Movies for January 2018: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and The Disaster Artist

Hugh is hosting in January. Both movies to see are showing locally in theaters now:

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

 A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.

Director: Martin McDonagh
Writer: Martin McDonagh
Stars: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell

The Disaster Artist (2017)

When Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.

Director: James Franco
Writers: Scott Neustadter (screenplay), Michael H. Weber (screenplay), Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell (authors of the book "The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made")
Stars: James Franco, Dave Franco, Ari Graynor

Scores for December 2017 Movies

• The Florida Project (2017): 7.5
• The 400 Blows (1959): 6.7

Films of Merit

• A Special Day (1977) 
• Boogie Nights (1997)
• Coraline (2009)
• Cuba and the Cameraman (2017)
• Frontier (TV series)
• Happyish (TV series)
• Hard Eight (1996)
• Hollywood Party (1934)
• Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017)
• Mudbound (2017)
• Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
• Singin' in the Rain (1952)
• Spy (2015)
• The Big Sick (2017)

Special Event: Animating Life: The Art, Science, and Wonder of LAIKA - through May 20, 2018 at the Portland Art Museum