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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Cory Finley
Starring: Anton Yelchin | Anya Taylor-Joy | Olivia Cooke
Chris says: “Starts off a little boring and leaden, with two rich girls(Olivia Cooke and Anya Taylor-Joy, both very good) in a passive-aggressive pas de deux. It achieves some focus once the what-to-do-about-the-creepy-stepfather problem is established—a narrative we’ve seen too
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Director: Jeremy Saulnier
Starring: Alia Shawkat | Anton Yelchin | Callum Turner | David W.Thompson | Joe Cole | Mark Webber
Jeff says: “The next movie from director Jeremy Saulnier, responsible for 2013’s BLUE RUIN, GREEN ROOM once again throws a bunch of regular guys into horrific circumstances (heroin-manufacturing Nazi skinheads, homicidal dogs), and lets them improvise a way out (as
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Anton Yelchin | Jeffrey Wright | John Hurt | Mia Wasikowska | Tilda Swinton | Tom Hiddleston
Diane says: “Jim Jarmusch gives us another lovely, delicately realized, witty film. Thanks, Kyle, for your writing on the soundtrack. “I always wish that Tilda Swinton could be more chameleonic–that is, not be so obviously Tilda Swinton–but I have to
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Drake Doremus
Starring: AlexKingston | Anton Yelchin | Charlie Bewley | Felicity Jones | Jennifer Lawrence | Oliver Muirhead
Jason says: “First love can burn very bright but not be that complicated, and since that’s what LIKE CRAZY is about, it makes a bit of sense for it to have a certain shallowness about it as well. The question
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: David Duchovny
Starring: Anton Yelchin | David Duchovny | Erykah Badu | Frank Langella | Robin Williams | Téa Leoni
Hilary says: “Yes, it’s as bad as it looks. David Duchovny proves that he should stay away from directing and writing and likely restrict his acting to the small screen. “Anton Yelchin as the young version of Duchovny’s character, and
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