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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Marielle Heller
Starring: Amy Adams | Arleigh Snowden | Emmett Snowden | Jessica Harper | Scoot McNairy
Brett says: “Both director Marielle Heller (THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL) and actor Amy Adams deliver yet again in NIGHTBITCH, a drama-comedy that goes dark at times to tear into the daunting expectations of motherhood. The film is a
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Director: Stephen Chbosky
Starring: Amandla Stenberg | Amy Adams | Ben Platt | Colton Ryan | Danny Pino | Julianne Moore | Kaitlyn Dever
Thom says: “It is difficult reviewing this film for many reasons. Certainly, there is no questioning the credentials of director Chbosky, who was responsible for the 2012 top-rated THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. DEAR EVAN HANSEN, the film, is
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Tom Ford
Starring: Amy Adams | Armie Hammer | Isla Fisher | Jake Gyllenhall | Laura Linney | Michael Shannon
Bruce says: “NOCTURNAL ANIMALS brings as layered and complex a narrative as anyone will find this year, combined with an unapologetic visual style that accents every complex fold of the plot. Added to the vision of Tom Ford as it
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Walter Salles
Starring: Alice Braga | Amy Adams | Elisabeth Moss | Garrett Hedlund | Kristen Stewart | Sam Riley | Tom Sturridge
Chris says: “The best one can say about this, the first filmed version of Jack Kerouac’s seminal 1957 novel is that it’s not embarrassing. If that sounds like faint praise, it aptly mirrors the film’s modest ambitions. Rather than transform
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Zack Snyder
Starring: Amy Adams | Diane Lane | Henry Cavill | Kevin Costner | Michael Shannon | Russell Crowe
Bruce says: “I generally try not to review the big blockbusters but as a gigantic Superman fan I thought I could add my 2-cents-worth. I’ve seen SUPERMAN, SUPERMAN II, SUPERMAN III, SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE, SUPERMAN RETURNS, &
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Ambyr Childers | Amy Adams | Joaquin Phoenix | Laura Dern | Lena Endre | Philip Seymour Hoffman
Bruce says: “Much has been said about THE MASTER being a thinly disguised biopic of L. Ron Hubbard and the Church of Scientology. Hubbard may have been the inspiration for the film but THE MASTER is about cultism in general.
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Christine Jeffs
Starring: Alan Arkin | Amy Adams | Clifton Collins | Emily Blunt | Jason Spevack | Jr. | Mary Lynn Rajskub | Steve Zahn
Michael says: “SUNSHINE CLEANING is a nice movie. It features some terrific, heartfelt performances, and a script that is as unconventional at times as it is cliché at others. Rose and Norah are sisters who need jobs. Rose has a
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: John Patrick Shanley
Starring: Amy Adams | Meryl Streep | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Viola Davis
Michael says: “It’s probably a good thing that playwright John Patrick Shanley wrote and directed the movie adaptation of his acclaimed play Doubt. While another filmmaker might have made a better movie, Shanley’s film certainly recaptures the power and drama
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Phil Morrison
Starring: Alessandro Nivola | Amy Adams | Benjamin McKenzie | Embreth Davidtz
Chris says: “Madeleine (Embeth Davidtz), owner of a Chicago gallery specializing in outsider art, finds herself very much an outsider when she travels to small town North Carolina to acquire a local artist’s work. Coincidentally, George (Alessandro Nivola), her husband
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