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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.25
Director: Justine Bateman
Starring: Dennis Boutsikaris | Erica Ash | Justin Theroux | Luke Bracey | Olivia Munn | Todd Stashwick | Zachary Gordon
Michael says: “Yes, that Justine Bateman, Michael J. Fox’s TV older sister in ‘Family Ties.’ Part of the reason I wanted to see this film was to see where Ms. Bateman was coming from creatively, decades after her youthful fame.
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: John Lee
Starring: Gretchen Mol | Ilana Glazer | Josh Hamilton | Justin Theroux | Lucy Walters | Pierce Brosnan
Michael says: “In the tradition of a creepy, slow burn horror/thriller, FALSE POSITIVE successfully balances the dark tone with a lighter b-horror tone to tell a story of genetics and the patriarchy out of control. What starts off as bit
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Director: David Mirkin
Starring: Alan Cumming | Camryn Manheim | Janeane Garofalo | Julia Campbell | Justin Theroux | Lisa Kudrow | Mira Sorvino
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: David Wain
Starring: Bobby Cannavale | Famke Janssen | Gretchen Mol | Justin Theroux | Ken Marino | Liev Schreiber | Olver Platt | Paul Rudd | Ron Silver | Winona Ryder
Michael says: “I had been looking forward to THE TEN, David Wain’s follow-up to WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER, since I read about Winona Ryder playing a woman how has a relationship with a stolen ventriloquist’s dummy. THE TEN is an
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Zoe R. Cassavetes
Starring: Drea de Matteo | Justin Theroux | Melvil Poupaud | Parker Posey
Chris says: “Here’s a tale we’ve heard before: Nora (Parker Posey), a woman in her mid-30’s, is in pre-midlife crisis mode. Her administrative hotel job neither challenges nor fulfills her and she has yet to truly fall in love. Substitute
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: David Lynch
Starring: Grace Zabriskie | Harry Dean Stanton | Jeremy Irons | Justin Theroux | Laura Dern | Peter J. Lucas
Chris says: “Instead of a filming a completed screenplay, David Lynch took a piecemeal approach to making INLAND EMPIRE: encouraged by the physical freedom a toy-sized digital video camera allows, he would think of an idea, write it down, and
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: David Lynch
Starring: Ann Miller | Justin Theroux | Laura Harring | Naomi Watts
Bob says: “I think MULHOLLAND D. brings Lynch back, at least part way, to the dark obsessions of his earlier work: we are affected by (and in return, we affect) forces no one can understand, our hidden fears have real
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