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Director: Joss Whedon
Starring: Alan Tudyk | Gina Torres | Nathan Fillion
Tom says: “Let’s get this out of the way right now. SERENITY > RISE OF THE SITH. By a long, long shot. Lucas should have hired on Joss Whedon to write the latest Trilogy fiasco. The characters and dialog are
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Andrew Douglas
Bruce says: “SEARCHING FOR THE WRONG-EYED JESUS is an ambitious documentary from director Andrew Douglas, a film I admire more than like. The premise of the film is that poor white southerners have but two paths to take in life:
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Alice Wu
Starring: Ato Essandoh | Brian Yang | David Shih | Guang Lan Koh | Jessica Hecht | Jin Wang | Joan Chen | Lynn Chen | Michelle Krusiec
Michael says: “First-time filmmaker Alice Wu has created a delightful, blend of romantic comedy and culture clash in her story about the multi-generational, Chinese-American family. Wil is a successful young surgeon in New York City, but each Friday night she
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Michael Schorr
Starring: Harald Warmbrunn | Horst Krause | Karl Fred Müller
Johanna says: “Am I the only one who has seen this movie?? I haven’t seen any mention of it in any of the recent discussions. I’m not a great review writer, but this film is really worthwhile. Although it may
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Liam Lynch
Michael says: “My experience with Sarah Silverman amounted to her brief appearances in the recent documentary THE ARISTOCRATS, but an invitation to the Sarah Silverman party was reason enough for me to catch her first performance film, SARAH SILVERMAN: JESUS
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Börje Ahlstedt | Erland Josephson | Liv Ullman
Bruce says: “Very few of the world’s top directors have ever left their careers on the highest of notes. That cannot be said of Ingmar Bergman. His SARABAND has the touch of genius, revealing the wisdom of age but none
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Kang Yi-kwan
Starring: Seon-gyun Lee | So-ri Moon | Tae-woo Kim
Bruce says: “Hyun-jung is a young professional who is secure in every way. Her job is terrific and she is both appreciated and rewarded for her efforts and talent. She is her parents favorite child and she is madly in
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Don Argott
Hilary says: “This docu introduces Paul Green, a Philadelphia man who runs his eponymous School of Rock Music, an after-school program for 9- to 17-year-olds. “Green, himself a frustrated musician, is by turns a nurturing and harsh teacher to his
Read the review...Rize (USA; 86 min.) directed by: David LaChapelledocumentary Diane says: “RIZE, a docu by David LaChapelle about clowns and krumpers in South Central LA, lets the subjects speak for themselves. Both groups (who have a formal showdown at the
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Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: Adam Pascal | Anthony Rapp | Idina Menzel | Jesse L. Martin | Rosario Dawson | Tracie Thoms | Wilson Jermaine Heredia
Michael says: “I was fortunate enough to have seen the Broadway production of ‘Rent’ with the original cast back in the early 90’s and was caught up in its enthusiasm and heartfelt emotion. ‘Rent’ captured a youthful bohemian artistry with
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