Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Rian Johnson
Starring: Daniel Craig | Dave Bautista | Edward Norton | Ethan Hawke | Jessica Henwick | Kate Hudson | Kathryn Hahn
Brett says: “KNIVES OUT scratched an itch in audiences that they may have not known they even had when the first film in the franchise revived a standard for classic murder mystery characters in a refreshing new standard of modern
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Director: Matt Ross
Starring: Annalise Basso | George MacKay | Kathryn Hahn | Nicholas Hamilton | Samantha Isler | Shree Crooks | Steve Zahn | Trin Miller | Viggo Mortensen
Paul says: “CAPTAIN FANTASTIC is the story of Ben, who lives with his six children in a remote area of the Pacific Northwest. He teaches them a blend of physical and survivalist training, rigorous academics, and anti-establishment socialist politics. It
Read the review...By Michael Colford
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jason Bateman
Starring: Christopher Walken | Jason Bateman | Kathryn Hahn | Nicole Kidman
Michael says: “Just watched a pretty accomplished film called THE FAMILY FANG, starring Nicole Kidman and Jason Bateman, directed by Bateman. This offbeat tale looks at the Fang family, led by a pair of performance artists who put their two
Read the review...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
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