Disobedience (2018)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Sebastián Lelio
Starring: Alessandro Nivola | Allan Corduner | Anton Lesser | Bernice Stegers | Nicholas Woodeson | Rachel McAdams | Rachel Weisz
Spotlight (2015)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.2 cats
Director: Tom McCarthy
Starring: Brian d'Arcy James | JohnSlattery | Liev Schreiber | Mark Ruffalo | Michael Keaton | Rachel McAdams
Jason says: “SPOTLIGHT is not the sort of movie that is generally described as relentless, but what makes it great is that its makers are, in fact, unceasing and focused on their goal of depicting how a group of Boston
Read the review...Passion (2013)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Brian DePalma
Starring: Benjamin Sadler | Dominic Raacke | Karoline Herfurth | Noomi Rapace | Paul Anderson | Rachel McAdams | Rainer Bock
Thom says: “It’s been 36 years since director De Palma was in his hey-day as he captured my FILM-OF-THE-YEAR with CARRIE (1976). Since then he’s not been reliable although certainly he’s had such huge successes as SCARFACE and DRESSED TO
Read the review...Midnight in Paris (2011)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Kurt Fuller | Michael Sheen | Mimi Kennedy | Owen Wilson | Rachel McAdams
Thom says: “I was all prepared to like this brilliant film from all the rave reviews but I had no idea I’d love it this much. The story: a successful but frustrated Hollywood screenwriter (Gil, Owen Wilson) travels to his
Read the review...Sherlock Holmes (2010)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Eddie Marsan | Jude Law | Mark Strong | Rachel McAdams | Robert Downey Jr | Robert Maillet
Thom says: “Hmmm… Admittedly, I have no respect at all for fake macho director Ritchie, and while this film is fitfully entertaining, finally let’s attack it for esthetic reasons. This was adapted from a comic book of all mediums but
Read the review...Married Life (2008)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Ira Sachs
Starring: Chris Cooper | Patricia Clarkson | Pierce Brosnan | Rachel McAdams
Michael says: “Ira Sachs (FORTY SHADES OF BLUE) leaves his tested theme of outsiders living in the modern-day South and enters 1950s, northwestern suburbia to look at the domestic difficulties of marriage in MARRIED LIFE. The talented acting pair of
Read the review...Mean Girls (2004)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 1.3 cats
Director: Mark S. Waters
Starring: Amanda Seyfried | Amy Poehler | Ana Gasteyer | Lacey Chabert | Lindsay Lohan | Lizzy Caplan | Rachel McAdams | Tim Meadows | Tina Fey
Bruce says: “Yes, I did read Janet’s MEAN GIRLS review which I thoroughly enjoyed, swearing at the time that I would never see this film. While shopping for lighter fare (not always my area of expertise) MEAN GIRLS was recommended
Read the review...