Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Armando Iannucci
Starring: Jeffrey Tambor | Michael Palin | Paddy Considine | Simon Russell Beale | Steve Buscemi
Chris says: “Excessively funny and appropriately dark, from the ‘musical emergency’ opening to the slapstick moving-of-the-body to a deliriously profane argument playing out in front of a small child. I may need a second viewing to determine whether this is
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Thomas McCarthy
Starring: Alex Shaffer | Amy Ryan | Bobby Cannavale | Jeffrey Tambor | Melanie Lynskey | Paul Giamatti
Michael says: “Paul Giamatti plays Mike Flaherty, an attorney in a New Jersey town who is struggling to make ends meet. When an opportunity presents itself for him to become the guardian of one of his elderly clients and make
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Matthew Robinson | Ricky Gervais
Starring: Edward Norton | Fionnula Flanagan | Jeffrey Tambor | Jennifer Garner | Ricky Gervais | Rob Lowe | Tina Fey
Thom says: “I’m a huge Ricky Gervais fan from back-in-the-day when he made a giant splash with his two television (UK) hits ‘THE OFFICE’ & ‘EXTRAS.’ His first starring role in American films was GHOST TOWN and it was lots
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Eric Schaeffer
Starring: Bill Duke | Caroline Aaron | Jeffrey Tambor | Jill Clayburgh | Lisa Rabe
Laura says: “Schaeffer’s screenplay has an occasional glimmer of originality (the ‘talking point’ napkin Christopher draws up for Grace on their first date) and good dialogue, although it is telling that the dialogue improves dramatically with the level of performer
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