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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Michael Showalter
Starring: Andrew Garfield | Cherry Jones | Jessica Chastain | Mark Wystrach | Sam Jaeger | Vincent D'Onofrio
Thom says: “Director Showalter (who seems to be a Hollywood jack-of-all-trades as he has numerous credits as Director, Actor, Writer, Producer, Soundtrack, Self, & Thanks) started out with a decided disaster with the insipid THE BAXTER (2005, 1 CAT) but
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Director: Nora Fingscheidt
Starring: Aisling Franciosi | Jon Bernthal | Linda Emond | Richard Thomas | Sandra Bullock | Vincent D'Onofrio | Viola Davis
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: David Dobkin
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton | Dax Shepard | Grace Zabriskie | Jeremy Strong | Robert Downey Jr | Robert Duvall | Vera Farmiga | Vincent D'Onofrio
Thom says: “This is a bulging, pompous, treacly mess of a film that has big bucks written all over it. Here Downey Jr. (he takes his A-List status very seriously these days) plays a Chicago defense lawyer of dubious moral
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jennifer Chambers Lynch
Starring: Conor Leslie | Eamonn Faren | Evan Bird | Gina Philips | Jake Weber | Julia Ormond | Vincent D'Onofrio
Thom says: “I don’t have much experience with avant-garde Lynch (daughter of illustrious David) other than her 2008 good drama/mystery SURVEILLANCE, but who can forget the Kim Basinger/BOXING HELENA stink? So, basically I wanted to see this disturbing effort due
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Mike Mills
Starring: Benjamin Bratt | Keanu Reeves | Lou Taylor Pucci | Tilda Swinton | Vincent D'Onofrio
Michael says: “Mike Mills’ THUMBSUCKER is a coming-of-age film that features some terrific performances but doesn’t really say anything new. Justin is a senior in high school who still sucks his thumb when he is stressed. He’s on the debate
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Director: David Mamet
Starring: Derek Luke | Ed O'Neill | Tia Texada | Val Kilmer | Vincent D'Onofrio | William H. Macy
Peg says: “The characters in David Mamet’s new thriller might be mistaken for those in a Michael Crichton novel if not for their tendency to spout profane haiku instead of dialogue. Val Kilmer’s Robert Scott is an ex-Marine and Secret
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Peter Care
Starring: Emile Hirsch | Jena Malone | Jody Foster | Kieran Culkin | Vincent D'Onofrio
Michael says: “Whoo Boy! I haven’t seen a movie that I’ve disliked this much in quite a while. “Set presumably in the 70’s, 4 boys in Catholic school misbehave, pay the consequences and grow up a little. Despite a host
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Brad Anderson
Starring: Holland Taylor | MarisaTomei | Nadia Dajani | Sean Gullette | Vincent D'Onofrio
Bob says: “I’ve been thinking about something utterly irrelevant since seeing HAPPY ACCIDENTS yesterday, so I thought I’d just throw it out there: Vincent D’Onofrio’s character is named Sam Deed, and he explains that back travelers usually have names made
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