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Director: James Cox
Starring: Carrie Fisher | Christina Applegate | Dylan McDermott | Eric Bogosian | Josh Lucas | Kate Bosworth | Lisa Kudrow | Val Kilmer
Hilary says: “This bio-pic of John ‘Johnny Wadd’ Holmes will seem familiar to fans of BOOGIE NIGHTS, as the character of Dirk Diggler was based on Holmes. However, WONDERLAND suffers by comparison. The soundtrack and cinematography are great, the cast
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Enayatullah | Hiddayatullah | Imran Paracha | Jamal Udin Torabi
Bruce says: “Michael Winterbottom is one of the most versatile and prolific directors around. Although he had done much TV work and some feature films that had not found general release, he garnered a cult following with his BUTTERFLY KISS
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Jacques Cluzaud | Michel Debats
Esmé says: “My second favorite movie of the year was a documentary. After I watched it, I drove to Western Mass in the morning. Every flock of flying birds made me want to be up in the sky with them,
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Rating: 3.2 cats
Director: Niki Caro
Starring: Cliff Curtis | Grant Roa | Keisha Castle-Hughes | Rawiri Paratene | Vicky Haughton
Michael says: “This film from New Zealand has been winning awards at film festivals the world over, and it’s much-anticipated release comes to Boston this weekend. I had been looking forward to it since it won the Audience Award in
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Barry Barnes | Brenda Fricker | Cate Blanchett | Ciarán Hinds | Colin Farrell | Don Wycherley | Gerard McSorley
Bruce says: “It was a fluke that I saw VERONICA GUERIN immediately after seeing SHATTERED GLASS – two films about journalism based on true stories. Within a few hours I had a glimpse of two journalistic extremes. Veronica Guerin was
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Laurie Kahn-Leavitt
Diane says: “I expected this to be a campy kind of thing, but it surprised by taking on a personal story with a compelling dramatic arc. Director interviewed 300 Tupperware sales people, and made great choices with the five or
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Len Wiseman
Starring: Bill Nighy | Kate Beckinsale | Michael Sheen | Scott Speedman | Shane Brolly
Howard says: “Did you know there has been a war going on for hundreds of years? And it all started because the upper class and lower class dared to fall in love and have an abomination for a baby? Master
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Rating: 4.8 cats | 4.9
Director: Sylvain Chomet
Starring: Dirk Denoyelle | Jean-Claude Donda | Michel Robin | Monica Viegas
Esmé says: “My favorite movie of the year is a cartoon. I love Granny, Bruno, the Triplets and the music! After I left the theater, every industrial noise, clank or whistle sounded like music to me. (A little grandmother and
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Miles Swain
Starring: Alexis Arquette | Jill St. John | Larry Sullivan | Sirena Irwin | Steve Braun
Laura says: “Springboarding from an urban legend about a gay couple turned away by an airline because one of them was ill, writer/director Miles Swain has crafted an extremely likable gay love story set against the tumultuous times of the
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Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Patrice Leconte
Starring: Jean Rochefort | Jean-François Stévenin | Johnny Hallyday
Georgette says: “A man (Johnny Hallyday, French rock star and actor) gets off of the train in a quiet, cold, dark, French village. His headache sends him to the nearest pharmacy for aspirin. As he leaves the pharmacy, he realizes
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