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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Alejandro Agresti
Starring: Carmen Maura | Julieta Cardinali | Rodrigo Noya
Michael says: “This lovely Argentinian film certainly feels like the filmmaker looking back on his childhood (I actually have no absolutely nothing about this filmmaker, so I don’t know if that’s true or not.) Alejandro Agresti has written and directed
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Je-yong Lee
Starring: Do-yeon Jeon | Han-il Na | Hyeon-jae Jo | Mi-suk Lee | So-yeon Lee | Yang-ja Jeon | Yong-jun Bae
Diane says: “I read that this is the 10th iteration of Les liaisons dangereuses to hit the screen. In this very erotic Korean version, set in the 18th century with its sumptuous trappings, director Je-yong Lee uses a subplot of
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Yôji Yamada
Starring: Hiroyuki Sanada | Nenji Kobayashi | Rie Miyazawa
Michael says: “I’ve been itching to see this film on DVD ever since Georgette mentioned how much she loved it several weeks ago. I’d never pegged Georgette for a martial arts kind of gal, and as it turns out, TWILIGHT
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Lucas Belvaux
Starring: Bernard Mazzinghi | Catherine Frot | Dominique Blanc | François Morel | Gilbert Melkhi | Lucas Belvaux | Ornella Muti | Valérie Mairesse
Barbara says: “I really liked AN AMAZING COUPLE and after seeing it was able to look back at ON THE RUN and think better of it. After seeing ON THE RUN Mary, Tim and I all sort of went ‘Huh?’
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Bronwen Hughes
Starring: David O'Hara | Deborah Kara Unger | Dexter Fletcher | Thomas Jane
Michael says: “Color me stunned. This was one enjoyable film! “Take your (anything but standard) biopic, add some bank robberies, some time in the big house, gun play and car chases, chic late ‘70’s fashion, steamy love scenes between a
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Alfred Molina | Donna Murphy | Dylan Baker | J.K. Simmons | James Franco | Kirsten Dunst | Rosemary Harris | Tobey Maguire
Bruce says: “Tobey Maguire is so likable it is difficult for me to be objective about his films. Ordinarily I would not rate derivative comic book action films very high on my list. But I find the Spider-Man films enjoyable
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Maurizio Benazzo | Nick Day
Georgette says: “Every 12 years a massive Hindu festival takes place in Prayag, Uttar Pradesh where the Ganges (Ganga) and Yamuna rivers meet. The holiest swamis, gurus, and living saints gather to discuss religious doctrine, sing, and most importantly, bathe
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Dylan Moran | Kate Ashfield | Lucy Davis | Nick Frost | Simon Pegg
Beth says: “So last month or so, thanks to Clint’s last minute offer of a free pass to its Boston sneak preview, I went to see SHAUN OF THE DEAD almost 100% clueless about it (an exceedingly rare state for
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Stephen Chow
Starring: Man Tat Ng | Stephen Chow | Wei Zhao | Yin Tse
Michael says: “This hilarious spoof on kung fu films blends the art of Shaolin kung fu and soccer! If that sounds wacky, then you’ve got a good idea what SHAOLIN SOCCER will give you. It’s also incredibly sweet, and awfully
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Brian Dannelly
Starring: Eva Murri | Jena Malone | Macauly Culkin | Mandy Moore | Martin Donovan | Mary Louise Parker | Patrick Fugit
Diane says: “I was horrified that this was at an indie festival–and a packed house! Starts as a sophomoric satire of born-again Christians, ends spouting a platitudinous Christian message. This was at Sundance?! The Slant reviewer wrote: ‘An early contender
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