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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: John Curran
Starring: Laura Dern | Mark Ruffalo | Naomi Watts | Peter Krause
Beth says: “I missed the first minutes of WE DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE which, despite starring Naomi Watts, Laura Dern, Mark Ruffalo and Peter Krause, was horrible. Sooo booooring! It’s about two couples, the women and men each best friends
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Michael Gondry
Starring: Elijah Wood | Jane Adams | Jim Carrey | Kate Winslet | Kirsten Dunst | Mark Ruffalo | Thomas Jay Ryan | Tom Wilkinson
Bruce says: “For starters, I’m a big Jim Carrey fan. Let me qualify that. I think that he is one of the most talented actors alive. He needs a strong director. His performances too often have traces of juvenilia, mugging
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Director: Gary Winick
Starring: Andy Serkis | Crista B. Allen | Jennifer Garner | Judy Greer | Mark Ruffalo | Sean Marquette
Peg says: “From director Gary Winick (TADPOLE) and writing team Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith (WHAT WOMEN WANT) comes a bubbly remake of BIG for women who buy Cosmo for the articles. Suburban New Jersey, 1987: Jenna Rink (Crista B.
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Austin Chick
Starring: Kathleen Robertson | Mark Ruffalo | Maya Stange | Patra Wright
Phred says: “Occasionally when you leave a movie theater, you get a feeling of tremendous satisfaction. That’s the case for me with XX/XY. “The film opens with a young man running into the same beautiful girl twice, the second time
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Isabel Coixet
Starring: Deborah Harry | Mark Ruffalo | Sarah Polley | Scott Speedman
Michael says: “Last week, Mary and I caught a preview of the latest film to star personal favorite Sarah Polley called MY LIFE WITHOUT ME. This Pedro and Augustin Almodovar production combines the whimsy and drama of Almodovar’s films with
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Jane Campion
Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh | Mark Ruffalo | Meg Ryan
Bruce says: “This film is a textbook for fatal flaws in filmmaking. With one exception – an absolutely perfect performance from Mark Ruffalo – IN THE CUT is a total mess. Mark Ruffalo knows his character and captures every earthy,
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