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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Marianna Palka
Starring: Alysia Reiner | Anna Camp | Christina Hendricks | David Allen Basche | Gbenga Akinnagbe
Thom says: “I loved how this dramedy starring major television stars came across more like a play than a film with almost the entire film taking place in a large Brooklyn loft. The film forcefully makes a showing of small
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Director: Jake Scott
Starring: Alexander Joseph Wildes | Christina Hendricks | Kentucker Audley | Sky Ferreira
Julie says: “This movie surprised me. The story is nothing special but the means to the ends are worth seeing for Sienna Miller’s lead performance and noteworthy supporting perfs by Christina Hendricks and Will Sasso (role was small but good). “Knowing
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: John Slattery
Starring: Caleb Landry Jones | Christina Hendricks | Eddie Marsan | John Turturro | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Richard Jenkins
Jason says: “There are moments, especially toward the end of GOD’S POCKET, when I wonder if John Slattery has made a Trojan Horse of a movie, giving an audience expecting an honest-but-affectionate story about earthy folks in a tough neighborhood
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Rating: 2.75
Director: Brian Dannelly
Starring: Allison Janney | Chris Colfer | Christina Hendricks | Dermot Mulroney | Polly Bergen | Sarah Hyland
Bruce says: “The biggest problem with STRUCK BY LIGHTNING is the protagonist. He is not very likable. In the opening frames we learn that Carson Phillips (Chris Colfer of GLEE fame) is the lightning victim. Carson is also the victim
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Rating: 3.375
Director: Sally Potter
Starring: Alessandro Nivola | Alice Englert | Annette Bening | Christina Hendricks | Elle Fanning | Jodhi May | Oliver Platt | Timothy Spall
Thom says: “Here’s another atrocious film from the vastly overpraised Sally Potter, & I never seem able to learn my lesson. I did give her first film ORLANDO my highest rating, perhaps in retrospect more for the presence of the
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Rating: 4.6
Director: Tony Kaye
Starring: Adrien Brodie | Betty Kaye | Blythe Danner | Christina Hendricks | James Caan | Lucy Liu | Marcia Gay Harden
Bruce says: “When AMERICAN HISTORY X made a big splash nearly fifteen years ago it seemed there might be a new director entering the master ranks. Then along came SNOWBLIND, LOBBY LOBSTER and BLACK WATER TRANSIT. Remember them? Of course
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