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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Tom Donahue
Bruce says: “For most film buffs CASTING BY is essential fare. The film’s primary focus is the amazing, serendipitous casting career of Marion Dougherty and the vast influence she has had in the film industry both on the east coast
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: E.L. Katz
Starring: Amanda Fuller | David Koechner | Ethan Embry | Pat Healy | Sara Paxton
Jason says: “Given the fairly impressive cast, decent behind-the-scenes talent, and loudly proclaimed praise for CHEAP THRILLS coming out of its festival appearances, I expected more from the movie. What I got was an acceptable gross-out movie with a nugget
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Paul Greengrass
Starring: Barkhad Abdi | Barkhad Abdirahman | Faysal Ahmed | Mahet M. Ali | Tom Hanks
Kyle says: “CAPTAIN PHILLIPS is loud, fast, furious, vulgar and jingoistic. It will be a big hit and probably garner yet another Oscar nomination for Tom Hanks. You must take off your hat to the style, pace and command of
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Takanori Tsujimoto
Starring: Kazuki Tsujimoto | Kensuke Sonomura | Mitsuki Kog | Naohiro Kawamoto | Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi
Jason says: “I didn’t see BUSHIDO MAN quite at the midway point of the festival, but far enough in that it was clear some things were missing: Martial arts seemed to be in relatively short supply, for instance, as were
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Lonesome Solo
Starring: Abdoul Karim Konaté | Adelaïde Ouattara | Mamadou Diomandé | Mohamed Bamba
Kyle says: “BURN IT UP DJASSA is set in the ghetto of Wassakara, Ivory Coast. Tony and his sister Ange attempt a meager survival with him selling cigarettes and her selling her body. A public confrontation leads to a sudden
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Rating: 2.75
Director: Ujicha
Starring: Chisako Hara | Mitsuko Hoshi | Moeka Haruhi | Nao Hanai | Shunsuke Hirai
Jason says: “THE BURNING BUDDHA MAN is almost certainly unlike any feature film that will show up this year, animated or not. In fact, the style of this movie is so singular that it might be the rare movie that
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Lo Chi-leung
Starring: Boran Jing | Lau Ching-wan | Liu Kai-chi | Nicholas Tse | Wu Gang | Yang Mi
Kyle says: “About twenty years ago, I was complaining to a friend how formulaic and uninteresting most new American movies were, and he asked me if I was familiar with Hong Kong cinema. I said no, asking if he meant
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Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Felix Van Groeningen
Starring: Geert Van Rampelberg | Johan Heldengergh | Nell Cattrysse | Nils de Caster | Veerle Baetens
Bruce says: “THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN is a melodrama that could have been a disaster in lesser hands than that of director Felix Van Groeningen who interjects whimsy into a tale of romance and heartbreak. Adapted from a play, the
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Rating: 4.125 cats
Director: Rufus Norris
Starring: Bill Milner | Cillian Murphy | Denis Lawson | Eloise Laurence | Nell Tiger Free | Rory Kinnear | Tim Roth
Bruce says: “Yet another Film Movement find although with the cast involved & that the film will open in theaters in March I suppose I would have run across it sooner than later, Still this is a marvelous first-time effort
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
Bruce says: “Shane Bitney Crone had a difficult childhood, gay in Montana. His mother, always loving and supportive, did her best to protect Shane from the living hell of bullying and threats. He was suicidal. He would get panic attacks
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