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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Ian Fitzgibbon
Starring: Aisling O'Sullivan | Amy Huberman | Dylan Moran | Keith Allen | Mark Doherty
Jason says: “As much as I (and most critics, I imagine) am happy to shred a movie that relies too heavily on coincidence and seemingly random events. After all, at some point, the characters should succeed based on their own
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Keith Maitland
Jason says: “My first reaction to THE EYES OF ME was ‘okay, for a movie whose natural home is local public television.’ That’s at least a bit unfair – there’s really nothing in it that would limit its appeal to
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Sion Sono
Starring: Atsuro Watabe | Hikari Mitsushima | Makiko Watanabe | Sakura Andô | Takahiro Nishijima
Jason says: “I recommend LOVE EXPOSURE, rather highly, in fact, but be warned: Maverick Japanese director Sion Sono has a rather singular vision, and his previous feature, the more or less mainstream horror-comedy Hair Extensions, only gives audiences a glimpse
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Mike Judge
Starring: Ben Affleck | Clifton Collins Jr. | J.K. Simmons | Jason Batemani | Kristin Wiig | Mila Kunis
Toni says: “I have a keen taste personally in comedies and personally prefer the dark. I am a fan of Mike Judge’s work from his work as an animator on THE ANIMATION SHOW and the TV series, ‘The King of
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Astra Taylor
Bruce says: “Inspired by Plato’s statement ‘The unexamined life is not worth living…,’ Astra Taylor has made an intellectually challenging film that is a joy while at the same time not completely satisfying. Through the course of EXAMINED LIFE she
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Adam Del Deo | James D. Stern
Bruce says: “Anyone who loves the theatre will probably like this enjoyable, yet not altogether satisfactory, film. EVERY LITTLE STEP follows the audition and casting process for a 2006 Broadway revival of ‘A Chorus Line.’ When the producers decided to
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Rupert Wyatt
Starring: Brian Cox | Damian Lewis | Dominic Cooper | Joseph Fiennes | Liam Cunningham | Seu Jorge
Jason says: “It’s a terrible pun with which to lead off a review of a jailbreak movie, but in this case it is literally true: THE ESCAPIST hits the ground running. “The movie kicks off with the sound of alarms
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Hideaki Anno | Kazuya Tsurumaki | Masayuki
Starring: Akira Ishida | Kotono Mitsuishi | Megumi Hayashibara | Megumi Ogata | Yuriko Yamaguchi
Thom says: “This Japanese anime freebie from the good folks at Chlotrudis was a shocking disappointment. Admittedly, I’m not the biggest fan of anime but this was hopelessly derivative. Adapted from the Japanese television success “Shin seiki evangerion” I can’t
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Richard Laxton
Starring: Cynthia Nixon | Denis O’Hare | John Hurt | Jonathan Tucker | Swoozie Kurtz
Bruce says: “Reprising his role of Quentin Crisp from THE NAKED CIVIL SERVANT, John Hurt appears so comfortable in Crisp’s shoes at times it is difficult to remember this film is not a documentary. Hurt plays Crisp as though he
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Geoffrey Smith
Michael says: “Geoffrey Smith’s documentary THE ENGLISH SURGEON is a surprisingly powerful and effective film offering a glimpse into the life of English neurosurgeon Henry Marsh who travels to the Ukraine to help his colleague Igor Kurilets struggling to help
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