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Still We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie (2004)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Paul Doyle Jr.

Rob says: “There is a moment in BACK TO THE FUTURE II (1989) when Charles Fleischer says to an incredulous, time traveling Michael J. Fox, who has recently arrived in 2015 and just read (on a holographic billboard) of a

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The Story of the Weeping Camel (2004)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Byambasuren Davaa | Luigi Falorni
Starring: Amgaabazar Gonson | Chimed Ohin | Janchiv Ayurzana

Diane says: “Daily life of camel herders in Mongolia. Don’t know why this was chosen as the Closing Night Film of the International Film Festival of Boston; might be more appropriate to the Animal Channel. But pleasant, educational and nice

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Stepford Wives, The (2004)

Bruce says: “More is certainly less. The number of giant stars in a film is inversely proportionate to the number of cats it will receive. That’s a rule of thumb I should have memorized by now. THE STEPFORD WIVES roped

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Stander (2004)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Bronwen Hughes
Starring: David O'Hara | Deborah Kara Unger | Dexter Fletcher | Thomas Jane

Michael says: “Color me stunned. This was one enjoyable film! “Take your (anything but standard) biopic, add some bank robberies, some time in the big house, gun play and car chases, chic late ‘70’s fashion, steamy love scenes between a

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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (2004)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Ki-duk Kim
Starring: Jae-kyeong Seo | Jong-ho Kim | Yeong-su Oh

Bruce says: “The United States is a religious country. I’ve heard that among all nations we are second only to Malta where religion is involved in the secular state. But are we spiritual? From South Korea, SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER…

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Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Bruce says: “Tobey Maguire is so likable it is difficult for me to be objective about his films. Ordinarily I would not rate derivative comic book action films very high on my list. But I find the Spider-Man films enjoyable

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Spartan (2004)

Peg says: “The characters in David Mamet’s new thriller might be mistaken for those in a Michael Crichton novel if not for their tendency to spout profane haiku instead of dialogue. Val Kilmer’s Robert Scott is an ex-Marine and Secret

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I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead (2004)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Mike Hodges
Starring: Clive Owen; Charlotte Rampling; Malcolm McDowell | Jamie Foreman | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Ken Stott | Sylvia Syms

Bruce says: “Director Mike Hodges and Clive Owen scored critical raves for CROUPIER. I’LL SLEEP WHEN I’M DEAD fuels the argument that lightening rarely strikes twice in the same place. Owen plays Will Graham who is a ‘retired’ mobster who

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A Slipping-Down Life (2004)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Toni Kalem
Starring: Guy Pearce | Irma P. Hall | John Hawkes | Lili Taylor

Bruce says: “**SPOILERS** “Based on an Anne Tyler novel, A SLIPPING-DOWN LIFE is a weird combination of a traditional love story and a bizarre turn of events for two Southerners who see nothing in their boring lives but a dead

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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

Janet says: “You’ll notice that this review is a departure from my usual style. It comes from my better and more technical half, Linc Ross.” Lincoln says: “As a film dilettante, I would not normally feel competent to review a

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