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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.125 cats
Director: George Butler
Laura says: “Butler’s first rate documentary is only hurt by Liam Neeson’s narration. His soft, lilting voice often lacks the drama the events he’s recounting demand. Music by Michael Small ranges from a deep, foreboding orchestral piece which recalls whale
Read the review...Enemy at the Gates (Germany/USA/UK/Ireland; 131min.) directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaudstarring: Jude Law; Joseph Fiennes; Rachel Weisz; Bob Hoskins; Ed Harris Howard says: “Superb cast. It was great to see Bob Hoskins on the screen again as well as Joseph
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Thomas Bezucha
Starring: Ayre Gross | Eric Schweig | George Coe | Louise Fletcher | Tim DeKay
Trent says: “Ayre Gross, looking like a cross between SNL veteran and THREE KINGS actress Nora Dunn and a strangely attractive aardvark, stars as a gay artist who must return to his roots in the gentle movie BIG EDEN. This
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Chris Hegedus | D.A. Pennebaker | Nick Doob
Diane says: “So much material (i.e., people) that the docu-makers had access to here, and I felt they wasted it by giving so much time to the concert performances. We could have learned more about the history of bluegrass from
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Rating: 4.125 cats
Director: Rob Sitch
Starring: Kevin Harrington | Patrick Warburton | Sam Neill | Tom Long
Ellen says: “I loved this little Australian film about the broadcast of the moonwalk from satellite dish in a sheep paddock in Australia. The movie had a certain BABE quality to it which, for those of you who know me,
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Rating: 3.375
Director: Jan Hrebejk
Starring: Anna Siskova | Bolek Polivka | Csongor Kassai | Jaroslav Dusek
Diane says: “Expected this one to be lighter than it actually is. Ditto on the acting, cinematography, direction…. I liked the “doubling-up” effect, even though it was used many times, in scenes of drunkenness, anger, confusion. This movie was just
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Garry Marshall
Starring: Anne Hathaway | Heather Matarazzo | Hector Elizondo | Julie Andrews
Bruce says: “Should you suddenly find yourself having to entertain pre-teen girls, I recommend renting this film. It really isn’t a horrible film; nor is it a good one. With the exception of PRETTY WOMAN, director Garry Marshall has a
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Dan Cohen
Starring: Bess Armstrong | Donnie Wahlberg | Robert Forster
Diane says: “DIAMOND MEN features Chlotrudis’ new best friend, Robert Forster (whose role in LAKEBOAT I very highly recommend) as a traveling diamond salesman on his way out. (His daughter, Kate Forster, is co-producer and has a bit role.) Both
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: David Siegel | Scott McGehee
Starring: Goran Visnjic | Jonathan Tucker | TildaSwinton
Bob says: “Tilda Swinton’s performance in THE DEEP END pretty much carries the movie. The only other films I’ve seen her in were ARIA (which doesn’t really count) and ORLANDO, in which she was just terrific. She seems to have
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Eduardo Noriega | Federico Luppi | Marisa Paredes
Howard says: “A great film taking place near the end of the Spanish Civil war. Its being billed as a ghost story, but its really about how peoples pasts can completely control their present. The cast is great especially the
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