Skincare (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Austin Peters
Starring: Elizabeth Banks | Lewis Pullman | Luis Gerardo Méndez | Michaela Jaé (MJ) Rodriguez | Nathan Fillion
Love & Mercy (2015)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Bill Pohlad
Starring: Bill Camp | Elizabeth Banks | Jake Abel | John Cusack | Paul Dano | Paul Giamatti
Jason says: “Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys made some of their best songs (and one of pop music’s greatest albums) by meticulously – indeed, maniacally – piecing small fractions together that aren’t naturally found near each other, inventing what
Read the review...The Hunger Games (2012)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.3 cats
Director: Gary Ross
Starring: Elizabeth Banks | Jennifer Lawrence | Liam Hemsworth | Stanley Tucci | Wes Bentley | Willow Shields
Thom says: “No real reason to review this but I had nothing to do one afternoon in Seattle. I’m not a fan of the TWILIGHT series and this is even worse. 12 boys and 12 girls are chosen from the
Read the review...Our Idiot Brother (2011)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Jesse Peretz
Starring: Elizabeth Banks | Emily Mortimer | Janet Montgomery | Kathryn Hahn | Matthew Mindler | Paul Rudd | Rashida Jones | Shirley Knight | Steve Coogan | T.J. Miller | Zooey Deschanel
Jason says: “OUR IDIOT BROTHER is just as broad a comedy as its name suggests but a good deal less mean-spirited. In other eras, it might have been a door-slamming farce, although in the present its screwball tendencies are held
Read the review...W. (2008)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Elizabeth Banks | Ellen Burstyn | James Cromwell | Jeffrey Wright | Josh Brolin | Richard Dreyfuss | Scott Glenn
Bruce says: “W. works as a conversation piece; were the film hilarious, educational or consciousness raising in any way, it would have redeeming qualities. There is no apparent reason to make such a film and no reason to see it.
Read the review...Lovely, Still (2008)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Nicholas Fackler
Starring: Adam Scott | Elizabeth Banks | Ellen Burstyn | Martin Landau
Marilyn says: “On Wednesday we saw a sweet, poignant film called LOVELY, STILL, starring Ellen Burstyn and Martin Landau. It is a love story about a couple dealing with the separation caused by Alzheimer’s. It is touching and beautiful. Landau
Read the review...The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Judd Apatow
Starring: Catherine Keener | Elizabeth Banks | Jane Lynch | Kat Dennings | Leslie Mann | Paul Rudd | Romany Malco | Seth Rogen | Steve Carrell
Janet says: “With THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN I expected a DEUCE BIGALOW/AMERICAN PIE type of sensibility with perhaps a few ribald laughs. Instead, I found a cleverly written and well-acted film. The characters are well developed, every setup pays off, and
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