Happy Saturday, ladies and gentlemen. Today, we once again bring the review round-up to you fine folks. Today we’re catching up on a pair of films that I simply wasn’t able to get around to and put reviews up of until now. The two movies getting this particular treatment here are independent titles, as you might imagine, and as tends to be the case, they’re quite different from each other. The dueling indies in question are the drama Coda, as well as the historical thriller Incitement. Are either of them worth your time this weekend? Read on to find out what I thought… — Coda Patrick Stewart deserves to get more starring roles in major motion pictures. Even just a small independent drama like this is the sort of thing that he can really sink his teeth into. Sadly, while Coda does have a quality Stewart performance, it’s so dramatically inert and blandly executed that his work is lost in the shuffle. Stewart does his best, but it’s all for naught. One wouldn’t quite call this a bad film, but it’s the sort of forgettable indie that fades from memory even as you’re still watching it. Oh, what could have been, as Stewart in this sort of part is the kind of role Academy Award nominations are made of. The movie is a drama about a world famous pianist named Henry Cole (Stewart). Despite, his long time acclaim, Henry has found himself in a tough spot. Here in the later stages of his career, fear has gripped him. No one else understands, but Henry is in major trouble. He’s struggling with stage fright, something his manager Paul (Giancarlo Esposito) finds to be a major issue late in his career, particularly due to a huge performance he has coming up. A loner of sorts, Henry has a few odd interactions with a music critic named Helen Morrison (Katie Holmes), finding her free-spirited nature to be perhaps even a little bit off-putting. Repeated meetings, however, start to soften him to her. Soon, he might even be finding inspiration from her life perspective. In Helen, Henry may have found a reason to keep doing what he loves. Claude Lalonde directs a screenplay by Louis Godbout, with cinematography by Guy Dufaux. Supporting players include Letitia Brookes, Drew Davis, Catherine St-Laurent, and more. There are two good performances here, but sadly not much else to speak of. Patrick Stewart [...]