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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Nacho Vigalondo
Starring: Bárbara Goenaga | Candela Fernández | Juan Inciarte | Karra Elejalde | Nacho Vigalondo
Diane says: “This Spanish pic (Nacho Vigalondo, director), still rumored to be up for a remake by David Cronenberg, is a low-budget horror/time-travel puzzle. Set-up got my interest, midpoint I was thinking, ‘This is a pretty silly movie,’ but last
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Kôji Yakusho
Starring: Eita | Kaoru Yachigusa | Koji Yakusho | Satomi Kabayoshi | Tôru Masuoka
Thom says: “Everyone will be familiar with Yakusho from his handsome, athletic, lead performance in the great Japanese film SHALL WE DANCE. Here, in his first try as a director & script writer, he more than ably directs himself and
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Matthew Newton
Starring: Alex Dimitriades | Brendan Cowell | Ewen Leslie | Matthew Newton | Tina Bursil | Toby Schmitz
Jason says: “One night is just enough time. It’s enough time to fall in love (or out of it), enough time to get into trouble, and enough time to come to a decision. A lot can change in one night,
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Chan-wook Park
Starring: Dal-su Oh | Ha-kyun Shin | Hae-sook Kim | In-hwan Park | Kang-ho Song | Ok-vin Kim
Jason says: “I wish I could take credit for this line, but it was the lady in the next seat over who turned to me after the Fantasia screening of THIRST and said ‘isn’t it cool to see a vampire
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Alden Ehrenreich | Carmen Maura | Klaus Maria Brandauer | Maribel Verdú | Vincent Gallo
Diane says: “A hodgepodge from Coppola deals with creative genius and fraternal rivalry. The unevenness shows in the personnel: one character is wonderfully warm and realistic; a few are absurd; another is full of bombast, signifying nothing. Lead Vince Gallo
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: John W. Walter
Michael says: “Who would have thought that a documentary on the life of Bertold Brecht, politics, and the rehearsals and staging of ‘Mother Courage and Her Children’ in Central Park starring Meryl Streep would make such compelling theater? Well we
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Michael Cuesta
Starring: Beatrice Miller | Brian Cox | Dallas Roberts | Josh Lucas | Lena Heady | Pablo Schreiber | Ulrich Thomsen
Bruce says: “Director Michael Cuesta and screenwriter Dave Callaham go out of their way to tip their hats to Edgar Allan Poe. Cuesta has succeeded in creating a gothic atmosphere by filming TELL TALE in the old section of Providence,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Andrew Thomas Hunt
Starring: Christian Baco | Frank J. Zupancic | John Tokatlidis | Laura McLean | Patricia Stasiak | Shera Bechard
Jason says: “SWEET KARMA is an ‘avenging angel’ movie with all the fat boiled off. The filmmakers know why people are seeing this movie – a hot girl killing bad men in a cool, righteous fury. And even though it’s
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Wing-cheong Law
Starring: Miggie Siu | Samuel Pang | Simon Yam | Suet Lam
Jason says: “The popular PTU series returned to Hong Kong cinemas this January after an installment or two went direct to video. Even for folks like myself who have not seen the original or the other sequels will likely find
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: George Romero
Starring: Alan Van Sprang | Athena Karkanis | Devon Bostick | Julian Richings | Kathleen Munroe
Thom says: “Recent Canadian citizen Romero was, of course, there for the delightful Q&A. Admittedly Romero is the ‘king’ of the zombie genre, nearly inventing this horror staple. Unfortunately, nearly all his other work is lamentable, but this ‘THE REAL
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