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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Kris Rey
Starring: Caleb Hearon | Holmes | Jaboukie Young-White | Jacki Weaver | Zooey Deschanel
Michael says: “My biggest disappointment so far, TRASH MOUNTAIN was a good movie, but I was hoping for something great. When Gavin’s father dies, he must leave his queer community in Chicago to return to rural Missouri to help his
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Director: Bill Pohlad
Starring: Casey Affleck | Chris Messina | Jack Dylan Grazer | Walton Goggins | Zooey Deschanel
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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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Marc Webb
Starring: Chloe Moretz | Clark Gregg | Geoffrey Arend | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Zooey Deschanel
Michael says: “It’s nice to see a movie not about two people falling in love and living happily ever after, but two people embarking on a relationship that doesn’t work leaving on with a broken heart. That is the premise
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Garth Jennings
Starring: Martin Freeman | Mos Def | Sam Rockwell | Zooey Deschanel
Diane says: “First of all, I had been foiled in my movie-going efforts a few weeks ago because everything had such rotten reviews. PALINDROMES is a good example: HAPPINESS is one of my faves, but reading that PALINDROMES is more
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Jordan Melamed
Starring: Don Cheadle | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Michael Bacall | Sara Rivas | Zooey Deschanel
Laura says: “Tyro director Jordan Melamed gets natural and perceptive work from a cast comprised of amateurs and professionals. They mine their own truths improvising their way around actors Michael Bacall and Blayne Weaver’s script despite some genre cliches. However,
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Jon Favreau
Starring: Bob Newhart | Ed Asner | James Caan | Mary Steenburgen | Will Ferrell | Zooey Deschanel
Howard says: “While ELF has some cute and amusing moments, it plays like most other vehicles of Saturday Night Live players – a skit that goes on too long. Will Ferrell is best when he’s alone off doing his weird,
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: David Gordon Green
Starring: Patricia Clarkson | Paul Schneider | Zooey Deschanel
Michael says: “David Gordon Green is definitely a filmmaker to watch. The lush visuals and innovative storytelling style of his debut film GEORGE WASHINGTON caught the eye of many a Chlotrudis member, earning him nominations in the Best Original Screenplay,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Miguel Arteta
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal | Jennifer Aniston | John C. Reilly | John Carroll Lynch | Tim Blake Nelson | Zooey Deschanel
Clinton says: “The writer and director of Chlotrudis Award-winning CHUCK & BUCK return with a stunning ensemble cast, lead by a surprisingly good performance from Aniston. She plays Justine, a dissatisfied young woman stuck in a dead end job (working
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