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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Van Maximilian Carlson
Starring: Ana Ortiz | Blake Michael | Edi Gathegi | Jacob Vargas | Jenny Gago | Martin Sheen | Tabitha Brown | Tim Abell
Michael says: “Alicia was called Princess by her father when she was a little girl. Now as a young teenager, her mother has left, her father suffered several mental issues due to PTSD suffered during the war in Iraq, she
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Rikki Beadle Blair
Starring: Duncan MacInnes | Jay Brown | Ludvig Bonin | Lydia Toumazou | Michael Warburton | Rikki Beadle Blair | Sasha Frost | Stephen Hoo
Thom says: “Director Blair (responsible for the UK television series ‘Metrosexuality’) was asked to take a tour of young actors around the country to various colleges and give skits that would instruct the students about ‘gay’ people and this film
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Silas Howard
Starring: Amy Landecker | Ann Dowd | Claire Danes | Jim Parsons | Lee Aaron Rosen | Leo James Davis | Octavia Spencer | Priyanka Chopra
Thom says: “The extremely sensitive subject of transgender children is treated here with some understanding and compassion. Enough so that some insensitive bastard criticizing on Ratings and Reviews for New Movies and TV Shows – IMDb wrote that the educators
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Tara Miele
Starring: Aimee Carrero | Beth Grant | Diego Luna | Sienna Miller | Tory Kittles
Diane says: “I think I must be the target audience for WANDER DARKLY. I was completely sucked into every emotion in this chameleonic romance/psychological thriller that has touches of horror and dry humor. The two attractive leads don’t hurt. “LA couple
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Sam Mendes
Starring: Billy Postelthwaite | Colin Firth | Daniel Mays | Dean-Charles Chapman | George MacKay | Pip Carter
Thom says: “This highly-praised WWII film by the talented Mendes (AMERICAN BEAUTY) is especially impressive with its technical gifts following two British soldiers as they navigate a rough battle path trying to avoid bombs, bullets, & accidents hoping to deliver
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Pietro Marcello
Starring: Jessica Cressy | Luca Marinelli | Marco Leonardi | Vincenzo Nemolato
Chris says: “A lot to ponder here, from the blending of time periods to the sudden leaps in narrative, which thrill just as often as they confuse. Luca Marinelli, who resembles Jake Gyllenhaal but kind of turns into Christian Bale
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Frederick Wiseman
Diane says: “Frederick Wiseman’s latest doc, the 4-1/2 hour CITY HALL, bears his hallmark lack of narration or titles. This time out he’s exploring Boston’s city government, and tilts heavily toward Mayor Marty Walsh’s ‘number one priority’ (as related by
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Hubert Sauper
Chris says: “Although its pace slackens a bit in the middle, this is mostly an artful, eloquent, personal exploration of Havana and its own unique space within the contemporary world. 3.5 cats“
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: David Oyelowo
Starring: Alfred Molina | Maria Bello | Rosario Dawson
Chris says: “Solid directorial debut for actor David Oyelowo, who also appears as the father of Gunner, a young aspiring graphic novelist. Along with Gunner’s mom (Rosario Dawson), they’ve just moved to a small town Oregon, where the title figure
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Clive Oppenheimer | Werner Herzog
Chris says: “Werner Herzog’s at it again and he’s brought back his co-director Clive Oppenheimer from INTO THE INFERNO along for the ride. The subject this time is meteorites, which takes the two across the globe, from Mecca to ultra-remote
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