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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Simon Amstell
Starring: Anna Chancellor | Colin Morgan | Jessica Raine | Joel Fry | Phénix Brossard
Michael says: “British romantic comedy BENJAMIN is one of those films that’s amusing up to a point, then it moves into insufferable and nearly unbearable to watch. I know I’m in the minority here, (BENJAMIN has a Rotten Tomatoes score
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Lukas Moodysson
Starring: Björn Almroth | Goran Marjanovic | Sanna Bråding | Thorsten Flinck
Thom says: “I once spent a week in Malmö, where Moodysson lives with his family, which I know is neither here nor there. I’m sorry to report that this once very promising Swedish director has lost his way. His TOGETHER
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Francois Ozon
Starring: Isabelle Carré | Louis-Ronan Choisy | Melvil Poupaud | Pierre Louis-Calixte
Thom says: “French director Ozon was well on his way to becoming one of my favorite TOP 10 LIVING DIRECTORS with his 4 really strong showings WATER DROPS ON BURNING ROCKS, UNDER THE SAND, 8 WOMEN, & SWIMMING POOL (my
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: David Wnendt
Starring: Alex Sharp | David Paymer | Elisa Kibler | Fridtjov Såheim | Gillian Anderson | Jenny Slate | Jessica Hecht | Justus von Dohnányi | Zach Galifianakis
Chris says: “I applaud Jenny Slate for toning down her usual quirkiness a few notches, but apart from the stunning cinematography and maybe David Paymer’s incendiary speech at his daughter’s wedding, nothing here makes much of a lasting impression. 2
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Farhad Safinia
Starring: Eddie Marsan | Jennifer Ehle | Mel Gibson | Natalie Dormer | Sean Penn
Thom says: “This film has a troubled history (& is not to be confused with the recent Johnny Depp bomb THE PROFESSOR); after being completed in 2016 it wasn’t released until this year. Mel Gibson was attracted to the project
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Rating: 2 cats | 3 cats
Director: Scott A. Burns
Starring: Adam Driver | Annette Bening | Corey Stoll | Evander Duck Jr. | Jon Hamm | Michael C. Hall
Diane says: “Scott Burns’ THE REPORT, starring Adam Driver, is decidedly uncinematic, at least for the first 2/3 of the film. It’s the story of Dan Jones, a Senate Intelligence staffer who labors for years (mostly in a small secure room)
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Boots Riley
Starring: Armie Hammer | Danny Glover | Forest Whitaker | Jermaine Fowler | Kate Berlant | Lakeith Stanfield | Lily James | Michael X. Sommers | Omari Hardwick | Tessa Thompson
Thom says: “A good friend gave me a choice of 3 current features & I mistakenly chose this one. I think part of the problem was an age difference. Amongst the 70s group I’m afraid I’ve lost a lot of
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Paolo Virzi
Starring: Ahmed Lucan | Christian McKay | Dana Ivey | Dick Gregory | Donald Sutherland | Helen Mirren | Janel Moloney
Thom says: “This shows me to be the old curmudgeon buzz-killer but I found this sappy love story to be pure hokum. Helen Mirren & Donald Sutherland are both highly trained and professional actors and she especially embraces her part to
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Arielle Cimino | Jeff Ryan
Starring: Charlie Pollock | Destry Allyn Spielberg | Jeff Ryan | Louis Cancelmi | Michael Underhill | Michelle Veintimilla
Diane says: “A local effort, this 60-minute feature combines comedy and horror. A group of Salem witch trial reenactors are hounded by a busload of Halloween partiers after the death of one of the tourists. Wacko highlights include a sleazy
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Bradley Cooper
Starring: Alec Baldwin | Andrew Dice Clay | Bradley Cooper | Dave Chappelle | Lady Gaga | Ron Rifkin | Sam Elliott
Thom says: “It isn’t just the fact that this is the 4th Hollywood incarnation of the same story (1937 with Janet Gaynor & Frederick March, 1954 with Judy Garland & James Mason, 1976 with Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson) that
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