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K-20: Legend of the Mask (aka The Fiend with Twenty Faces) (2009)

Jason says: “Even if 2009 weren’t one of the most disappointing summer movie seasons in recent memory, I’d still wish that more foreign popcorn films got released here. I know subtitles can be a tough sell for movies aimed at

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Paris (2009)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Cédric Klapisch
Starring: Albert Dupontel | Fabrice Luchini | François Cluzet | Juliette Binoche | Romain Duris

Bruce says: “PARIS is a kaleidoscopic film, one that tells many stories at once; it is difficult to keep the characters straight and impossible to imagine how they could be related. This statement is more observation than complaint. It is

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Julia (2009)

Michael says: “What do we make of JULIA, and the very unusual career of filmmaker Erick Zonca? JULIA is a difficult to categorize film, part crime thriller, part melodrama, part farce, part comedy (although I’m not 100% certain the last

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Just Another Love Story (2009)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.3 cats
Director: Ole Bornedal
Starring: Anders W. Berthelsen | Charlotte Fich | Dejan Cukic | Nikolaj Lie Kass | Rebecka Hemse

Bruce says: “**SPOILERS** “JUST ANOTHER LOVE STORY isn’t. That title is strictly tongue-in-cheek. The film begins with a prologue: three love scenes involving the three main characters – Jonas (Anders W. Berthelsen), his wife Mette (Charlotte Fich) and Julia (Rebecka

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Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (2009)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Bestor Cram

Jason says: “Johnny Cash never did time, but his name will forever be associated with California’s Folsom State Prison; a great song and a great album will do that. The Folsom Prison concert is a definitive moment in Cash’s career,

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It’s Complicated (2009)

Bruce says: “After seeing only two of her films, I’m thinking that Nancy Meyers may be my guilty pleasure. In spite of Meyers concentrating on the ‘upper’ in the upper middle class IT’S COMPLICATED and SOMETHING’S GOT TO GIVE both

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Intangible Asset Number 82 (2009)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Emma Franz

Jason says: “INTANGIBLE ASSET NUMBER 82 seems to have become a fascinating movie almost by accident. Certainly directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn would have covered much of the same material if things had gone according to plan, but when

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The Invention of Lying (2009)

Thom says: “I’m a huge Ricky Gervais fan from back-in-the-day when he made a giant splash with his two television (UK) hits ‘THE OFFICE’ & ‘EXTRAS.’ His first starring role in American films was GHOST TOWN and it was lots

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Instant Swamp (2009)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Satoshi Miki
Starring: Keiko Matsuzaka | Kumiko Aso | Morio Kazama | Ryo Kase

Jason says: “I watch/review a fairly broad range of films, and when people ask, I generally say that I approach all of them the same way, and try to treat them the same regardless of origin or genre or style.

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In/Significant Others (2009)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: John Schwert
Starring: Andrea Powell | Brian Lafontaine | Burgess Jenkins | Mark Scarboro | Tiffany Montgomery

Jason says: “IN/SIGNIFICANT OTHERS is the very definition of an average movie. No moment raises a flag – well, okay, some do, but they may be among the film’s most interesting, at least in hindsight. No actors perform poorly. No

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