Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (2020)

February 7, 2020

After breaking up with the Joker, Harley Quinn tries to find out how she fits in the world, while teaming up with a group of superheroes to stop a crime lord.

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**Directed by: Todd Phillips**
**Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz,Shea Whigham, Frances Conroy, Marc Maron, Glenn Fleshler**
**Rated: R for Strong Bloody Violence, Disturbing Behavior, Language and Brief Sexual Images**
**Running Time: 2 h 1 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Joaquin Phoenix, Themes, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Heavy-Handedness, Mild Pacing**

Joker (2019)

October 4, 2019

A character study of Arthur Fleck, a man widely ignored and beat down by society.

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**Directed by: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman**
**Starring: Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Melvin Junko, Gary Schneider**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 22 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Practical Effects, Humor**
**WEAKNESSES: Not For Everyone, Writing, Content**

The Toxic Avenger (1984)

October 4, 2019

A 98 lbs nerdy janitor is turned into a monster-superhero after falling into a vat of toxic waste.

ka 1.jpg — Kick Ass (2010)

**Directed By: Matthew Vaughn**
**Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Chloë Grace Moretz, Mark Strong, Christopher Mintz-Plasse**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 57m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars (I liked it)**
**Strengths: High Concept, Nicolas Cage, Fun**
**Weakness: Acting**

Kick Ass (2010)

September 6, 2019

Dave, a comic book nerd high school outcast, is tired of the petty crimes surrounding him and decides to fight back. Inspired by his love of comic heroes, he becomes Kick Ass the crime fighter. If only he had powers.

gr 1.jpg — Ghost Rider (2007)

**Directed By: Mark Steven Johnson**
**Starring: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Sam Elliott, Peter Fonda, Wes Bentley**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 1h 54m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars**
**Strengths: Ummm… I got nothing.**
**Weakness: CG, Acting, Story, Logic, Everything**

Ghost Rider (2007)

August 21, 2019

When the son of a motorcycle daredevil makes a deal with the real devil he becomes a spectral flaming skeletal bounty hunter for him, collecting any souls the devil desires.

MV5BMTc5MzUxMjk4NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTEzNDk4NjE@._V1_.jpg — Darkman (1990)

**Directed by: Sam Raimi**
**Starring: Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Colin Friels, Larry Drake, Bruce Campbell**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 36 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Tone, Writing, Original Character**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Weaker Story Elements**

Darkman (1990)

August 9, 2019

A brilliant scientist left for dead returns to exact vengeance on the people who tried to kill him.

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**Directed by: Jon Watts**
**Starring: Tom Holland, Samuel L Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Tony Revolori, Martin Starr, J.B. Smoove, Cobie Smulders**
**Rated: PG-13 for Sci-Fi Action Violence, Some Language and Brief Suggestive Comments**
**Running Time: 2 h 9 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Fun, Characters, Themes, Pacing, Peter Parker Stuff**
**WEAKNESSES: Villain, Spider-Man Stuff**

Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

July 3, 2019

After the events of “Avengers: Endgame”, Spider-Man must rise to face a new world of challengers.

MV5BMTY5OTU0OTc2NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzU4MDcyMQ@@._V1_.jpg — The Incredibles (2004)

**Directed by: Brad Bird**
**Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee, Spencer Fox, Sarah Vowell, Wallace Shwan, Brad Bird**
**Rated: PG for Action Violence**
**Running Time: 1 h 55 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Animation, Humor, Soundtrack, Excitement**
**WEAKNESSES: A Few Small Plot Holes**

The Incredibles (2004)

June 21, 2019

A family of superheroes, while trying to live quietly in suburban life, are forced to save the world.

cm 1.jpg — Captain Marvel (2019)

**Directed By: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck**
**Starring: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Jude Law, Annette Bening, Djimoun Hounsou**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 2h 3m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Some of the Effects, Some Story Elements**
**Weakness: Main Character**

Captain Marvel (2019)

April 30, 2019

Vers is an elite alien warrior in training for the Kree who are at war with the Skrulls, a shapeshifting alien species. When she is tasked with destroying a Skrull cell on Earth, she discovers that she is both more and less that who she thought she was.

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**Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo**
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Josh Brolin, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillian, Tessa Thompson, Bradley Cooper
**Rated: PG-13 for Sequences of Science-Fi Violence and Action, and Some Language**
**Running Time: 3 h 1 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Subversion of Expectations, Character Development, Humor, Special Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Length, Pacing, Fan Service**

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

April 26, 2019

The remaining Avengers fight to undo the events at the end of “Avengers: Infinity War”.

MV5BMjA5NzgyMjc2Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwOTU3MDI3MQ@@._V1_.jpg — Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

**Directed by: Guillermo Del Toro**
**Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, John Alexander, Seth MacFarlane, Anna Walton, Jeffrey Tambor, Luke Goss, John Hurt**
**Rated: PG-13 for Sequences of Sci-Fi Action and Violence, and Some Language**
**Running Time: 2 h**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Characters, Writing, Production Design, Expanded World**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Coincidental Moments**

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

April 18, 2019

The continuing adventures of Hellboy and his paranormal friends.

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**Directed by: Guillermo Del Toro**
**Starring: Ron Perlman, Doug Jones, Selma Blair, John Hurt, Jeffrey Tambor, Karel Roden**
**Rated: PG-13 for Sci-Fi Action Violence and Frightening Images**
**Running Time: 2 h 12 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Production Design, Worldbuilding, Writing, Action, Characters**
**WEAKNESSES: Climax, Some Dated Effects**

Hellboy (2004)

April 18, 2019

A demon that was brought from another dimension by Nazis is raised by a secret US organization to protect the world from darkness.

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**Directed by: David F. Sandberg**
**Starring: Zachary Levi, Djimon Hounsou, Mark Strong, Jack Dylan Grazer, Asher Angel, Marta Milans, Adam Brody**
**Rated: PG-13 for Intense Sequences of Action, Language, and Suggestive Material**
**Running Time: 2 h 12 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Humor, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Never Breaks From Superhero Formula, Length**

Shazam! (2019)

April 8, 2019

A fourteen-year-old foster kid is granted new powers that allow him to turn into a superhero.

Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

February 15, 2019

A cyborg without memory searches for herself and her place in a violent and chaotic world.

MV5BMTU3MTQyNjQwM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNDgxNDczNTM@._V1_.jpg — Venom (2018)

**Directed by: Ruben Fleischer**
**Starring: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed**
**Rated: PG-13 for Intense Sequences of Science-Fi Violence and Action, and For Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 52 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: It’s Hilarious, Some Action**
**WEAKNESSES: Acting, Writing, Directing, Logic, Story, Plot Holes**

Venom (2018)

October 5, 2018

While journalist Eddie Brock is working on a story he encounters a powerful symbiote and becomes an anti-hero.

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

July 9, 2018

With the revelation that people can return from the quantum zone, Hope's eyes turn to Scott to help her rescue her mother. If only Scott wasn't under house arrest.

Marvel's_Ant-Man_poster.jpg — Ant-Man (2015)

**Directed by: Peyton Reed**
**Starring: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Corey Stoll, Evangeline Lilly**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 1h 57m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Humorous Moments**
**WEAKNESSES: Uninteresting, Not Heisty Enough**

Ant-Man (2015)

July 6, 2018

Ex-Con, Scott Lang can't find work, pay his child support, or get his own apartment. When a rich inventor approaches him with the opportunity to restore his life and family, Scott dons the inventor's advanced battle suit to become Ant-Man and safeguard the world from another guy, bad guy, in another battle suit, bad battle suit.

71zM2lo2SaL._RI_.jpg — Unbreakable (2000)

Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Starring: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright
Rated: Running Time: 1 h 46 m
TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Writing, Cinematography, Subtlety
WEAKNESSES: Moments of Melodrama, Heavy-Handed Directing

Unbreakable (2000)

July 3, 2018

After a tragic accident where security guard David Dunn is the only survivor, comic enthusiast Elijah Price seeks him out and tells him he might be extraordinary.

Deadpool Poster.jpg — Deadpool 2 (2018)

**Directed by: David Leitch**
**Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Zazie Beetz, Julian Dennison**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence and Language Throughout, Sexual References and Brief Drug Material**
**Running Time: 1 h 59 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Special Effects, Pacing**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Special Effects, Writing, Characters**

Deadpool 2 (2018)

May 18, 2018

Deadpool teams up with a group of superheroes to save a boy named Russell from the time traveling villain, Cable.

Deadpool (2016)

May 11, 2018

An irreverent mercenary undergoes an experimental surgery that grants him superpowers and cures his cancer, only to find out the surgeon is a sadistic villain who plans on selling him into slavery when he’s cured.

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