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Infestation (2009)

Jason says: “You know how most monster movies start out in the country or suburbs with the nasty stuff reaching the city something to be avoided at all costs? INFESTATION starts after that’s happened. After giving us a few minutes

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Independencia (2009)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Raya Martin
Starring: Alessandra de Rossi | Lucero | Mika Aguilos | Tetchie Agbayani

Bruce says: “Occasionally a new director comes along who seems absolutely destined for greatness. After seeing INDEPENDENCIA, I would put Raya Martin on the list of directors to watch. Although INDEPENDENCIA is not a great film it does portend wonderful

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In the Loop (2009)

Jason says: “The film opens with the Prime Minister’s Director of Communications, Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi), flipping his lid because a government minister said that a situation in the Middle East escalating to war was ‘unforeseeable,’ a dangerously absolute phrase

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The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle (2009)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: David Russo
Starring: Bryan Glasow | Jay Wesley Cochran | Marshall Allman | Melissa D. Brown | S. Joe Downing

Jason says: “David Russo had a bunch of nifty ideas that he threw into THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF LITTLE DIZZLE, and they’re the kind of ideas that work as part of this sort of strange stew movie – not big

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The Importance of Being Elegant (2009)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Cosima Spender | George Amponsah

Bruce says: “There is enough interesting subject matter in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ELEGANT to make at least two documentaries. As it stands, the film that has been made is sorely lacking in focus and depth. High fashion wars among

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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

Jason says: “Ordinarily, when good people make a bad movie, there’s a tendency to hunt for where things went wrong. THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS offers an obvious and logical culprit: The sudden death of its star, Heath Ledger, midway

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If I Knew What You Said (2009)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Mike Sandejas
Starring: Adriana Agcaoili | Jayjay Sunico | Lorenzo Mara | Romalito Mallari | Zoe Sandejas

Michael says: “While certainly doing something different than what the festival circuit is used to regarding Philippine cinema, i.e. avoiding the slums and focusing on a more middle-class family, IF I KNEW WHAT YOU SAID ends up coming across like

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Ichi (2009)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Funihiko Sori
Starring: Haruka Ayase | Shido Nakamura | Takao Osawa | Yôsuke Kubozuka

Jason says: “It is one of the oldest tricks in the book, despite having rather limited success, as far as I can tell: Take a franchise that has seen better days and revive it, only the new protagonist is no

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I Sell the Dead (2009)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Glenn McQuaid
Starring: Angus Scrimm | Dominic Monaghan | John Speredakos | Larry Fessenden | Ron Perlman

Jason says: “I SELL THE DEAD is one of those movies that sits somewhere between comedy and horror and threatens to be neither one. The horror elements are rooted in the familiar rather than the unknown, but there’s often enough

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Hunting Grounds (2009)

Jason says: “Sure, this may not look like a Chlotrudis movie at first, but it’s hard for something to get more independent – or more Canadian! – than this! 🙂 “Every once in a while, I’ll get an email from

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