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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Haofeng Xu
Starring: Cheng-Hui Yu | Yang Song | Yuanyuan Zhao
Jason says: “It might not be obvious from the opening, which is a fine action sequence, but THE SWORD IDENTITY perhaps works best as the straightest-faced spoof of martial arts films imaginable. It’s more than that, of course, but its
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ole Christian Madsen
Starring: Adriana Mascialino | Anders W. Berthelsen | Jamie Morton | Paprika Steen | Sebastian Estevanez
Bruce says: “Paprika! Whoever suspected she would end up in a romantic comedy in Buenos Aires? Anna (Paprika Steen) is a football fanatic and, wearing an agent’s hat, she brokers deals between businessmen and athletes. Her current client is the
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Starring: Alan Curran | Amy Huberman | Martin Sheen | Stephen Rea
Chris says: “To make a movie about operating a movie theater is a subject close to my heart and usually enough for me to give the filmmaker a free pass. Such a premise adds considerable charm to STELLA DAYS; the
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ashwani Dhir
Starring: Ajay Devgn | Juhi Chawla | Mukul Dev | Sanjay Dutt | Sonakshi Sinha | Vindu Dara Singh
Jason says: “I’ve got to admit, I felt like I had let someone down when it took me until SON OF SARDAAR repeated a fairly specific gag to recognize that it is much more than less an uncredited remake of
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Katsuhito Ishii
Starring: Hikari Mitsushima | Masatoshi Nagase | Satoshi Tsumabuki | Yasuko Matsuyuki
Jason says: “Plenty of movies on both sides of the Pacific are based on comics, but while it’s easy enough to take the characters or plot, but capturing the feel of the medium can be a different matter. Katsuhio Ishii’s
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Mike Birbiglia | Seth Barrish
Starring: Carol Kane | James Rebhorn | Lauren Ambrose | Mike Birbiglia
Jason says: “SLEEPWALK WITH ME may not have a large built-in audience, but fans of writer/director/star Mike Birbiglia and the National Public Radio segments from which this movie evolved may be the exact right niche for an independent film like
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Martin McDonagh
Starring: Abbie Cornish | Christopher Walken | Colin Farrell | Gabourey Sidibe | Michael Pitt | Michael Stuhlberg | Sam Rockwell | Woody Harrelson
Diane says: “Acting Nom for Christopher Walken, as a gentle psychopath caring for his wife hospitalized with breast cancer. I’ve seen most of director Martin McDonagh’s plays, and his IN BRUGES, and I love his over-the-top combo of sweetness and
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: John Cairns
Starring: Higarino | Mai Tsujimoto | Max MacKenzie
Jason says: “Believe it or not, SCHOOLGIRL APOCALYPSE is not the third Nobboru Iguchi film on the festival’s program, or a similarly cheery exploitation picture from a filmmaker of like sensibilities. No, it’s an often-impressive bit of stripped-down sci-fi/horror that
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi
Starring: Chan Kawai | Gaku Hamada | Junya Kawashima | Shinijiro Igarashi | Takehiko Ono | Yuriko Yoshitaka
Jason says: “There are certain comedies where the viewer might realize that what’s going on really make no sense even as the absurdity unfolds on screen, but will consciously forgive it because this particular joke is worth that particular bit
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Aaron Moorhead | Justin Benson
Starring: Bill Oberst Jr. | Emily Montague | Kurt David Anderson | Peter Ciella | Vinny Curran | Zahn McClarnon
Jason says: “RESOLUTION gave me the creeps, and while it’s easy to dismiss that as just what horror movies are supposed to do, take a minute to think of how many of the last ten you’ve seen genuinely did so
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