much as we used to. It’s not always the case in the movies, where simple homicidal maniacs are often the norm,
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Patricio Valladares
Starring: Carolina Escobar | Daniel Antivilio | Jose Hernandez | Serge Francois | Siboney Lo
Jason says: “The original Chilean version of HIDDEN IN THE WOODS (an English-language remake featuring Michael Biehn from the same director is already in pre-production) certainly lives up to its introduction as a nasty, violent piece of work, and filmmaker
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Todd Louiso
Starring: Blythe Danner | Christopher Abbott | Dan Futterman | John Rubinstein | Julie White | Melanie Lynskey
Michael says: “Fans of TAKE THIS WALTZ should check out Todd Louiso’s HELLO, I MUST BE GOING, about a young woman, recently divorced, who moves back in with her wealthy parents in suburban Connecticut and finds herself unable to move
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Starring: Apisit Opasaimlikit | Chanakporn Sayoungkul | Kiat Punpiputt | Nopachai Chaiyanam | Sirin Horwang
Bruce says: “***SPOILERS*** “Pen-ek Ratanaurang‘s HEADSHOT, a film about a cop turned hit man, is a huge disappointment. It is well-made and well-acted and the premise is better-than-average; but the script adds little to what is an hour and one
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Su-yeon Gu
Starring: Atsoro Watabe | Kento Nagayama | Sei Ashina | Shido Nakamura | Sota Matsuda | Tokio Emoto
Jason says: “Su-yeon Gu’s HARD ROMANTICKER is one of those movies that feels like it was cobbled together from a bunch of anecdotes that don’t necessarily add up to a story, but is able to more or less able to
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