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Strayed (2004)

Michael says: “Tonight, Scot and I watched STRAYED, a French film directed by André Téchiné (ALICE AND MARTIN; THE WILD REEDS) that I missed during its brief run at the Kendall. I was particularly interested as it features Agnès Godard

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Still We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie (2004)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Paul Doyle Jr.

Rob says: “There is a moment in BACK TO THE FUTURE II (1989) when Charles Fleischer says to an incredulous, time traveling Michael J. Fox, who has recently arrived in 2015 and just read (on a holographic billboard) of a

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A Slipping-Down Life (2004)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Toni Kalem
Starring: Guy Pearce | Irma P. Hall | John Hawkes | Lili Taylor

Bruce says: “**SPOILERS** “Based on an Anne Tyler novel, A SLIPPING-DOWN LIFE is a weird combination of a traditional love story and a bizarre turn of events for two Southerners who see nothing in their boring lives but a dead

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Robot Stories (2004)

Barbara says: “I think this is worth seeing. The four stories all have a connection to robots or robotics and are each focused on a strong emotion. ‘My Robot Baby’ recalls a turbulent childhood. ‘Robot Fixer’ deals with a mother

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The Rage in Placid Lake (2004)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Tony McNamara
Starring: Ben Lee | Christopher Stollery | Garry McDonald | Miranda Richardson | Rose Byrne

Barbara says: “At first I thought this was going to be ‘Napoleon Dynamite Grows Up’ but it was much more. The underlying themes about the parental relationship with each other and with Placid as well as the over the top

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Power Trip (2004)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Paul Devlin

Bruce says: “At the beginning of POWER TRIP I thought I would be seeing another tale of a greedy American corporation taking advantage of citizens in the economically depressed and politically chaotic state of Georgia. That was a false assumption

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Osama (2004)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Siddiq Barmak
Starring: Gul Rehman Ghorbandi | Marina Golbahari | Mohammad Arif Herati | Mohammad Nadir Khwaja | Zubaida Sahar

Michael says: “Chris and I were fortunate enough to squeeze into a sold-out preview for this film the other night, and were treated to a powerful, well-made film, the first feature-length film released from Afghanistan, and winner of this year’s

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The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Denzel Washington | Jon Voight | Kimberly Elisa | Liev Schreiber | Meryl Streep

Bruce says: “A brave move it was to remake the 1964 classic THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE. How can a film compete with a predecessor that starred Angela Lansbury, Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra and Janet Leigh? Answer: cast Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep,

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Made-Up (2004)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Tony Shalhoub
Starring: Brooke Adams | Eva Amurri | Lynne Adams | Tony Shalhoub

Rob N. says: “With the same sort of unabashed honesty that helped make SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE such a hit with the 40+ set is Emmy-winning ‘Monk’ star Tony Shalhoub’s directorial debut. This ‘middle age comedy’ features his wife, the still-lovely

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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

Rob says: “Cool is something that cannot be willed into being, something that continues to escape THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS auteur Wes Anderson. He does have the mercurial Bill Murray (LOST IN TRANSLATION) in a solid comic turn as a vainglorious,

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