Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 1.3 cats
Director: Mark S. Waters
Starring: Amanda Seyfried | Amy Poehler | Ana Gasteyer | Lacey Chabert | Lindsay Lohan | Lizzy Caplan | Rachel McAdams | Tim Meadows | Tina Fey
Bruce says: “Yes, I did read Janet’s MEAN GIRLS review which I thoroughly enjoyed, swearing at the time that I would never see this film. While shopping for lighter fare (not always my area of expertise) MEAN GIRLS was recommended
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Rating: 4.125 cats
Director: Joshua Marston
Starring: Catalina Sandino Moreno | Guilied Lopez | Patricia Rae | Wilson Guerro | Yenny Paola Vega
Bruce says: “Few films have a defining moment as strong and telling as one in MARIA FULL OF GRACE. At the beginning of the film Maria (Catalina Sandino Moreno) is making out with her boyfriend (Wilson Guerro). A bit bored
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Denzel Washington | Jon Voight | Kimberly Elisa | Liev Schreiber | Meryl Streep
Bruce says: “A brave move it was to remake the 1964 classic THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE. How can a film compete with a predecessor that starred Angela Lansbury, Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra and Janet Leigh? Answer: cast Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep,
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Rating: 0.5 cats
Director: Jim Van Bebber
Starring: Amy Yates | Leslie Orr | Marc Pitman | Marcelo Games | Maureen Allisse
Michael says: “You all know why I went to see this movie. It was made by and starred many of Scot’s college friends about 12 years ago. It took them years to finish the film and get distribution, then after
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Blaine Thurier
Starring: Bonnie Catterson | Kim Cote | Robert Dayton
Bruce says: “Andrew (Robert Dayton) is the type of man that would make anyone want to leave the room once he walked in. He is a self-involved, insensitive nerd. His wife (Bonnie Catterson) has kicked him out and he hasn’t
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Tony Shalhoub
Starring: Brooke Adams | Eva Amurri | Lynne Adams | Tony Shalhoub
Rob N. says: “With the same sort of unabashed honesty that helped make SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE such a hit with the 40+ set is Emmy-winning ‘Monk’ star Tony Shalhoub’s directorial debut. This ‘middle age comedy’ features his wife, the still-lovely
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Yann Samuell
Starring: Emmanuelle Grönvold | Gérard Watkins | Guillaume Canet | Joséphine Lebas-Joly | Marion Cotillard | Thibault Verhaeghe
Hilary says: “Julien (Guillaume Canet) and Sophie (Marion Cotillard) are best friends from the moment they meet in primary school. Julien finds Sophie with her backpack dumped out into a puddle by classmates who are teasing her for being Polish.
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Anaïs Granofsky
Starring: Ingrid Veninger | Jackie Burroughs | Peter Stebbings
Bruce says: “The time is the distant future. Just how far we aren’t sure but one business boasts its existence ‘since 2032.’ Hints are dropped from time to time. ‘The birds are returning to the Pacific.’ Water is undrinkable unless
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Georgette says: “While making the PBS series, ‘The Blues,’ Martin Scorsese was inspired to put together the one-time only concert ‘Salute to the Blues’ which became the film LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE directed by Antoine Fuqua (TRAINING DAY.) Although there
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Anjelica Houston | Bill Murray | Bud Cort | Cate Blanchett | Jeff Goldblum | Noah Taylor | Owen Wilson | Willem Defoe
Rob says: “Cool is something that cannot be willed into being, something that continues to escape THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS auteur Wes Anderson. He does have the mercurial Bill Murray (LOST IN TRANSLATION) in a solid comic turn as a vainglorious,
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