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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Tim Story
Starring: Chris Evans | Ioan Gruffudd | Jessica Alba | Julian McMahon | Kerry Washington | Michael Chiklis
Michael says: “As a longtime Fantastic Four fan I enjoyed the film quite a bit. It wasn’t what it could have been, but for me, it was much better than most of the critics make it out to be. I
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Liev Schreiber
Starring: Eugene Hutz; Elijah Wood; Boris Leskin | Jonathan Safran Foer | Zuzana Hodkova
Chris says: “First-time director Liev Schreiber probably couldn’t picked a more difficult book to adapt than Jonathan Safran Foer’s eccentric first novel. Cutting out most of the book’s flashbacks and folk tales, Schreiber sticks to the main, linear narrative where
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Alex Gibney
Michael says: “This one was billed as possibly the next big doc to crossover, with a lively trailer that promised laughs, shocks and excitement. ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM certainly shocked me and got me angry, but it
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Director: Giovanni Sanseviero
Starring: Giovanni Sanseviero | Michael Maldonado | Tony Ryan
Michael says: “After pursuing an acting career on the stage, and while trolling the audition circuit in New York City, Giovanni Sanseviero found a mostly abandoned building in Hell’s Kitchen and thus was born the idea for his first film.
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Michael Almereyda
Bruce says: “Born in Oxford, Mississippi, William Eggleston settled in Memphis where he has lived most of his adult life. WILLIAM EGGLESTON IN THE REAL WORLD begins as Bill Eggleston and his son traipse around Mayfield, Kentucky on a photo
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Craig Lucas
Starring: Campbell Scott | Patricia Clarkson | Peter Saarsgard
Michael says: ” Craig Lucas would have been better served with a skilled director handling this adaptation of his stage play. Each character in THE DYING GAUL commits acts of kindness and cruelty, sometimes one under the guise of the
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Hans Weingartner
Starring: Daniel Brühl | Julia Jentsch | Stipe Erceg
Bruce says: “***SPOILERS*** “Buoyed by top notch acting and a wickedly comic, insightful script, Hans Weingartner’s THE EDUKATORS keeps us in the edge of our seats while it teaches us some valuable lessons about human nature, politics, ethics and integrity.
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Starring: Alexandra Maria Lara | Bruno Ganz | Corinna Harfouch | Juliane Köhler | Ulrish Matthes
Bruce says: “For many years Bruno Ganz has given some of the my favorite performances in films such as THE AMERICAN FRIEND, A KNIFE IN THE HEAD, CIRCLE OF DECEIT, WINGS OF DESIRE and ETERNITY AND A DAY. A consistently
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Amanda Micheli
Bruce says: “DOUBLE DARE is the story of two stunt women at different points in their career. Jeannie Epper at the age of 62 is the doyenne of Hollywood stuntwomen. Everyone knows and respects her. She has paid her dues
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Sergio Castellitto
Starring: Claudia Gerini | Penélope Cruz | Sergio Castellitto
Bruce says: “Timoteo is the small boy looking down into the courtyard watching an inexcusable act of cruelty, neighborhood boys beating a small frog to death. After the assailants leave, Timoteo runs down to the courtyard, finds the frog and
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