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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Collin Schiffli
Starring: Alexandra Daddario | Billy Crudup | Diego Boneta | Emmanuelle Chriqui | Justin Chatwin | Nicola Correia-Damude | Travis Fimmel | Wade Allain-Marcus
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Mike Mills
Starring: Alison Elliott | Billy Crudup | Elle Fanning | Greta Gerwig | Lucas Jade Zumann | nnette Bening | Thea Gill | Vitaly Andrew LeBeau
Hilary says: “Annette Bening plays Dorothea, a child of the Depression navigating the ever-changing world of 1979 as a divorced, atypically older mother of a teenager, willfully single, and working in a male-dominated profession. She is raising her teenage son,
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Bart Freundlich
Starring: Abby Quinn | Azhy Robertson | Billy Crudup | Julianne Moore | Michelle Williams | Will Chase
Michael says: “I really want to love Bart Freundlich’s films. Not because he’s Julianne Moore’s husband, although I appreciate that he often casts her in his films, but because I loved his debut, THE MYTH OF FINGERPRINTS so much and
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Rating: 2.25
Director: Jill Sprecher
Starring: Alan Arkin | Billy Crudup | Bob Balaban | David Harbour | Greg Kinnear
Jason says: “THIN ICE started life as THE CONVINCER (and played Sundance under that name) before being re-cut and re-scored to its current form, and that name would have put a bit of a target on its back. The movie
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: Billy Crudup | Channing Tatum | Christian Bale | Emilie de Ravin | Johnny Depp | Marion Cotillard | Stephen Dorff
Thom says: “I should have been wary knowing that Michael Mann’s previous film was the wretched MIAMI VICE, but even knowing that, this was far worse than I imagined considering the talented cast. Christian Bale (usually top-notch) was totally a
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Rating: 1.25 cats
Director: Bart Freundlich
Starring: Billy Crudup | David Duchovny | Ellen Barkin | Glenn Fitzgerald | Julianne Moore | Maggie Gyllenhaal
Michael says: “If only a cast a movie made. During his introduction to the film, Fruendlich, who has made a great film (THE MYTH OF FINGERPRINTS) and a good film (WORLD TRAVELLER) said that TRUST THE MAN was his gift
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Albert Finney | Alison Lohman | Billy Crudup | Ewan McGregor | Helena Bonham Carter | Jessica Lange | Marion Cotillard | Robert Guillaume
Bruce says: “BIG FISH had a big budget and, one could surmise from the media blitz that started well in advance of its release, a huge advertising campaign chest as well. The all-star cast and top-notch director add to the
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Bart Freundlich
Starring: Billy Crudup | Cleavant Derricks | Julianne Moore | Karen Allen | Liane Balaban
Michael says: “Freundlich’s second feature film (following THE MYTH OF FINGERPRINTS) tells the story of one man’s struggle with his father. Billy Crudup plays Cal, married with one son, successful architect, and facing deep abandonment issues revolving around his absent
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Starring: Billy Crudup | Cate Blanchett | James Fleet | Michael Gambon | Rupert Penry-Jones
Laura says: “While CHARLOTTE GRAY can be an infuriating film at times, with its heroine who not once, but twice, travels a great distance on behalf of a man who may not be committed to her or even alive, it
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