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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Morgan Neville
Jason says: “I kind of wish 20 FEET FROM STARDOM hadn’t just come out and said that the story of backup singers is the evolution of popular music over the last fifty years, from gospel-trained black voices pushing stiff WASPs
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Dennis Iliadis
Starring: Ashley Hinshaw | Logan Miller | Natalie Hall | Rhys Wakefield
Kyle says: “One of the first things one might notice about +1 if one is inclined to read the credits, is that among the list of finance and production entities are two visual effects companies, suggesting that the tail may
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Starring: Harold Perrineau | James Gandolfini | Jason Clarke | Jennifer Ehle | Jeremy Strong | Jessica Chastain | Kyle Chandler | Mark Duplass
Diane says: “ZERO DARK THIRTY–the wonderful Kathryn Bigelow’s version of The Hunt for Osama bin Laden–is grueling and thrillerish. (Be forewarned about the trailers you might get on this one–some of them are really sick, e.g., THE CALL) It is
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Rating: 3.9
Director: Lynn Shelton
Starring: Emily Blunt | Mark Duplass | Mike Birbiglia | Rosemarie DeWitt
Thom says: “On the anniversary of his brother’s death Jack (Duplass, ½ of the Duplass brothers, who had a film at TIFF as well) is present at a remembrance party, also attended by the fiancé (Iris, played by Blunt) of
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Kareem Gray
Starring: Heather Okun | Jay Pricard | Jeff Hoferer | Joe Thackery | Jordan Spradley | Monica Peña | Tom Young
Jason says: “Nerds are, like most of the rest of humanity, kind of hypocrites. This movie’s main character probably tells anybody who ask him for computer advice not to open attachments from an unknown source, but you know what happens
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Oh Young-doo
Starring: Bae Yong-geun | Choi Song-hyeon | Ha Eun-jeong | Hong Young-geun
Jason says: “I must admit that I wasn’t a fan of Oh Young-doo’s first feature, INVASION OF ALIEN BIKINI, but it showed enough promise to make me curious about what he came up with next; it also won a bit
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Andrea Arnold
Starring: Amy Wren | James Howson | Kaya Scodelario | Nicola Burley | Oliver Milburn | Paul Hilton | Steve Evets
Thom says: “Here’s a wild & woolly, down & dirty reading of the classic Emily Bronte novel. www.us.imdb.com lists some 16 versions of the tragic romance so there was no real compelling reason for this new adaptation; nonetheless Arnold has
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Starring: Delphine Chuillot | Ethan Hawke | Joanna Kulig | Kristin Scott Thomas | Samir Guesmi
Bruce says: “It has been seven years since MY SUMMER OF LOVE, so to say the THE WOMAN IN THE FIFTH was eagerly anticipated is an understatement. Although an entirely different type of film, comparisons to MIDNIGHT IN PARIS are
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Kim Gok | Kim Sun
Starring: Choi Ah-ra | Ham Eun-jung | Hwang Woo Seul-hye | Jin Se-yeon | Kim May Doni | Pyeon Jung-su
Jason says: “A girl-group horror movie isn’t really a bad idea at all: You’ve got pretty girls, who are highly competitive by nature to fuel any issues between them, and a bunch of settings and situations where people could be
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Rosser Goodman
Starring: David Wilson Page | Fay DeWitt | Jennifer Elise Cox | Joel Rush | Julie Goldman | Kate Flannery | Tyler Poelle
Thom says: “Corey appears to have it all: a wildly successful career, a caring, fun, naughty, bitchy sister, and a younger, adorable, gorgeous partner but when he wants to take his relationship to a more committed level the boyfriend freaks
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