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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Charlotte Gainsbourg
Chris says: “As a fan of both Jane (Birkin) and her daughter Charlotte (Gainsbourg), I appreciated the intent and how it explored their relationship at its current state; for nearly everyone else, however, there’s a frustrating lack of context that
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Cate Blanchett | Jennifer Lawrence | Jonah Hill | Leonardo DiCaprio | Mark Rylance | Meryl Streep | Rob Morgan | Timothée Chalamet | Tyler Perry
Michael says: “This much-hyped, shot in Boston film with big, big names is a little controversial and divisive in its fans and detractors. Count me strongly on the detractor side. It’s click, it’s glossy, it tries so hard, but satire
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Gitta Gsell
Starring: Beren Tuna | Burak Ates | Dimitri Stapfer | Ecem Aydin | Müjdat Albak | Serkan Tastemur | Zeki Bulgurcu
Michael says: “BEYTO makes a worthy attempt at exploring the challenges and complexities of a gay immigrant from a conservative, homophobic culture. Beyto is a handsome and talented swimmer whose life seems charmed, with supportive parents who own a bakery.
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Kieran Mulcare | Matthew Fifer
Starring: Colbie Smulders | Jazmin Grace Grimaldi | Matthew Fifer | Michael Potts | Sandra Bauleo | Scott Adsit | Sheldon D. Brown
Michael says: “I was excited. It looked like there was going to be one of those rare American-made, gay-themed films that I might actually like in CICADA. It had a 93% Tomatometer, critics approval rating, and it just looked kind-of
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Atom Egoyan
Starring: Alexia Fast | Jason Blicker | Mireille Enos | Rosario Dawson | Ryan Reynolds | Scott Speedman
Michael says: “Sadly, despite some strong performances by Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman, and Mireille Enos, Egoyan’s latest film THE CAPTIVE, became the first of his films to disappoint me. Billed as a psychological thriller, had it stayed in that realm it
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Yann Demange
Starring: Bel Powley | Brian Tyree Henry | Bruce Dern | Eddie Marsan | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Matthew McConaughey | Piper Laurie | Richie Merritt | Rory Cochrane | Taylour Paige
Thom says: “I’m more than a little tired of this genre trying hard to make basic nogoodniks into sympathetic, likable sorts, They’ve tried to make these films workable since the beginning of genre filmmaking, but this one, despite musts-see McConaughey,
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Chrius Weitz
Starring: Ben Kingsley | Greg Hill | Greta Scacchi | Mélanie Laurent | Michael Aronov | Michael Benjamin Hernandez | Oscar Isaac | Pêpê Rapazote
Thom says: “Musts-see Isaac & Ben Kingsley drove me to watch this but the Israeli capture of the notorious Adolf Eichmann in Argentina years after the end of WWII is tedious. Kingsley hams it up pretty good.
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Dan Fogelman
Starring: Annette Bening | Antonio Banderas | Jean Smart | Mandy Patinkin | Olivia Wilde | Oscar Isaac | Samuel L. Jackson | Sergio Peris-Mencheta
Thom says: “Once I realized that the director is largely responsible for the mediocre television hit THIS IS US, I should have avoided it. A NYC couple’s tragic story reverberates over continents and lifetimes, no, really. I always enjoy Oscar
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Jim Henson
Starring: David Bowie | Frank Oz | Jennifer Connelly | Shari Weiser | Shelley Thompson | Toby Froud
Michael says: “I have a dirty little secret… I’m not a fan of the muppets. I know, it’s sacrilege, but I enjoyed Sesame St. as a child, but I never really got into the Muppet Show, nor did I enjoy
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Geeta Malik
Starring: Adil Hussain | Ashritha Kancharla | Manisha Koirala | Moses Das | Rish Shah | Sophia Ali | Thomas Kasp
Vicki says: “INDIA SWEETS AND SPICES is an Indian inter-generational coming of age film. It tries to take on too many themes and , as a result, it falls flat. It has some good moments and a fine performance by
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