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Babe: Pig in the City (1998)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: George Miller
Starring: Elizabeth Dailey | Glenne Headley | James Cromwell | Magda Szubanski | Mary Stein | Mickey Rooney | Steven Wright

Babe: Pig in the City
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L. A. Confidental (1997)

By Michael Colford
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Curtis Hanson
Starring: Danny DeVito | David Strathairn | Guy Pearce | James Cromwell | Kevin Spacey | Kim Basinger | Russell Crowe

L. A. Confidental

Michael says: “This complex, film was based on the novel by James Ellroy. It takes a look at the Los Angeles police department in the 1950’s. Corruption and glitz with a Hollywood backdrop provide the framework for an intense study

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Babe (1995)

By Michael Colford
Director: Chris Noonan
Starring: Christine Cavanaugh | Danny Mann | Hugo Weaving | James Cromwell | Magda Szubanski | Miriam Margolyes

Babe
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Never Too Late (2020)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Mark Lamprell
Starring: Dennis Waterman | Jack Thompson | Jacki Weaver | James Cromwell

Never Too Late
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Still Mine (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Michael McGowan
Starring: Barbara Gordon | Campbell Scott | Geneviève Bujold | George R. Robertson | James Cromwell | Jonathan Potts | Julie Stewart | Rick Roberts

Still Mine

Jason says: “It’s funny what gets to a person during this type of movie. I was doing okay through most of STILL MINE (which played festivals as STILL, and may have kept that name in some places), and then I

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The Artist (2011)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Starring: Bérénice Bejo | Beth Grant | James Cromwell | Jean Dujardin | John Goodman | Penelope Ann Miller

The Artist

Thom says:  “This delightful black & white silent film is an out-and-out winner. Silent film superstar George Valentin (Dujardin, Best Actor at Cannes 2011) is worried that with the advent of talkies he will lose his stardom. His marriage is

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W. (2008)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Elizabeth Banks | Ellen Burstyn | James Cromwell | Jeffrey Wright | Josh Brolin | Richard Dreyfuss | Scott Glenn

W.

Bruce says: “W. works as a conversation piece; were the film hilarious, educational or consciousness raising in any way, it would have redeeming qualities.  There is no apparent reason to make such a film and no reason to see it. 

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The Queen (2006)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Stephen Frears
Starring: Heather McCrory | Helen Mirren | James Cromwell | Michael Sheen

The Queen

Chris says: “I’m convinced that Helen Mirren is capable of anything: She can quietly steal scenes in a Robert Altman ensemble piece (GOSFORD PARK), turn a recurring role into an icon (television’s ‘Prime Suspect’) and even survive an embarrassment like

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