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Sint (2011)

Jason says: “Believe it or not, two movies came out in Europe where the real Santa Claus was a murderous supernatural monster. Finland’s RARE EXPORTS zipped through the festival circuit and appeared in the U.S. at the same time it

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Satan Hates You (2011)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: James Felix McKenney
Starring: Angus Scrimm | Christine Spencer | Don Wood | Larry Fessenden | Reggie Bannister

Jason says: “I must admit – I’ve completely lost the ability to tell genuine evangelical Christianity from satire of the same. I say this not to disparage the people who find comfort and strength in their faith, just to point

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Mia and the Migoo (2011)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Jacques-Rémy Girerd
Starring: Charlie Girerd | Dany Boon | Garance Lagraa | John Di Maggio | MatthewModine

Jason says: “MIA AND THE MIGOO isn’t a new film; it played the festival circuit and various markets two and a half years ago, including the New York International Children’s Film Festival. Apparently Matthew Modine saw it at one of

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Incendies (2011)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Denis Velleneuve
Starring: Abdelghafour Elaaziz | Lubna Azabal | Maxim Gaudette | Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin | Rémy Girard

Diane says: “Did the director mean this to be political commentary, or was that just me? Recently orphaned twins leave Quebec to find family they didn’t know about in an unnamed (fictitious) Middle Eastern country. INCENDIES ultimately is a pretty

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Hobo With a Shotgun (2011)

Jason says: “HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN arrives with one of the most straightforward, descriptive titles for an action movie since SNAKES ON A PLANE. That simplicity serves it fairly well; it’s exactly the sort of 1980s exploitation pastiche the name

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Gantz (2011)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Shinsuke Sato
Starring: Kanata Hongo | Kazunari Ninomiya | Ken'ichi Matsuyama | Natsuna | Yuriko Yoshitaka

Jason says: “It’s a funny thing that the first live-action GANTZ film feels kind of old-school; considering that the director’s last project was a CGI feature, the original manga does not hide that it is produced with digital tools, and

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Circumstance (2011)

Jason says: “CIRCUMSTANCE is sneaky. It starts out as a simple tale of teenage idealism and perhaps forbidden love, and that thread certainly continues throughout the entire film. The clever thing that writer/director Maryam Keshavarz does is to show a

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Fish Tank (2010)

Michael says: “After her triumphant first feature, RED ROAD, which won lead actress Kate Dickie a Chlotrudis Best Actress Award, writer/director Andrea Arnold returns with another powerful drama about a young woman’s desire this time in blue-collar Britain. Mia doesn’t

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Love on the Rocks (2010)

Jason says: “There are many varieties of ‘edgy,’ but most can fit within two broad categories: Those that make a mainstream viewer say ‘ewwwww!’ and those that make that same mainstream viewer say ‘what the hell?’ There is, as one

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OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2010)

Jason says: “I was pretty fond of filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius’s previous comedic revival of the OSS 117 franchise and character (OSS 117 CAIRO, NEST OF SPIES); it did a lot of things right and did them in ways that an

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