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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Róbert I. Douglas
Starring: Arnmundur Ernst Björnsson | Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson | Helgi Björnsson | Lilja Nótt Þórarinsdóttir
Bruce says: “Although I did laugh several times at the campy one-liners that one would expect more from a US sitcom than an Icelandic feature film, ELEVEN MEN OUT is just not very good. Ottar (Björn Hlynur Haraldsson) is a
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Craig Chester
Starring: Chris Kattan | Craig Chester | Malcolm Gets | Parker Posey
Michael says: “Actor Craig Chester (GRIEF, SWOON, I SHOT ANDY WARHOL) wrote and directed his first feature film, a broad romantic comedy where the two protagonists are both men. What could have been sweet, and comfortably mainstream like the films
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Moon-saeng Kim | Park Sunmin
Starring: Andrew Ableson | Cathy Cavadini | David Naughton | Joon-ho Chung
Michael says: “SKY BLUE is a bit of South Korean anime that fails (for the most part) visually, and fails bigtime in terms of story. It’s funny that I wasn’t expecting an anime film to fall prey to the utterly
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Christophe Barratier
Starring: François Berléand | Gérard Jugnot; Jean-Baptiste Maunier | Kad Merad | Marie Bunel
Michael says: “After Eric Jausseran’s ‘performance’ at the 11th Annual Chlotrudis Awards last March, I had to give Christophe Barristier’s THE CHORUS a try. Unfortunately, the little I expected from this treacly, sentimental French drama came to pass. A successful
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Emmanuelle Bercot
Starring: Emmanuelle Seigner | Isild Le Besco | Noémie Lvovsky | Valéry Zeitoun
Bruce says: “If only the last 90% of BACKSTAGE were as good as the beginning. – the first scenes were out of this world. Lauren (Emmanuelle Seigner) is a French pop star so unlike any female musician in America she
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Deborah Kampmeier
Starring: Daphne Rubin-Vega | Elisabeth Moss | Robin Wright Penn
Michael says: “I was so intrigued by the premise and the preview of this little American indie, but it turned out to be a disappointing mess. Deborah Kampmeier’s first film follows a young woman, whose family are all born again
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: John Palmer
Starring: Andre Noble | Brendan Fehr | Maury Chaykin | Sarah Polley
Bruce says: “Based on some Bruce La Bruce short stories, SUGAR is a dark, bleak, coming-of-age story. When Cliff (Andre Noble) turns eighteen his precocious ten year old sister suggests that he down a split of vodka, smoke a joint
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Anthony Mackie | Dania Ramirez | Ellen Barkin | John Turturro | Kerry Washington | Monica Bellucci | Woody Harrelson
Ivy says: “My phrase for this movie is: She Hate It. “Although Kerry Washington’s performance was good, and there were lots of good appearances from some of my other favorite indie actresses I do think that the film was more
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: James Wan
Starring: Cary Elwes | Danny Glover | Dina Meyer | Ken Leung | Leigh Whannell | Mike Butters
Chadd says: “‘SAW has had a fairly good marketing campaign because of its distribution. One of the tag-lines to this marketing was the favorable comparison to the David Fincher film SEVEN. SEVEN happens to encapsulate all that I enjoy about
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Quentin Tarrantino
Starring: Daryl Hannah | David Carradine | Lucy Liu | Uma Thurman
Bruce says: “**SPOILERS AHEAD** “To say that KILL BILL: VOL 2 is more fun than its predecessor is about the kindest thing I can say. It certainly isn’t better although I enjoyed it more for couple of reasons which I’ll
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