Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Tyler Taormina
Starring: Ben Shenkman | Francesca Scorsese | Maria Dizzia | Matilda Fleming | Michael Cera
Diane says: “Is this a bigger budget remake of HAM ON RYE? And why is it playing in my multiplex? (Four people in the audience, three walked out.) “Director Tyler Taormina revisits suburban ritual and the end of adolescence. A
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Director: Dustin Guy Defa
Starring: Anoop Desai | Hannah Gross | Michael Cera | Sophia Lillis | Wavyy Jonez
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Dash Shaw
Starring: Alex Karpovsky | Emily Davis | Grace Zabriskie | Lake Bell | Louisa Krause | Michael Cera | Peter Stormare | Thomas Jay Ryan | Zoe Kazan
Chris says: “Not even Grace Zabriskie’s voice can erase the horror of hearing Michael Cera fake an orgasm. 2 cats“
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Sebastián Lelio
Starring: Brad Garrett | Caren Pistorius | Holland Taylor | Jeanne Tripplehorn | John Turturro | Julianne Moore | Michael Cera | Rita Wilson
Thom says: “This is exactly the type of film I look for in these troubled times. It is honest, compelling, and a true slice-of-life experience, but, that being said, it totally relies on Julianne Moore’s mind-boggling performance to carry it
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Rating: 2.3
Director: Evan Goldberg | Seth Rogen
Starring: Christopher Mintz-Plasse | Craig Robinson | Danny McBride | Emma Watson | James Franco | Jay Baruchel | Jonah Hill | Michael Cera | Rihanna | Seth Rogen
Kyle says: “Just about everything you need to know if you wish to see THIS IS THE END can be found in the above cast list: All these well-known actors play themselves. The title’s provenance is contained in lyrics for
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Sebastián Silva
Starring: Agustin Silva | Gaby Hoffman | José Miguel Silva | Juan Andrés Silva | Michael Cera
Chris says: “At the very least, CRYSTAL FAIRY features two irrefutably memorable, if supremely irritating characters, both of them twenty-something Americans in Chile. The first, Jamie (Michael Cera) babbles on pretentiously about The Doors of Perception and harbors an obsession
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Miguel Arteta
Starring: Erik Knudsen | Jean Smart | Michael Cera | Portia Doubleday | Steve Buscemi | Zach Galifanakis
Jason says: “The night I saw this, I tweeted that I wasn’t sure whether Youth in Revolt was more amusingly or annoyingly mannered, and I still haven’t decided. It is, frequently, very funny, with great combinations of slapstick, wordplay, situations
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Nicholas Jasenovec
Starring: Charlene Yi | Jake M. Johnson | Michael Cera
Diane says: “(That’s funny: they wore paper hearts in last night’s movie, JULIE AND JULIA) Charlyne Yi and friend-of-Chlotrudis Michael Cera are the guinea pigs in this faux-doc about the search for real love. Like ‘J&J,’ it’s completely enjoyable. But
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Jason Reitman
Starring: Allison Janney | Elliot Page | J.K. Simmons | Jason Bateman | Jennifer Garner | Michael Cera | Olivia Thrilby
Chris says: “JUNO, Jason Reitman’s follow-up to the wildly popular THANK YOU FOR SMOKING, greatly benefits from a solid, honest, hilarious first screenplay from newcomer Diablo Cody, a exquisite comic turn from lead actor Elliot Page, and an affable supporting
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